In this episode, Mike Goggin, Senior Product Manager at SSP Innovations, joins the Energy Central Power Perspectives Podcast to explore how advanced GIS technology is now within reach for smaller utilities. Historically reserved for larger utilities, Esri’s Utility Network has become an essential tool for modernizing grid management. Mike shares how SSP Innovations has tailored this powerful platform to meet the unique needs of cooperatives, municipalities, and mid-sized utilities.
Listen in as Mike discusses:

- The challenges driving utilities away from legacy systems like ArcMap and geometric networks.
- Common adoption hesitations and strategies to ease the transition to the Utility Network.
- Real-world benefits of pre-configured systems and how customization can address individual utility needs.
- The Utility Network’s role in tackling the energy transition, electrification, and grid resilience challenges.

For any utility professionals looking to modernize operations while keeping costs manageable, this episode provides actionable insights and guidance. Join host Jason Price and producer Matt Chester as they uncover how GIS innovation is empowering utilities of every size to thrive in a rapidly evolving energy landscape.

Key Links
Energy Central Post with Full Episode Transcript: https://energycentral.com/o/energy-central/power-perspectives-podcast-gis-smaller-utilities-grid-modernization-here-brought

Mike Goggin's Energy Central Profile: https://energycentral.com/member/profile/mike-goggin-0/about

SSP Innovations on Energy Central: https://energycentral.com/o/ssp

Think Differently: Why GIS and Modern Network Management are Intertwined by Mike Goggin: https://energycentral.com/o/ssp/think-differently-why-gis-and-modern-network-management-are-intertwined

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GIS for smaller utilities: grid modernization is here (brought to you by SSP Innovations)

Pensa em um set que vale a pena escutar do inicio ao fim, um warmup que rendeu elogios, construção crescente cada track foi escolhida a dedo e pensada pra pista e sem fugir das regras do horario.
espero muito engajamento e muito plaaaaaay!

Live Set Festa Moon - Gis+

Good employment policies underpin efforts to create more and better jobs, and help reduce inequalities and poverty, and empower people, especially women, young people and the most vulnerable such as people with disabilities. What is more, these polices also help address decent work deficits and are critically important to the realization of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, specifically SDG 8, on promoting sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all. In this podcast, Juan Chacaltana, ILO Senior Employment Policies Specialist in the Employment Policy Department, and Alina Game, Technical Officer and GIS (Geographic Information Systems) expert, explain how Employment Impact Assessments involving a variety of tools for evidence-based policy development can help achieve these goals.

Employment Impact Assessment: What we know and why it matters

Der Kindheitstraum von Philipp Schöttke: Ich werde Parkranger in einem Nationalpark.

Da kam ihm das Geographiestudium gerade recht und als man bei einem begehrten Praktikum GIS Kenntnisse voraussetzte, erwies sich der EDV-Pool der Uni Mainz als Segen. Und es kam einiges anders.

Heute ist Philipp Product Owner und Leiter des GIS Teams bei der Netze BW GmbH und dafür verantwortlich, dass in der Produktentwicklung alles vorangeht. Dabei ist sein Arbeitstag vor allem voll und erfordert viel Priorisierung, damit alle Kollegen wissen, was sie zu tun haben.
Wie sein beruflicher Weg im Detail verlief, warum Landroverfahren auch seine Studienwahl beeinflusste und welche 3 Tipps er für die Geographie-Studierenden von heute hat, erzählt er uns sehr unterhaltsam in der neuen NA 6/99-Folge.

In NA 6/99 - Der Geographen-Podcast stellen normalerweise Dr. Sandra Laskowski und Michael Braun zusammen mit jeweils einem Gast die Vielfältigkeit der Berufsbilder und Berufsmöglichkeiten für Geographen vor, brechen jeweils eine Lanze für das Studienfach und rufen zu mehr Vernetzung untereinander auf.

Von NA 6/99 - Der Geographen-Podcast gibt's alle 2 Wochen eine neue Folge!

Philipp Schöttke zu Gast bei NA 6/99 - Der Geographen-Podcast

“The value has been proven.”

That’s what Ryan Ciesielski, Group Head of Geospatial at National Grid, told us about the return on investment for utilities deploying GIS tech in asset management. 

This week on The GISt, we explore: 1) GIS applications for regulation, documentation, and reporting 2) real world use cases of GIS for asset management 3) the realities of partnering with the right entities to make GIS organic and scalable…and so much more.

Listen in for an expert’s POV on how geospatial tech is changing the game for smarter asset management, faster outage response, and more efficient field operations.

The GISt: The real ROI of GIS for asset management

What do two GIS experts say when you ask them about the importance of data management for utilities? 

“You can’t manage what you can’t see.”

“If the data is wrong, bad things happen.”

“Without data, you have no control.” 

This week on The GISt, we’re diving deep into GIS as a tool to address latency, remove siloes, and help utilities do less on-prem…so they can do more overall.

The root of all this innovation? GIS technology. It’s what pulls disparate data together so power teams can make better decisions, bridge more gaps, and find—as this week’s experts put it—their “aha moment.”

In the first of three top-notch episodes of The GISt with our partners at Esri, we’re joined by Director of Electric Utility Solutions Bill Meehan & Director of Electric Industry Solutions Pat Hohl.

This episode is brought to you by Esri. 

Esri is the global market leader in GIS software, location intelligence, and mapping. With Esri software you can add the power of location to modernize how you work. Esri helps to digitally transform utilities by enabling users to create, discover, share, and use maps anywhere, anytime, on any device. The Esri ArcGIS system is a comprehensive GIS allowing organizations to analyze and share their data across the organization. Operators and managers access ArcGIS for improved operational awareness and decision making. Field and office staff use ArcGIS to manage, update, and analyze information about customers, network assets, and work orders. To find out how to digitally transform your utility visit [www.esri.com/electric] to learn more.

Don’t miss the next two episodes of The GISt ft. Esri—covering GIS for discovery and for collaboration…two key components of scaling reliable, resilient power systems.

See you next time.

Utilities have a data problem. Is GIS the solution?

When you see relationships and patterns, you don’t just take a peek at opportunities—you get a preview of risks…and a chance to get out in front of changes that need to be made.

That’s the power of GIS as a tool for discovery.

Why? Because looking at your reality in a spatial context opens up a new world of discoverability—and that can quite literally take utilities from “I hope so” to “now I know what to do.” Creating that tapestry of high-value information can change everything for power pros.

In the second of three top-notch episodes of The GISt with our partners at Esri, we’re joined again by Director of Electric Utility Solutions Bill Meehan & Director of Electric Industry Solutions Pat Hohl. And these two? They’re breaking down some of the coolest ways utilities are leveraging GIS and mapping to do better business—including how one Esri client quadrupled their asset renewal program effectiveness in just one year. 

This episode is brought to you by Esri.

Esri is the global market leader in GIS software, location intelligence, and mapping. With Esri software you can add the power of location to modernize how you work. Esri helps to digitally transform utilities by enabling users to create, discover, share, and use maps anywhere, anytime, on any device. The Esri ArcGIS system is a comprehensive GIS allowing organizations to analyze and share their data across the organization. Operators and managers access ArcGIS for improved operational awareness and decision making. Field and office staff use ArcGIS to manage, update, and analyze information about customers, network assets, and work orders. To find out how to digitally transform your utility visit [www.esri.com/electric] to learn more.

Don’t miss the next episode of The GISt ft. Esri—covering GIS for utility collaboration. See you next time.

How utility leaders predict the future with GIS

At the core of running an efficient, resilient power system, there’s one singular need: interoperability.

Do you have one place where everyone, across teams and structures, can go to get the real-time information they need when they need it?

Without that, utility leaders are setting themselves up for failure to meet the rising expectations from consumers. But the good news? Maps make interoperability like second nature.

And this week on The GISt, we have a step-by-step how-to for utilities that want to strengthen their collaboration.

In the last of three top-notch episodes of The GISt with our partners at Esri, we’re joined again by Director of Electric Utility Solutions Bill Meehan & Director of Electric Industry Solutions Pat Hohl. 

And these two? They’re breaking down some of the coolest ways utilities are sharing information in real time—as it’s happening—to avoid redundancy, become more effective across teams, and nail the three Cs of power: collaboration, coordination, and communication.

This episode is brought to you by Esri.

Esri is the global market leader in GIS software, location intelligence, and mapping. With Esri software you can add the power of location to modernize how you work. Esri helps to digitally transform utilities by enabling users to create, discover, share, and use maps anywhere, anytime, on any device. The Esri ArcGIS system is a comprehensive GIS allowing organizations to analyze and share their data across the organization. Operators and managers access ArcGIS for improved operational awareness and decision making. Field and office staff use ArcGIS to manage, update, and analyze information about customers, network assets, and work orders. To find out how to digitally transform your utility visit [www.esri.com/electric] to learn more.

GIS for collaboration: Do more…faster

“As long as we have the data, the sky is the limit.”

The transition to a cleaner, more sustainable energy reality is a massive undertaking—and we all know by now that massive undertakings require a LOT of data.

So today on The GISt, we’re exploring how utilities and energy innovators are leveraging GIS to help integrate renewables into the existing grid to make it more diverse and more reliable.

We want to get the most out of our renewables investments…and GIS could be the key to doing so.

About our guest: Anthony Saylor is GIS Manager for The Ray, a company that aims to transform the transportation infrastructure of the future by building net-zero highways. They’re utilizing solar-powered EV charging, right-of-way solar, climate modeling, a vehicle-to-everything data ecosystem, and more—tons of cool tech powering the future, and much of it brought to life by GIS.

Can GIS reimagine the energy transition?

Gast: Henrik Heskamp

„Das war mir zu wenig Geographie.“
Sagt Henrik Heskamp über sein damaliges Lehramtsstudium und wechselte auf Diplom an die Uni Münster. Auf das Studium folgte ein Bewerbungsmarathon und erst die Weiterbildung in GIS brachte die berufliche Wende.

Heute arbeitet Henrik im Bereich digitaler Erfassung von Netzdaten wie Gas, Wasser und Fernwärme. Die Auftragslage in der Firma ist jedoch schwierig und Projekte fehlen.

Warum für ihn ein Branchenwechsel nicht infrage kommt, wie sich GIS in den Anfängen in Münster und Bochum gestaltete und über seine Reisebegeisterung, sprechen wir in der neuen NA 6/99-Folge.

In NA 6/99 - Der Geographen-Podcast stellen Dr. Sandra Laskowski und Michael Braun zusammen mit jeweils einem Gast die Vielfältigkeit der Berufsbilder und Berufsmöglichkeiten für Geographen vor, brechen jeweils eine Lanze für das Studienfach und rufen zu mehr Vernetzung untereinander auf.

Von NA 6/99 - Der Geographen-Podcast gibt's alle 3 Wochen eine neue Folge!

Henrik Heskamp zu Gast bei NA 6/99 - Der Geographen-Podcast

Das ist NA 6/99 - Der Geographen-Podcast. Dr. Sandra Laskowski und Michael Braun haben diesen Podcast von Geographen für Geographen und für alle Geographie-Interessierten ins Leben gerufen.

Zusammen mit jeweils einem Gast stellen die beiden die Vielfältigkeit der Berufsbilder und Berufsmöglichkeiten für Geographen vor, brechen jeweils eine Lanze für das Studienfach und rufen zu mehr Vernetzung untereinander auf.

Von NA 6/99 - Der Geographen-Podcast gibt's alle 2 Wochen eine neue Folge!

The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations and is devoted to promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights, pursuing its founding mission that labour peace is essential to prosperity.

Today, the ILO helps advance the creation of decent work and the economic and working conditions that give working people and business people a stake in lasting peace, prosperity and progress. Its tripartite structure provides a unique platform for promoting decent work for all women and men. 

Its main aims are to promote rights at work, encourage decent employment opportunities, enhance social protection and strengthen dialogue on work-related issues.

Welcome to the Energy Central Podcast Network—your ultimate resource for the biggest ideas, boldest perspectives, and best insights from across the electric power industry.

We publish…

Power Perspectives. From CEOs of major utilities to founders of energy tech startups pushing the envelope, Power Perspectives curates the news, thought leaders, and big picture conversations most important to modern power professionals—every week on Tuesdays, hosted by Jason Price and Matt Chester.

Piloting the Future. Hosts Kim Gergen and Lee Krevat go deep with the leaders, innovators, and forward thinkers responsible for not just imagining where our power future is headed…but building it day by day.

The GISt. This action-packed limited series demystifies the rapidly evolving world of Geographic Information Systems through focused, expert-led deep dives into the most future-defining GIS topics.

And there’s even more to come.

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Emerson Costa natural de Belo Horizonte, empreendedor e apaixonado por música. 
Desde sempre a música faz parte da minha rotina, meu sonho sempre foi trabalhar na área musical, mas não sabia aonde me encaixava, não canto, não componho e principalmente toco algum instrumento. 
A um ano atrás conheci a música Eletrônica tribal House. 
Um som com batidas que te elevam, que te fazem querer dançar, sorrir e até se emocionar. 
 Foi aí que me apresentaram  a uma controladora, lembro da sensação, pensa em uma criança ganhando um brinquedo novo, foi como me senti! 
Tinha descoberto nesse dia que minha vida iria mudar completamente. 
Aprendi os primeiros passos e me dediquei completamente a área. 
Digo que pra muita gente e só mais uma profissão, mas pra mim sempre foi amor. 
Hoje já realizei coisas incríveis como DJ e me sinto muito orgulhoso por tudo que  construí.

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