Case Study: Lincoln Electric System achieves high reliability and cost savings for critical GIS and outage management with Oracle Database and Oracle Linux

Lincoln Electric System Ensures Reliability for Critical Geographic Information and Outage Management Systems

Lincoln Electric System (LES) is a public utility serving about 114,000 residential and 15,000 commercial customers in Lincoln, Nebraska. Because its GIS, outage‑management and grid‑switching systems support critical operations, LES needed highly reliable, scalable database infrastructure and simpler administration while upgrading from Oracle Database 11g to meet growing availability and performance demands.

LES standardized on Oracle Database 12c with Real Application Clusters, migrated servers to Oracle Linux, and deployed Oracle Enterprise Manager plus tuning and diagnostics tools. The solution delivered continuous high performance and availability, simplified monitoring and troubleshooting, clearer reporting for management, reduced server footprint, lower costs, and single‑vendor support—providing LES with a durable, scalable foundation for critical systems.

Lincoln Electric System

Clayton Buss

Senior Database Administrator