Aligned to
SAIDI · SAIFI and rate-case formats
Generation
T&D poles, substations, lines
5–30 years
Year-by-year horizon
ISO 55001
Audit-ready
Asset investment planning for power utilities.
Generation, transmission, distribution. Plan multi-year capital programmes that hold up under PUC scrutiny, hit SAIDI and SAIFI targets, and integrate the DER and EV load reshaping your grid.
Capital planning built on condition data, not age alone.
Asset investment planning for power utilities
is the software-supported discipline used by generation owners and T&D operators to prioritise multi-billion-dollar capital programmes — substation renewals, line replacements, smart-meter rollouts, DER integration, generation retirements — under regulatory revenue caps. AIP analyses asset condition, risk of failure, reliability impact (SAIDI/SAIFI), carbon footprint, and financial constraints to produce a defensible multi-year investment plan. According to the Gartner Market Guide for Asset Investment Planning Solutions (G00781827, December 2024), 67% of utility respondents already deploy AIP in some form of cloud.
Six pressures utilities plan against.
Aging T&D infrastructure
Wood poles, overhead lines, substation transformers in service for 40–60 years. Failure consequence is uneven and weather-correlated.
Rate-case approval risk
Without an evidentiary trail back to asset-level condition data, regulators reject CAPEX requests or impose lower revenue caps.
DER and EV load
Distributed solar, batteries, EV charging fundamentally change load shape. Plans built on historical demand forecasts are already obsolete.
Climate-driven outage risk
Storms, wildfire, heat events — historical SAIDI baselines understate forward risk. Reliability investment has to be modelled forward, not backward.
Workforce attrition
Veteran planning engineers retiring with the asset model in their heads. Decision logic has to live in the platform, not in their notebooks.
Net-zero commitments
Generation retirement schedules colliding with reliability needs. The 2035 commitment has to coexist with tonight's load.
From substation condition to board-approved capital plan.
Unify
One asset register across your entire grid
Poles, lines, transformers, switchgear, substations, generation units. Consolidate field condition from Simeo GO mobile inspections, CMMS and GIS into a single planning model. Bulk import in days, not months.
Prioritise
Risk-weighted capital programmes
10,000+ predictive degradation models calibrated to power-asset families. Risk = probability × service consequence — not age alone. See exactly which substation slips under each budget scenario and what reliability cost it carries.
Simulate
Model CAPEX, reliability and net-zero together
Compare 'approved €1.2B' vs '€900M' vs '€1.5B' at the asset level. DER and EV load modelled as scenario inputs alongside generation. Carbon as a first-class constraint: quantify CO₂ per euro for every action. ISO 55001-aligned audit trail generated from the live model.
Modern AIP versus the status quo.
Without modern AIP
- Reliability investments justified on age and historical SAIDI
- Rate-case files assembled from spreadsheets in the final weeks
- DER and EV load handled in side analyses, not in the core plan
- Climate risk modelled (if at all) on backward-looking baselines
- Decarbonisation pathways disconnected from CAPEX
With Simeo by Oxand
- Reliability investments weighted by service consequence and forward risk
- Audit-ready evidence trail generated from the live planning model
- DER and EV load modelled as scenario inputs alongside generation
- Forward climate exposure modelled at the asset level
- Net-zero pathway, CAPEX programme, and revenue cap modelled together
Three common workflows on day one.
Rate-case analysis
Evidence-backed CAPEX justification. Asset-level traceability from condition data to dollar request. Defensible under regulator cross-examination.
Grid investment planning
5–30 year reinforcement, replacement, and reliability programmes. DER integration scenarios. Substation renewal prioritisation.
Net-zero versus reliability trade-offs
Decarbonisation pathway alongside SAIDI commitments and revenue caps. See where the trade-offs bite.
What power utility executives quote back.
25–30%
TCO reduction
10%+
Asset availability
6–12 wks
First plan
ISO 55001
Audit-ready
Other utility networks
Water utilities
Extend the life of water and wastewater networks with predictive condition modelling, risk-based renewal prioritisation, and multi-year CAPEX planning. Visit the Water Utilities solution at /en/solution/water-utilities/.
Gas utilities
Model ageing pipelines, compressor stations, and pressure assets under safety and regulatory constraints. Visit the Gas Utilities solution at /en/solution/gas-utilities/.
Energy & utilities overview
Explore how Oxand applies AIP across the full energy and utilities sector — generation, T&D, water, and gas — under a single planning framework. Visit /en/solution/energy-utilities/.
Frequently asked questions
Can Simeo support a US PUC rate-case filing?
Yes. Simeo's evidence trail aligns with the documentation US Public Utility Commissions expect — asset register, condition assessments, predictive model output, action library, and the multi-year capital plan that ties them together. The same model supports EU regulatory filings (Ofgem, CRE, ARERA, BNetzA).
How does Simeo handle DER and EV load forecasting?
DER penetration and EV load are scenario inputs that reshape the multi-year investment plan — substation upgrade timing, line capacity, voltage management. You can simulate aggressive DER scenarios alongside conservative ones and see the asset-level impact.
Does Simeo integrate with our SCADA, OMS, and GIS?
Yes — via REST and GraphQL APIs. Field condition and reliability events feed into the model; strategic plan feeds out to operational prioritisation and CMMS work-order generation.
Can we self-host on our own infrastructure?
Yes. Simeo offers a fully self-hosted Kubernetes deployment for utilities under air-gap, national-security, or strict data-isolation constraints. The default option is the Azure France region (EU residency, ISO 27001, NIS2-aligned).
How does Simeo compare to Copperleaf, Cosmo Tech, or Brightly for power utilities?
Simeo, Copperleaf, and Cosmo Tech are all native AIP platforms named in the Gartner Market Guide for AIP (G00781827, December 2024). Brightly is primarily an EAM with adjacent AIP capabilities.
See Simeo on your power network.
One walkthrough on your substations, your SAIDI targets, your rate-case timeline.
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