NETWORK /
24
/ APRIL 2017
F
or almost as long as the
decades-old infrastructure
on which the UK's power
networks operate has been
running, the approach to
managing its operation and
maintenance has been reactive.
Partly because of cost, partly
complexity, faults and flaws in
transmission and distribution
Fixing problems after they occur
just isn't good enough for network
companies that are under increasing
pressure to wring the most out of
their existing infrastructure
Asset management:
from reactive to
proactive
ASSET DATA
have always been pinpointed
only a•er they have happened.
Those days, however,
appear to be numbered. With
new demands set to be placed
on operations by distributed
generation and electric
vehicles, there's neither the
appetite nor the funds to invest
in expanding or updating
