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Georgia Power Company
Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia Power is the largest of five electric utilities
the G8 Summit location,” said Aaron Strickland, distribution
which comprise Southern Company. Georgia Power
manager, Georgia Power. “Linemen and engineers were in a
has more than 2 million customers in all but six of
‘command center’ of sorts. From our home base we set up the
Georgia’s 159 counties, and the utility covers 57,000
Sea Island area as a ‘favorite’ on the MxVision WeatherSentry®
of the state’s 59,000 square miles. Georgia Power
Energy Edition system so we could watch the area and really
has been providing electricity to Georgia for more
focus in on it.” According to Strickland, communication
than a century with rates that are more than 15
happened with the ‘on the ground’ folks daily, providing
percent below the national average.
continual weather updates. The Lightning Manager® and
The Challenge
PrecipTimer® tools were also key because the group was able
to zero in on lightning activity, or watch storms as they traveled
The G8 Summit brings together leaders of the
up I95 — making sure the storms didn’t go out to the island. It
world’s major industrial democracies including
allowed preparation time in the event that lightning struck our
Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia,
system and knocked out electricity.
the United Kingdom, and the United States. At
previous G8 summits, leaders have discussed a
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wide range of international economic, political, and
“During the G8 Summit there were storms within fifteen miles
security issues. In 2004, the site of the G8 summit
was Sea Island, Georgia. Monitoring the weather
and seasonal weather conditions were a concern
for planners and Georgia Power was tasked with
providing G8 Summit officials with a daily weather
status reports for the area. In particular: potential
hurricanes, afternoon thunderstorms, and any other
weather conditions with the potential to impact
summit activities.
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“We had a group of employees staffed on site at
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of the area. There also were thunderstorms moving into the
area that our staff was watching pretty closely, but other than a
helicopter getting close to a couple pine trees, blowing them
into our electrical lines a couple days prior to the Summit, it
went off without a hitch,” said Strickland. “Knowing what to
expect weather-wise helped out considerably. We were able
to monitor, prepare and react if one
of the storms were to move into the
Summit area.”
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PRECIPITATION TIMING
PRE-POSITION CREWS
COLD FRONT
PATENTED TOOLS
MAP LAYERING
PROTECT EMPLOYEES
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CUSTOM ALERTS
ANTICIPATE DEMAND
LOAD FORECASTS
RAIN
ENSURE SAFETY
HOURLY FORECASTS
LOCAL WEATHER
HEATING DEGREE DAYS
MANAGE OPERATIONS
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weather. MxVision WeatherSentry has enabled me to customize my view to see what’s
happening directly within our service territory. Its reliable information helps us prepare
and do our jobs— and that is to quickly get the electricity back on after storms.”
Aaron Strickland, distribution manager, Georgia Power
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