Distribution model responsive to asset identification

A system, comprising:

• a processing unit in communication with a computer readable memory and a computer-readable storage medium;
• wherein the processing unit, when executing program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage medium via the computer readable memory:
• acquires identity indicia for a jumper that is inserted into a feeder line at an insertion point within an electrical distribution grid that is modeled by a geographical information system model of a utility that provides electricity to end users through components of the electrical distribution grid, wherein the jumper has a jumper impedance value per foot of linear length, wherein the feeder has a feeder impedance value per foot of linear length, and wherein the jumper is inserted between parts of a feeder or connecting a first phase to a second phase on a single line;
• determines current geographical coordinates of the jumper within a distance tolerance that is selected as one foot in response to determining that the jumper impedance value differs from the feeder impedance value;
• determines if a unique identity of the jumper that is indicated by the identity indicia is present within the geographical information system model;
• updates the geographical information system model with a location of the unique identity of the jumper at the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper within the distance tolerance, in response to a determination selected from the group consisting of that the unique identity of the device is not present within the geographical information system model, and that a displacement distance from the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper to existing geographic coordinates that are stored in the geographical information system model in association with the unique device identity that exceeds the distance tolerance;
• provides the updated geographical information system model to an entity that is selected from the group consisting of a supervisory control and data acquisition system of the utility, a distribution management system of the utility, and an outage management system of the utility;
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• provides in real-time the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper within the distance tolerance to the entity;
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• wherein the entity monitors and controls a network topology of the electrical distribution grid in real-time as a function of the provided updated geographical information system model and the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper provided in real-time within the distance tolerance.

A computer program product for automatically updating modeling of a distribution network grid in response to real-time, precise location data of uniquely identified jumpers deployed within the distribution network grid, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising instructions that, when executed by a computer processing unit, cause the computer processing unit to:
• acquire identity indicia for a jumper that is inserted into a feeder line at an insertion point within an electrical distribution grid that is modeled by a geographical information system model of a utility that provides electricity to end users through components of the electrical distribution grid, wherein the jumper has a jumper impedance value per foot of linear length, wherein the feeder has a feeder impedance value per foot of linear length, and wherein the jumper is inserted between parts of a feeder or connecting a first phase to a second phase on a single line;
• determine current geographical coordinates of the jumper within a distance tolerance that is selected as one foot in response to determining that the jumper impedance value differs from the feeder impedance value;
• determine if a unique identity of the jumper that is indicated by the identity indicia is present within the geographical information system model;
• update the geographical information system model with a location of a unique identity of the jumper at the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper within the distance tolerance, in response to determining at least one of that the unique identity of the device is not present within geographical information system model, and that a displacement distance from a determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper to existing geographic coordinates that are stored in the geographical information system model in association with a unique device identity that exceeds the distance tolerance;
• provide the updated geographical information system model to an entity that is selected from the group consisting of a supervisory control and data acquisition system of the utility, a distribution management system of the utility, and an outage management system of the utility;
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• provide in real-time the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper within the distance tolerance to the entity;
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• wherein the entity monitors and controls a network topology of the electrical distribution grid in real-time as a function of the provided updated geographical information system model and the determined current geographical coordinates of the jumper provided in real-time within the distance tolerance.