Many tools create a simple visualization of data however very few of them are able to create a sufficient context for the images they put on maps. How many more cities will go out of power for days on end due to poor information and uneducated decisions leading to blackouts? The answer should be none, and now we have a way to ensure this happens. Utilities and ISOs already have a lot of data they could use to make their operations smarter and have renewable energy programs in place; however, the data are in separate systems, and the data don’t tell operators what they need to do to optimally balance conventional versus green power for maximum environmental and energy reliability benefits. There’s already a company, called Space-Time Insight, that offers a unique solution that depicts all of the data – much of which was previously unused or unusable - onto a satellite image with the grid and assets and also adds relevant analytics, remedial action scripts, and direct links to workflow systems, which help operators to make smarter, quicker, and greener decisions – and initiate appropriate procedures and actions. Space-Time Insight can layer in all kinds of data – even real-time sensor data and real time weather and crisis feeds. Here’s just one example: When wildfires surrounded San Diego, the Space-Time Insight real-time geospatial analytics portal literally saved San Diego’s electric supply by notifying operators for California ISO and San Diego Gas and Electric that there was a fire within a mile of the last transmission line transporting electricity to San Diego, and winds were pushing the fire towards the line. As a result, authorities re-directed air-dropped fire retardant to that area and to that specific transmission line – preventing an outage to San Diego downtown that could have lasted for days. San Diego was saved. Who will be next? Check it out at http://www.spacetimeinsight.com