Celerity

Utility Consulting Services

• Business Integration Consulting Services

  Unlock the potential of seamless operations with Celerity's Business Integration Consulting Services. Utilities currently confront critical decisions regarding the end-of-life or upgrade of their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, including SAP, Oracle, Microsoft and Maximo. Common to all these decisions are significant challenges related to data management and maintaining consistent business processes. Celerity’s Business Integration division is uniquely positioned to engage with your IT and Operations organizations, offering a comprehensive strategy and approach to address both present and future data challenges and their implications on business processes. Celerity Business Integration services play a pivotal role in cultivating a cohesive and interconnected operational environment, seamlessly integrating diverse technological systems, applications and processes within the utility infrastructure. By optimizing workflows and facilitating information flow, these services empower utilities to effectively leverage technology, resulting in heightened operational efficiencies, streamlined processes and more responsive approaches to dynamic challenges in the utility sector. Our approach tackles the intricacies of utility operations by ensuring the harmonious interaction of various components, such as asset management systems, work order processing and data analytics platforms. This integration fosters collaboration across departments and establishes a robust foundation for future technological enhancements. Whether linking field operations with central databases or integrating customer information systems, Business Integration services enable utilities to extract maximum value from their technological investments. This, in turn, cultivates a more agile, resilient, and technologically advanced utility landscape.

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• Data Quality Management Services

  Celerity specializes in Data Quality Management services for utility operators, ensuring data accuracy, reliability, and security for improved decision-making and operational efficiency. Celerity places a strong emphasis on Data Quality Management Services, particularly within the context of supporting utility operators. Our focus on ensuring data accuracy, reliability and security aligns with improving decision-making and operational efficiency. Leveraging our experience and expertise in Data Quality Management Programs enables our team to offer specialized services rooted in engineering best practices and regulatory compliance, providing substantial value to operators across the United States.

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• GIS Services

  Our GIS services empower clients to harness the spatial dimensions of their data, enabling informed decision-making, cost reduction, and regulatory compliance through visually impactful representations. Celerity’s Geographic Information System (GIS) services serve as a transformative tool, empowering clients to convert raw data into meaningful visual representations of spatial information. By gaining a spatial perspective on existing data, organizations can extract vital business insights that facilitate informed decision-making, contribute to cost-reduction strategies, and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. This spatial intelligence not only enhances the efficiency of decision-making processes but also provides a comprehensive understanding of geographical relationships, optimizing resource allocation and operational planning. Celerity’s GIS services go beyond data interpretation, offering a strategic approach that leverages spatial information to drive operational excellence and overall business success. Celerity offers a comprehensive suite of GIS services designed to optimize utility data solutions. From Solution Architecture and Design to System Implementation, Field Collection, and Business Process Support, Celerity ensures the seamless integration of spatial technologies, enhancing operational efficiency, decision-making processes and overall utility performance.

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• Estimating & Design for Power Utilities

  Celerity is your trusted partner in electric and gas construction job packages, delivering top-notch services tailored to your business requirements. Celerity specializes in estimating and designing solutions for power facilities, focusing on both electric and gas distribution systems. With over 200 collective years of experience working for Investor-Owned Utilities, Celerity is a trusted partner in providing comprehensive construction job packages tailored to meet specific business requirements.

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• Wildfire Mitigation Support Services

  Celerity's Wildfire Mitigation Support services integrate comprehensive strategies, collaborative partnerships, and data analysis to proactively identify and minimize the risk of wildfires from electrical infrastructure, contributing to community safety and environmental preservation through continuous improvement. Celerity Wildfire Mitigation Support services involve the development of comprehensive strategies aimed at minimizing the risk of wildfires caused by electrical infrastructure. By harnessing the power of data analysis, clients can proactively identify risks, optimize resource utilization and continuously enhance their wildfire mitigation strategies. Emphasizing a comprehensive approach that integrates various strategies and collaborative partnerships underscores the commitment to reducing wildfire risks. Additionally, highlighting the role of data analysis in proactive risk identification and continuous improvement showcases the importance of leveraging data-driven insights to enhance mitigation strategies, contributing positively to community safety and environmental preservation. Our Wildfire Mitigation Support services offer a comprehensive strategy to minimize the risk of wildfires caused by electrical infrastructure, emphasizing data analysis for proactive risk identification and continuous improvement in mitigation strategies. This includes risk identification in high-threat areas, resource optimization for targeted mitigation efforts, proactive planning through historical data analysis, continuous improvement through strategy evaluation and enhanced preparedness for emergency response, ultimately contributing to community safety and environmental preservation.

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• Project Management Office

  Our Project Management Office services play a vital role for companies, offering utility organizations a structured and effective framework for project management standardization. Celerity Project Management Office (PMO) services are crucial for companies, providing a framework for standardized and efficient project management. Companies of all sizes benefit from the structured approach, standardization and strategic alignment that PMO services can provide. Celerity PMO services not only streamline processes but also ensure projects contribute directly to an organization’s overarching goals through tailored solutions. Whether a smaller company aiming for efficient growth, or an established enterprise navigating complex projects, our expertise in optimizing resource allocation, managing risks, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement sets us apart. We understand the unique challenges businesses face. We enhance project quality, collaboration, and communication among all stakeholders. As a leader in PMO services, we bring a commitment to excellence, adaptability to change, and a passion for ensuring projects and programs not only succeed but thrive.

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• Program Strategy

  The success of any ERP technology initiative relies on a robust program strategy with strong executive leadership to create the environment for change and understand that technology includes people, processes, and data. By incorporating key business integration elements into the program strategy, organizations can enhance the likelihood of a successful ERP or technology implementation and realize the intended benefits of the new system. Celerity works with your cross-functional team or System Integrator to deliver: - Clear Objectives and Scope - Thorough Needs Assessment - Data Migration and Cleansing Strategy - Change Management Plan - Detailed Project Plan and Timeline - Risk Mitigation Plans - Customization vs. Standardization Decisions - Continuous Improvement Opportunities - Post-Implementation Support - Performance Metrics and Evaluation

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• Business Systems Integration Services

  Our business systems integration services are designed to provide clients with new, stand-alone strategic solutions or integrated with existing system integrators providing a business led, technology enabled approach to client initiatives. Celerity Business Systems Integration services are designed to provide clients with new, stand-alone strategic solutions or integrated with existing system integrators providing a “business-led/technology-enabled” approach to client initiatives. Celerity’s focus is to streamline and optimize the connectivity and collaboration of various systems, applications, and processes within an organization. Our business integration consulting services aim to enhance operational efficiency by creating a cohesive and unified ecosystem where disparate components seamlessly work together. Business integration involves linking different IT systems and software applications – either physically or functionally, to act as a coordinated whole, reducing redundancy and improving data accuracy. Integration services encompass a range of activities, including data synchronization, process automation and real-time information sharing across departments. By implementing effective business integration, organizations can achieve a more agile and responsive infrastructure, allowing them to adapt quickly to changing business needs and improve overall decision-making. Whether it’s integrating customer relationship management (CRM) systems, enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions, or other business applications, these services play a pivotal role in fostering a connected and efficient operational environment.

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• Technology System Consulting

  Celerity's comprehensive Technology System Consulting offers expert guidance to optimize technology infrastructure, providing tailored solutions that align with organizational goals and enhance efficiency. Celerity Technology System Consulting services involve expert guidance and support for organizations seeking to optimize their technology infrastructure and systems. These services encompass a range of activities, including system analysis, design, implementation and ongoing support. Our Technology System Consulting team can assess current technological needs, recommend tailored solutions and assist in the deployment of advanced systems that align with organizational goals, enhance efficiency and drive innovation. Through a combination of industry knowledge and technical expertise, Celerity team members will advise on the strategic use of technology, ensuring that businesses remain agile and competitive in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

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• Data Management Services

  Our suite of Data Management services caters specifically to utilities, embracing a holistic approach to handling, organizing, and leveraging data for superior operational outcomes. Through effective data management, utilities can enhance the reliability of their technology infrastructure, enabling seamless integration of systems, facilitating data-driven decision-making and ultimately contributing to the overall efficiency and resilience of utility operations. In addition to governance, data management services for utilities involve strategic planning for data storage, retrieval, and utilization. These services often include the implementation of advanced data storage solutions, such as cloud-based platforms, to ensure scalability and accessibility. Our Data Management services for utilities encompass a comprehensive approach to handling, organizing and leveraging data for optimal operational outcomes. These services involve the establishment of robust data governance frameworks, ensuring that data is accurate, secure and compliant with industry regulations. Properly managed data becomes valuable assets for utilities, empowering them to extract meaningful insights, predict maintenance needs and optimize resource allocation. With a focus on data quality, security and strategic utilization, data management services play a crucial role in supporting and maximizing the impact of technology initiatives within the dynamic landscape of utility operations.

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• Vegetation Management Support Services

  Our Vegetation Management (VM) expertise lies in delivering comprehensive VM solutions that blend industry-leading practices with innovative strategies to enhance utility operations. Our Vegetation Management (VM) expertise lies in delivering comprehensive VM solutions that blend industry-leading practices with innovative strategies to enhance utility operations. These services are based on a holistic understanding of the global needs of the utility and can provide a multiplier effect on reliability and cost-effectiveness for downstream VM activities. Our team is comprised of industry veterans with 30+ years of experience from both inside the utility as well as from the contractor perspective. We use advanced analytical approaches based on state-of-the-art data collection and analysis and have a commitment to safety and regulatory compliance using industry benchmarks and offer innovative emergency response strategies based on hard-won experience in critical situations, data-driven decision-making and reporting systems using cutting-edge software. Each utility has its own unique challenges based on geography, population density, and vegetation ecosystems, hence our work in these areas is tailored to address the specific root causes of these challenges.

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• Construction Management Services

  Our Construction Management Services are tailored to meet the specific needs of the utility sector. Understanding the complexities and critical nature of utility infrastructure projects, our services are designed to oversee and manage construction activities from inception to completion. We bring a wealth of experience in coordinating, planning, and executing construction projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards. Our approach emphasizes collaboration, integrating the efforts of designers, contractors, and utility personnel to achieve seamless project execution. In parallel, we understand the importance of clear communication, stakeholder engagement and a commitment to environmental sustainability. Whether it’s upgrading existing infrastructure or deploying new installations, we ensure that every construction project is managed with the utmost professionalism and dedication to excellence. Our capable PMO staff can provide immediate cost and efficiency benefits to utility construction programs. Early involvement to assess constructability, vegetation estimating, environmental and land ownership impacts for powerline route studies along with the integration of innovative technologies for GIS mapping & delineation of environmentally sensitive areas. We offer critical insights into potential costs associated with veg-related construction tasks backed with experienced industry personnel for safety and daily construction oversight.

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• Emergency Management Services

  Our Emergency Management services are specifically designed to address the urgent and complex challenges faced by utility companies during unforeseen events. We understand that in times of crisis, such as wildfires, major storms or unforeseen environmental impacts, swift and effective action is paramount to ensure safety, minimize downtime and mitigate potential damages. Our team of seasoned experts is equipped with the knowledge and experience necessary to manage and respond to emergencies effectively. We specialize in rapid mobilization, deploying skilled personnel and resources to manage and rectify emergencies ensuring a swift return to normal operations. Our team is fully versed in Incident Command structure and responsibilities for event management offering extensive direct experience in managing actual wildfire and storm events. We have developed robust internal processes for data management and audit tasks with a proven ability to rapidly ramp-up resources to support a wide range of events, leading the development of Post-Event analysis/reporting and Restoration Processes.

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• Environmental & Safety Management Services

  Our Environmental and Safety management services are meticulously designed to support our clients in navigating these vital aspects by recognizing the critical impact of environmental factors and safety considerations in the utility sector. Our environmental and safety services are at the core of our commitment to sustainable and secure utility operations. We provide comprehensive environmental assessments, ensuring that all vegetation management and construction projects are in harmony with ecological standards and best practices. Our team, equipped with extensive expertise in environmental regulations, helps clients to not only comply with legal requirements but also to champion environmental stewardship. Our goal is to minimize the environmental footprint of construction activities and improve environmental compliance through improved employee training and awareness equips workers with the knowledge and skills to maintain safe and environmentally responsible work practices, improvements to the safety culture of utility projects and mitigating potential risks that may lead to incidents, and promoting the utility client’s public image and reputation by demonstrating a commitment to environmental stewardship and employee safety

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• Quality Assurance & Support Services

  We provide comprehensive quality assurance services that ensure all aspects of vegetation management – from routine maintenance to emergency responses—are performed to the highest standards, aligning with both regulatory requirements and best operational practices. Our quality assurance and support services are specifically designed for vegetation management and other critical inspection requirements in the electric power utility sector. Our approach is rooted in a deep understanding of the unique challenges and standards of the industry. Our team, enriched with seasoned professionals, brings unparalleled expertise in conducting thorough inspections, audits and evaluations ensuring the utmost quality and safety in every project. We extend our quality assurance services beyond vegetation management to encompass various inspection requirements crucial to electric power utilities. This includes substation inspections, line clearance evaluations, and system-wide VM compliance audits with state and federal regulations. Our methodical approach involves detailed reporting, data analysis, and actionable recommendations, ensuring that clients meet and exceed the rigorous quality benchmarks set by the industry. Utility companies can trust in our commitment to precision, excellence, and a proactive approach to quality management, ultimately leading to enhanced reliability, safety and operational efficiency in their utility operations.

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• Pre-Inspection Reporting & Strategic Planning Services

  Our pre-inspection services are a critical component of supporting electric power utilities in their vegetation management programs and represent the front end of some of the largest expenditures that utilities have in maintaining their system reliability. While most of today’s pre-inspection services for utilities have become commoditized and often lack innovation, we have had success integrating new technologies that improve productivity and minimize cost while optimizing accuracy. Recognizing the importance of early detection and proactive management in preventing service disruptions and enhancing safety, our pre-inspection offering is designed to thoroughly assess and identify potential vegetation-related risks to utility infrastructure. Our pre-inspection services also extend to detailed reporting and strategic planning. By providing utilities with precise data and actionable insights, we enable them to prioritize and plan vegetation management activities more efficiently. This approach not only helps in maintaining regulatory compliance but also plays a significant role in optimizing resource allocation and minimizing operational costs. Our commitment to integrating best practices, along with our emphasis on accuracy and reliability, ensures that electric power utilities receive a robust foundation for their vegetation management strategies contributing to the overall resilience and safety of their infrastructure. Early risk identification enables timely intervention and reduces the potential for power outages. Data-driven decision-making provides utilities with detailed insights and facilitates informed decisions for follow-on vegetation maintenance activities and enhanced safety for utility workers and the public maximizes system reliability. Our services are designed to proactively assess and identify potential vegetation-related challenges before they escalate into major issues. Our team of experts employs advanced techniques and technologies to conduct thorough inspections, ensuring that vegetation is managed effectively and safely, in compliance with regulatory standards. Utilities have ensured the reliability and safety of their infrastructure in parallel with optimizing their vegetation management processes for greater efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

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• eDiscovery Services

  Celerity provides a full range of strategic and tactic technology consulting services across the discovery lifecycle. As natural consultants, our dedicated focus on each project draws from our extensive experience, ensuring clients receive the most compelling, cost-effective, and comprehensive solutions in every engagement. Celerity’s technology approach is inherently adaptive. We provide cutting-edge electronic discovery tools like EnCase, Nuix, and Relativity to manage matters for clients. As a Relativity Premium Hosting Partner, we bring versatility to meet your specific needs, whether it’s a tactical imaging request or comprehensive support in managing discovery from identification to production. Consider us your ideal partner, regardless of the breadth or specificity of your requirements. Celerity’s eDiscovery services encompass a comprehensive suite designed to navigate every stage of the legal discovery process.

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• Digital Forensics

  Celerity’s Forensic Analysis services help clients find answers hidden deep within electronic data that typical processing, analysis, and review might not reveal. Celerity’s Forensic Analysis services help clients find answers hidden deep within electronic data that typical processing, analysis and review might not reveal. These services are especially helpful when electronic evidence has been damaged, when there are concerns that custodian evidence may have been tampered with, or when file or system metadata may hold the key to critical case questions. Specifically, our forensic consultants can: - Identify and restore lost, hidden, or deleted files - Analyze operating system and file artifacts to understand user behavior, including file deletion and anti-forensic activity - Provide affidavits and expert testimony - Analyze other forensic experts’ reports Our team includes professionals with EnCE credentials and experts who have provided affidavits, opinions, and expert testimony. Technologies utilized include Cellebrite, Axiom, Tableau, Oxygen, Page Vault, and others.

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• Data Analysis Litigation Support Services

  Celerity has a proven track record of working with large and diverse data sets in methodical and defensible fashions to provide simple answers to complex legal and business questions. We are well-versed in working with structured data from most electronic sources, including local and laptop computers, networks, accounting, and payroll systems such as SAS, SAP, and proprietary databases. We also convert unstructured data, such as data contained within Word or PDF documents, into a structured format required to be properly analyzed. From basic queries to complex cursors and algorithms, our work is performed systematically and can be supported through declarations or testimony. We’ve worked on some of the largest, most complex and high-profile data analysis matters in the country, including opioid data analysis for multiple states, complex data analysis in support of more than a dozen states stemming from the landmark 1998 tobacco settlement matter and data analysis related to vaping products litigation. Celerity has multiple PMP-certified project managers who have worked on some of the most complex litigation matters in the industry. Combining proven techniques with appropriate technologies and a tailored approach, we deliver projects on time and on budget. Celerity offers a range of eDiscovery and digital forensics technology choices to ensure client and project needs are met. We also develop custom applications when a case or matter has special requirements.

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• Expert Witness Services

  Our teams are highly experienced providing live testimony in court as respected subject matter experts, contributing written and defended expert direct and rebuttal reports and providing live expert rebuttal testimony against opposing experts. Celerity Expert Witness professionals provide written opinions, declarations and affidavits to support clients throughout the legal process including, Data analysis, summarization and expert opinions in complex litigation and arbitration matters, efficacy, transparency and defensibility of litigation technology and associated processes and procedures, and computer forensics and electronic evidence recovery, including the defensibility of search protocols, reasonableness of collection practices and completeness of data collections. Key members of our senior management team have assisted counsel with discovery for 30+ years, teach Continuing Legal Education (CLE) courses, speak at conferences, possess multiple industry certifications, and play active roles in the Sedona Conference and the development of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM). The core of our services, even in non-testifying scenarios, revolves around the adept gathering and synthesis of information, culminating in the presentation of a compelling narrative. Whether it’s orchestrating a discovery strategy spanning terabytes of data across diverse organizations, scrutinizing a utility’s crisis response or analyzing varied data sets central to damage claims or arbitrations, we possess the expertise to articulate intricate information clearly. These skills seamlessly translate into exemplary expert witness work, both in written and oral formats, showcasing our ability to navigate complexity with precision and clarity. We can confidently speak to the integrity of the underlying data that we work with, not just the analyses that we have performed on that data.

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• Incident Response Services

  Celerity leverages our experienced teams, established methodologies and full suite of litigation support services to help our clients strategically and tactically respond when an incident has occurred. When an incident occurs, our clients and their employees’ primary goal is to fix the problem and keep people safe, whether that is plugging a leak, putting out a fire or dealing with the aftermath of an explosion. Working hand in hand with Legal, Celerity works to protect the company by managing and optimizing risks to the company during the response and in the regulatory investigations and litigation that follow. During the response to an incident, many different parties may be involved, including the client, established providers and partners, new providers specifically hired for the response, consultants, contractors, customers, public sources, etc. Each of these parties amass data, whether on computers and servers, mobile devices, cloud data sources, social networking sites, databases and proprietary applications. Celerity assists with identifying and tracking this information, which we later use for custodian identification, legal hold notification and acknowledgment, the system enforces preservation holds, custodial collections from devices and systems, data processing and hosting, document review and production, structured data analysis, forensic data analysis and expert witness testimony. In a response, you don’t just need to know what was collected, processed, reviewed and produced. You need to know what data was not and be prepared to explain to regulators why. Celerity can assist with this.

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• Electric & Gas Utilities Consulting

  Celerity’s electric and gas utilities consulting division provides public utilities companies with a wide range of integrated consulting services to analyze, strategize and execute critical business facets and optimize project results. Our tenured teams play an instrumental, leadership role in helping clients prepare for the inevitable, prevent recurring incidents and protect people and assets from danger. From business integration to data quality, GIS, estimating and beyond, Celerity electric and gas utilities consulting services help clients convert complex data into clear, actionable intelligence to mitigate risk, optimize assets and maximize project results.

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• Clear Path Utilities Vegetation Management Services

  Powered by the vegetation management experts from Celerity’s subsidiary company, Clear Path Utility Solutions, our vegetation management division orchestrates an integral, leadership role between construction companies and vegetation field services, providing advanced emergency and non-emergency response services to help utility companies assess, plan, and execute vegetation projects in the field. From construction management to emergency management, quality support and pre-inspections, Clear Path Vegetation Management experts provide hands-on consulting strategy, project management and quality control services to optimize emergency and non-emergency projects as they evolve.

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• Utilities Litigation Support Services

  Celerity’s Utilities Litigation Support division provides public utility companies with a full range of eDiscovery, data analysis, data management and expert witness expertise to help maximize legal matters and mitigate risk. With deep roots in complex data analysis, Celerity Litigation Support practitioners are proven experts in providing clients with advanced solutions from forensics to final production, expert testimony and beyond.

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