Smarter vegetation management for utilities
Optimize your vegetation management work to reduce cost and improve reliability across your entire network with Overstory.
We use machine learning to interpret remote sensing data around transmission and distribution corridors, showing you where you can direct pruning efforts to make the biggest impact on key business metrics like outages, SAIDI, SAIFI, and O&M budgets.
“Every single hot spot that Overstory recommended we trim has needed work.”
— Josh Holland, Construction Engineering and Operations Director, Sho-Me Power Electric Cooperative
How Overstory can help
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Optimize your budget
We tailor a custom plan to your goals (like SAIDI or fire risk reduction) and your program (hot spot, cycle trimming, QA) to make the most of any budget.
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Anticipate potential risk
Network-wide analysis finds the worst hazard trees and hot spots based on what matters most to you—willows over the line, dead ash trees, burning limbs, and more.
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Streamline your work plans
Our proven risk framework yields massive ROI because it helps you prioritize trimming the circuits with the highest impact on SAIDI and fire risk with low spend.
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Estimate future trimming
Get more competitive bids across your network and identify fair quotes when you know what trimming a circuit needs—in both miles and volume of work.
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Keep your current systems
Change is tough, but progress shouldn’t be. Our outputs work with your existing processes so you don’t have to learn a new system to start directing crews to the right spots.
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Audit completed work
Use our risk framework before and after trimming to confirm work is done right the first time. Send crews back with confidence if there’s more left to do.
Results
46%
Efficiency improvement including SAIDI and cost reduction for US distribution customer
64%
Trimming efficiency improvement for US transmission customer
13x
Return on investment for US transmission customer
“The Overstory platform feels like it’s tailored to our needs, and we can’t wait to see how far this collaboration takes us.”
— Grace Malcom, Data Scientist, Delaware Electric Cooperative
How it works
We collect information about your whole network using remote sensing technology. With that data, we can identify trees, bushes, and grassland, as well as tree species, height, density, among others.
We meticulously align poles and lines to their exact location on the images.
We calculate a custom risk score calculated based on customer impact, tree species, health, fire and encroachment hazard, cost, and the factors that matter most to you.
You get a work plan tailored to your unique budget, goals (SAIDI and SAIFI reduction, fire risk reduction, budget management), and programs (cycle trimming, hot spots, QA).
Risk assessment at scale
Visual inspection of the lines
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Ready to see what Overstory can do for your network? Get in touch.