Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission 1 IURC GIS Proposal… Making GIS Work for All of Us Joseph Sutherland IURC Chief Operating Officer

Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission 2 Where Have We Been… Spring, 2004 Electric Industry Taskforce Proposes Options IURC Holds GIS Forum Industry Sectors Begin to Discuss IURC Staff Begins Due Diligence

Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission 3 What We Think We’ve Heard… 1.The Electric Industry Supports GIS 2.Useful Applications May Extend Beyond Electricity 3.The Project Should Interact with State GIS Initiatives 4.The Preferred Option: A Full Blown GIS System Located at the IURC

Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission 4 Goals of the IURC 1.The IURC is Supportive of the GIS Initiative and Willing to Actively Participate 2.We Believe a System Should Be Built that Keeps the Needs of All Industry Sectors in Mind 3.The Selected GIS Tool Needs to be Extremely Compatible with a Wide Range of Data Types 4.No Industry Sector Should be Unfairly Burdened with Start-up Costs

Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission 5 The IURC Proposes a Partnership 1.The Commission Can Assist with the Design, Development, and Implementation of a Universal GIS Data Warehouse Environment 2.The Commission Can Assist Individual Industry Sectors to Proceed When They Are Ready 3.Each Utility Would Need to Compile and Digitize Their Own Data for IURC Submittal 4.All Interested Parties Would Collaborate Together on Process Issues

Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission 6 Specifics of the IURC Proposal 1.The IURC Proposes to Work with ESRI, the State of Indiana Approved Vendor 2.The IURC and ESRI Would Develop a Start-Up Plan and Budget 3.The IURC Would Provide Funding for Start-Up Hardware and Software Needs Related to the Data Warehouse System 4.The IURC is Prepared to Commit up to $125,000 to Fund Initial Start-up Costs for the Data Warehouse

Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission 7 Specifics of the IURC Proposal 5.The Commission Will Contribute the Time of IURC Staff to Develop and Manage the System 6.No Additional Personnel Costs to Customize the ESRI Product Are Included in the Cost Projection and Are Not Anticipated to be Necessary 7.The IURC Will Also Fund Projected Recurring Annual System Maintenance Expenses on the Hardware and Software of Approximately $25,000 8.If Our Proposal is Acceptable, the Commission is Prepared to Begin System Development Immediately

Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission 8 Some Additional Considerations Evaluation of Current Procedures and Processes Legal Administrative Operational Technical Integration of Utility Layers into the State System Identification of Industry Specific Needs Assisting Companies with Digital Data Development Public Access to Information

Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission 9 IURC GIS Proposal… QUESTIONS/COMMENTS