International Transmission Operations & Maintenance Study (ITOMS)

The Premier Global Innovation and Best Practice Learning + Sharing Forum for TSOs
This program consists of measuring performance in terms of service level and cost/productivity within transmission operations and maintenance. The methodology is also used for capital spending, asset management, operational processes, and key performance indications. ITOMS offers the possibility to gain insights and to identify and share the “best practices” that drive top performance via interviews with best practices. The members have the opportunity to meet every other year at a targeted conference to share results from the analyses and insights regarding each participants’ business environment. Explore change management issues and challenges within your organization with peer members that have already implemented similar processes, policies, or practices.
Member Benefits
Industry Leadership

Created in 1994 by 9 global transmission organizations, the ITOMS membership roll currently consists of over 30 industry leading organizations.
Program Leadership is by a 5-member Utility Steering Committee providing governance of study scope and schedule. Since the program inception, UMS Group has provided program management, analysis, facilitation and operational expertise in support of the program.
Utility Steering Committee

Global Focus Areas
ITOMS provides a world-wide forum for top performers to learn from leading organizations that have experienced, addressed, and successfully mastered specific operational challenges. Examples of regional concerns and achievements that can benefit everyone globally include:

ASIA
- Leveraging massive capital construction projects and UHV voltages to drive asset innovations
- Key advances in the use of robotics in substations
EUROPE
- Leading innovations in digitalization and touchless Substations / IoT
- Innovative replacement
methods and pioneering alternative designs to address aging assets
MIDDLE EAST
- Developing risk mitigation strategies for assets in highly corrosive and erosive environments
AUSTRALIA
- Developing effective catastrophic event risk mitigation strategies
- Mastering advances in digital line inspection techs / aerial platforms
- World-leading experience in addressing growth in DERs and Grid-Scale Storage
NORTH AMERICA
- Leveraging catastrophic
event experiences such as wildfires for innovative asset assessments and development of risk mitigation strategies
SOUTH AMERICA
- Managing in a fully contestable market – i.e., competing for asset Ownership as well as Construction, Operations, and Maintenance
- Managing and measuring performance against non-traditional metrics
Program Takeaways
Facts & Figures
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Number of Cycle Members – 26
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Total Circuit km Reported - 583,223 km
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Number of Breakers - 46,703 units
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Number of Transformers - 15,312 units
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Megawatt Hours Transmitted - 3,912,368,348 MWh
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Service Territory – 10,795,134 km2
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Adjusted Maintenance Spend Reported - 1,453,912,336.82 USD
Stats for the 2021 Peer Group

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