Government and public/private utilities receive data every second of every day. Resource usage, updates on the health of substations, and more are constantly routed to providers. The organization can then make informed, data-driven decisions to ensure maximum performance and cost-efficiency.

However, that is only if they can interpret data. Siloed decisions, acquisitions, and new energy sources mean that data, some of which is impactful to operations, remains underutilized or not used at all. Disparate tools that don’t integrate well leave significant operational insights uncovered and fail to reflect what is actually happening in the field.

Digital twins, digital representations of assets or systems, are being used by government utility organizations to solve these data challenges. Digital twins bring unrelated systems under one virtual roof to give utility decision-makers a full representation of their asset or system.

This white paper makes the case for digital twin technology in electric utility management. By connecting dozens of data providers and billions of data points into one system, leaders and managers alike will gain a deeper understanding of total grid performance and make better decisions.