Overview#
A distribution engineer investigating a series of unexplained outages pulls up the asset registry and traces the connectivity chain from the affected transformer back through the feeder to the substation. She sees that the transformer has a "Fair" condition rating, was last inspected fourteen months ago, and sits directly downstream of a recloser that has logged three fault events this quarter. That combination of structured connectivity data and condition history is what the Utility Infrastructure domain exists to make visible.
The domain manages the physical asset registry for utility organisations and tracks asset inspection history. Assets represent physical infrastructure across electric, water, and gas utilities. Each asset records its type, operational status, condition rating, technical specifications, and connectivity relationships to other assets. All infrastructure data is stored in PostgreSQL with multi-tenant organisation isolation.
Key Features#
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Comprehensive Asset Registry: Catalog 17 types of utility infrastructure assets across electric (poles, transformers, substations, meters, cable segments, switchgear, capacitor banks, reclosers, fuses), water (pipes, valves, hydrants, pump stations, tanks), and gas (compressors, regulators) utilities.
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Asset Lifecycle Tracking: Track assets through six status stages (active, inactive, maintenance, decommissioned, planned, under construction) for complete lifecycle visibility.
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Condition Rating: Maintain six-level condition ratings (excellent, good, fair, poor, critical, unknown) that update automatically when inspection results are recorded.
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Technical Specifications: Store asset-specific technical details including voltage class, phase configuration, capacity ratings, pipe diameter, pressure class, and flow capacity.
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Asset Connectivity: Map relationships between assets including parent, upstream, downstream, feeder, and circuit assignments to understand how infrastructure components connect and depend on each other.
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Inspection Management: Record inspection results with findings, condition assessments, and recommended actions, with automatic updates to the parent asset's condition rating and inspection dates.
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Asset Statistics: View dashboard summaries including total assets, active counts, maintenance needs, and decommissioned equipment for fleet-level infrastructure visibility.
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Search and Discovery: Search assets by tag, name, or address to quickly locate specific infrastructure components in the field or from the office.
Mermaid Diagram#
Use Cases#
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Electric Utilities: Maintain a complete inventory of distribution infrastructure with current condition assessments and maintenance histories for informed capital planning and regulatory reporting.
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Water & Gas Utilities: Trace infrastructure connectivity to understand the scope of service disruptions and identify the root cause equipment that needs repair or replacement.
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Asset Management: Schedule and track inspections based on asset age, condition rating, and last inspection date to prioritise maintenance activities and prevent failures.
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Capital Planning: Analyse asset condition trends and lifecycle data to inform infrastructure investment decisions and replacement schedules for ageing grid or pipe network assets.
Integration#
The Utility Infrastructure domain supports utility operations across the platform:
- Customer Management: Customers link to serving infrastructure for impact analysis.
- Work Order Management: Work orders reference specific infrastructure assets.
- Telemetry: Real-time monitoring data connects to infrastructure assets.
- Service Territory: Assets are organised within geographic service territories.
Open Standards#
- IEC Common Information Model (IEC 61968/61970): The asset taxonomy, substations, feeders, transformers, reclosers, cable segments, capacitor banks, switchgear, and fuses, maps directly to the equipment classes defined in the IEC CIM suite for electric utility network modelling.
- ISO 55000 (Asset Management): The six-stage asset lifecycle (active, maintenance, decommissioned, planned, etc.) and structured inspection history with condition ratings and recommended actions align with the asset management system requirements codified in ISO 55000/55001.
- OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA, IEC 62541): Each asset carries a telemetry point binding that links to live telemetry via OPC UA REST gateways, enabling real-time SCADA data to be associated with the physical asset record.
- WGS 84 (EPSG:4326): Asset locations are stored as WGS 84 decimal-degree latitude/longitude pairs, the coordinate reference system used by GPS, GIS platforms, and OGC spatial services.
- ISO 8601 / RFC 3339: All inspection dates, lifecycle timestamps, and scheduling fields (last inspection, next inspection, created, updated) are represented as ISO 8601 UTC datetime strings.
- GraphQL (June 2018 specification): The entire asset registry and inspection API surface is exposed through a typed GraphQL schema, with queries, mutations, and enum types for asset type, status, and condition rating.
- OAuth 2.0 / JSON Web Tokens (RFC 6749 / RFC 7519): All GraphQL operations are protected by the platform's JWT-based authentication layer, with tenant isolation enforced on every query and mutation via the authenticated identity context.
Last Reviewed: 2026-02-24 Last Updated: 2026-04-14