Taking substation maintenance to the next level

In the age of “smart” technology the majority of substation maintenance activities are still as relying on manual activities instead of putting technology to work to better manage the overall health of the substation assets. With the decrease in available O&M budgets the ability to carry out all planned maintenance activities are getting more difficult every year. Technology could be the solution due to the rise of substation monitoring technology by allowing monitoring technology to determine when to perform maintenance activities. This paper proposes transforming this idea into a plan of action by leveraging technology and taking substation maintenance to the next level.