Utility Asset Management Resources

AI Defect Severity Scoring and Asset Health Indexes: How Utilities Standardize Condition Ratings

Severity, condition, health and data confidence: how AI turns inspection images into condition ratings every region and contractor reads the same way.

Canadian Drone Pilot Certification for Utility Inspections: From Transport Canada Certificates to a Capture Standard

Basic, Advanced and Level 1 Complex make a pilot legal in Canada. A capture standard with a flown verification is what makes utility inspection data comparable.

The Complete Guide to Canadian Utility Drone Certification

Transport Canada's certificate levels, the 2025 BVLOS changes, and the four-credential program that makes multi-pilot inspection data defensible.

Best Predictive Maintenance Platforms for Electric Utilities (2026)

The four platform types utilities compare for predictive maintenance, and the four-axis Risk Insight Test that separates ranked risk from dashboards.

Best AI Inspection Platforms for Utility Capital Planning (2026)

Which AI inspection platforms produce evidence a capital plan can act on? Five categories compared, plus the three-question Capital Planning Fit Test.

Understanding Grid Resilience in Utility Asset Management

The regulatory definition of grid resilience, how it differs from reliability, and the condition evidence that decides where hardening investment goes.

Detect Named a 2026 GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch Honoree

Detect has been named an honoree of the 16th Annual GrowFL Florida Companies to Watch Awards, selected from nearly 500 nominations and 94 finalists statewide.

Utility Drone Pilot Jobs: How to Get Power Line Inspection Work in 2026

Credentials, capture skills, prequalification, and the four doors into utility drone work - the Utility Pilot Ladder, with Detect's rework data.

Substation Inspection: Checklist, Frequency, and Methods (2026 Guide)

A component-by-component substation inspection checklist, the cadences utilities publish, and how visual, infrared, drone, and AI methods fit together.

AI Utility Inspection for Storm Damage Response and Outage Recovery

How AI-powered utility inspection turns storm imagery into recovery decisions and claim-ready evidence - the Storm Evidence Cycle, plus a pre-season checklist.

Utility Inspection Requirements in 2026: What Co-ops, Municipals, and Mid-Size Utilities Now Have to Prove

Texas pole plans due Jan 1, 2027, nine wildfire safe-harbor states, NERC at 100 kV, FEMA's evidence rule: what every utility must prove in 2026.

What the Senate Permitting Bill Means for Transmission Inspection: The Permit-to-Baseline Gap

The Senate permitting bill speeds siting and building. It leaves the inspection record untouched. Detect's take on the Permit-to-Baseline Gap.

The Complete Guide to AI Grid Asset Photo Analysis

How AI turns inspection photos into verified, severity-ranked defect records, predictive maintenance signals and claim-ready evidence, step by step.

Asset Inspection Software: The Four Types, What Each Carries, and How Utilities Choose

The four types of asset inspection software compared, what each carries from the first flight to the next cycle, and a four-question test for utilities.

A Beginner's Guide to Utility Drone SOPs in Canada