Case Study: Wake Electric Membership Corporation improves grid resiliency and vegetation risk management with AiDash

Wake Electric Membership Corporation maps 3,900 miles of line with AiDash

Wake Electric Membership Corporation, a rural electric cooperative experiencing rapid growth north of Raleigh, North Carolina, faced a significant challenge in managing its extensive vegetation across 3,900 miles of power lines. This was compounded by the impending retirement of key staff whose invaluable site knowledge of hazardous trees was critical for preventing outages. To address this, the cooperative turned to vendor AiDash for a solution using satellite and AI technology.

AiDash implemented a solution that used satellite imagery and artificial intelligence to continuously monitor and evaluate Wake Electric's entire system. The technology provided highly accurate measurements, scored feeders by criticality, and identified which areas needed urgent vegetation trimming to prioritize budget spending effectively. The results included automated risk prioritization and the ability to identify dangerous trees even outside of the utility's rights of way, ensuring that the cooperative could maintain reliability despite the loss of experienced staff.

Wake Electric Membership Corporation