Energy & Utilities|Operations

Hetch Hetchy Power System
Vegetation management

LiDAR data took 18 months to process. AI now scans satellite imagery in 8 weeks, reducing annual maintenance work by 50%.

PublishedDec 18, 2025|1 month ago

Key results

Annual Time Savings
260 hours
Insight Delivery Time
8 weeks
vs 18 months (Lidar)
Outage Reduction
50%

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The story

A utility provider maintains 369 miles of transmission and distribution lines running through high fire threat districts and protected natural areas like Yosemite National Park.

A single forester inspected the entire network manually, relying on LiDAR flights that took up to 18 months to process due to weather delays. By the...

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The company

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Hetch Hetchy Power System

sfpuc.gov

Municipal hydroelectric and solar power utility for the City of San Francisco.

IndustryEnergy & Utilities
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
Employees1K-5K
Founded1925

Implementation partner

Provided the Treeline AI solution to monitor vegetation risk for Hetch Hetchy's power lines.

IndustryAerospace & Defense
LocationBerlin, Germany
Employees51-250
Founded2018

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