RRAD Geospatial Services

Huntsville is in our DNA.

At RRAD Geospatial Group, being locally owned and operated is not a slogan. It is a business decision, a values decision, and a long term commitment.

We are proud to build from Huntsville, Alabama, the birthplace of the American space program. This is a city known for engineering, problem solving, and doing serious work with serious purpose. That mindset shapes how we approach our clients, our software, and our company.

We believe local ownership still matters.

It means decisions are made here, not handed down from a boardroom somewhere else.

It means our clients get direct access, real accountability, and a partner touch instead of a polished sales handoff.

It means we stay close to the work, close to the customer, and close to the reality on the ground.

It also means we are choosing to grow intentionally and gradually.

We are not building RRAD to flip it.

We are not inviting in outside private equity to force speed over substance.

We are building it the way we believe it should be built ... carefully, honestly, and for the long haul ... so we can stay locally owned and operated.

That approach shapes our technology too.

We build practical, field minded tools for electric utilities, fiber networks, and geospatial operations. We care about transparency, usability, and operational truth. The goal is not to impress with hype. The goal is to solve real problems for real people doing real work.

Huntsville taught us that innovation is not about noise. It is about discipline, engineering, and ex*****on.

That is the standard we want RRAD to represent.

Local ownership.
Intentional growth.
Transparent technology.
Partner first mindset.

That is RRAD Geospatial Group.

Today is GIS Day, so it’s a good time to call out the quiet work GIS does for the communities we serve.

At RRAD Geospatial Group, GIS isn’t just about making maps look pretty — it’s the engine behind:
• Keeping the lights on for rural electric cooperatives and small/medium munis
• Planning and managing modern fiber networks
• Giving engineers and operations staff live, trustworthy views of what’s really in the field

We’ve been all-in on open-source: QGIS, PostGIS, and a growing family of RRAD tools like PowerFlow Studio, LightFlow Studio, and CU Studio. The goal is simple: give utilities real engineering-grade analytics and decision support without locking them into a black-box platform.

On GIS Day, we’re especially grateful for:
• Lineworkers and field crews who rely on accurate maps when the weather is at its worst
• System operators and engineers who use spatial data to make fast, high-stakes decisions
• Forward-thinking co-ops and munis who are willing to modernize their stack and try something new

If you’re responsible for keeping an electric or fiber network running and you’re still fighting old tools, this is a good day to ask what your GIS could be doing for you.

Happy GIS Day from RRAD — locally owned, Huntsville-built, and focused on the utilities that keep our communities running.

Introducing RRAD’s Reliability Metrics Reporting Tool
A web-based outage reporting engine for modern utilities

RRAD Geospatial Group has launched a new web-based feature within our Historical Outage Tracker product — the Reliability Metrics Reporting Tool — built specifically for electric utilities that want fast, meaningful insight into service performance.

This tool generates exportable outage summaries over any user-defined date range, making it easy to quantify system reliability, track trends, and support both internal planning and regulatory reporting.

What the Tool Reports

SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index):

Average number of minutes each customer was without power during the selected period. A lower SAIDI means better overall system reliability.
Example from report: 1.35 minutes

SAIFI (System Average Interruption Frequency Index):

Average number of outages per customer. Indicates how often customers are interrupted.
Example from report: 0.04 outages/customer

CAIDI (Customer Average Interruption Duration Index):

Average restoration time per customer that experienced an outage.
Example from report: 35.92 minutes

Total Outage Events & Duration:

Get a clear count of outage events and the total cumulative minutes out (e.g. 794 events, 28,519 minutes out), to evaluate overall impact.

Outage Duration Buckets:

Breakdown of short (4 hrs) outages, helping utilities assess grid resilience and recovery speed.

Peak Outage Hour & Most Affected Day:

Identifies when outages are most likely to occur.
Example: Peak = 7:00 PM | Most affected weekday = Sunday

Recent Significant Events:

Highlights major outages with timestamp, affected customers, average duration, and weather at the time — supporting outage reviews and incident documentation.
Example: 440 customers at 7:14 PM on 7/13/2025 under overcast skies

Why It Matters

This tool helps utilities:
• Benchmark reliability KPIs for RUS or PSC reporting
• Spot patterns in outage timing and severity
• Justify system improvements using clear, defensible data
• Respond faster and more confidently to major events
• Communicate performance to boards, stakeholders, or customers

No heavy software installs. No complex interfaces.
Just fast, flexible, and field-ready analysis — available through any modern web browser.

Part of RRAD’s growing suite of outage intelligence tools — available on either open-source or ESRI-based platforms.

Want to see it live?
Email us at [email protected] to schedule a walkthrough.