Utility consulting · Engineering · AI
Engineering expertise.
Now AI-accelerated.
SVG Consulting combines utility consulting, distribution planning and engineering, and GIS expertise with DgineAI — our agentic AI platform for distribution design. The domain knowledge our engineers built through years of utility delivery is now running as software.
AI-assisted Distribution Planning and Engineering results in:
Who we are
Consulting, engineering, and the AI built on both.
SVG Consulting is a management strategy and engineering firm for electric utilities. We have delivered large multi-year transformation programs at Fortune 500 utilities — business process re-engineering, enterprise work and asset management, GIS strategy, compatible unit development, and full-cycle distribution engineering. We helped develop the grid modernization and data analytics strategies for these programs, along with the multi-year investment plans to deliver them.
Consulting practice
Management consulting
Strategy and transformation for utility operations — grounded in hands-on delivery inside major investor-owned utilities.
- Distribution planning
- GIS strategy and integration
- Enterprise work and asset management
- Smart grid and AMI analytics
- Business process re-engineering
- Grid modernization
Engineering services
Distribution engineering
In-house engineering and planning experts delivering design, analysis and field data collection for utilities and communications companies.
- Distribution planning, design and drafting
- Field data collection and inspections
- Pole structural and wind loading analysis
- Traffic control, permitting, base maps
- Fiber optic routing and design
AI-enabled capability
DgineAI
Agentic AI for utility distribution design. Our standards and domain knowledge, encoded into an agentic platform.
- Work order notification ingestion
- GIS context and spatial accuracy
- Standards and compatible unit selection
- Draft design generation
- Engineer review and automated hand-off
DgineAI operationalizes the utility engineering knowledge SVG built through years of consulting and engineering delivery. It is not a general AI product fitted with a utility prompt — it is our own design practice, running as software.
DgineAI
Agentic AI for utility distribution design.
Based on years of designing electric distribution work orders, we built an agentic AI platform that automates distribution planning — creating efficiency and significant cost savings for utilities facing a growing capital work order backlog and a scarcity of skilled resources.
DgineAI ingests work order notifications from Utility enterprise systems and asset data from Utility back-office systems, pulls spatial context from GIS, applies SVG-curated design standards and compatible units, and produces a spatially georeferenced, standards-compliant draft design for engineer review — compressing a multi-week manual cycle into 24–72 hours.
Human-in-the-loop control is central. Every AI recommendation is reviewed and approved by the design engineer, and every correction feeds back to sharpen the model.
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Domain-native, not adapted
Trained on SVG's own distribution design standards and compatible units. Not a general LLM fitted with a utility prompt.
Utility-controlled cloud deployment
Runs inside Utility's approved cloud environment under Utility identity controls, with a full audit trail of every AI decision. Customer data never reaches an external LLM.
Integrated to Utility's systems
Connectors for industry standard platforms across Work Management, Enterprise GIS and Distribution Design, via RESTful APIs — with a phased integration roadmap from file-based exchange to direct API.
How it works
From notification to approved design.
Five stages. The engineer holds authority at the one that matters.
Notification ingested
Notifications from Utility enterprise systems — API or PDF — parsed automatically. Key fields, asset attributes and circuit references extracted with no manual re-keying.
GIS context pulled
The agent queries Utility GIS for circuit topology, existing assets and spatial context around the work location, giving the canvas a spatially accurate foundation.
Draft design generated
Multi-agent reasoning applies SVG-curated design standards and compatible units to produce a draft aligned to regulatory and utility standards for the specific notification type.
Engineer reviews and approves
The design engineer reviews, edits and approves. Nothing is issued without that approval, and every correction is captured to improve the model.
Published from the design record
Held inside DgineAI as a compatible design diagram, the approved design releases as industry drawing formats such as AutoCAD, structured JSON, or secure services into Utility design workflows.
Security and responsible AI
Built for the controls a utility has to answer for.
DgineAI runs inside Utility environment, under Utility identity controls, with a design engineer holding final authority over everything produced.
How authority and accountability are held.
Where the platform runs and who can reach it.
ISO 27001 certification is in progress, with security controls monitored continuously through Vanta. Specific controls, retention periods and deployment architecture are confirmed per engagement during the month-one security review. View SVG's Trust Center (opens in a new tab)
Use cases
Every notification type, designed for.
DgineAI is trained and in production today on the high-volume replacement notifications driving the capital backlog. The roadmap extends to higher-complexity planning work.
Trained and running now. An engineer approves every design before it is issued.
Pad-mount equipment replacement
Ground-level pad transformers, switchgear and capacitor banks. Parses corrosive area flags and environmental remediation notes.
In productionPole-mount equipment replacement
Overhead transformer, switch and capacitor bank swap. Selects compliant CUs and generates the overhead design sketch.
In productionPole replacement
Parses PLW survey sheets for height, class, subtype and treatment; generates SPIDA input.
In productionSecondary changes
Network modifications downstream of the transformer — conductor, service drops and splices.
In productionService notifications
Field-observation-driven notifications for service faults, meter base changes and residential replacements.
In productionNot yet automated. The architecture supports these without re-engineering; each waits on design-standards curation for that work type.
Make-ready engineering
Pole attachment analysis and design for communications attachments.
RoadmapStorm response
Emergency design for storm damage restoration — rapid assessment under outage conditions.
RoadmapNew residential and small commercial
Subdivision and small commercial service design — high volume, strong automation candidate.
RoadmapCircuit upgrades
Capacity upgrades, reconductoring and voltage conversions — multi-asset design programs.
RoadmapLarge commercial customers
Industrial and large commercial new loads — metering, switchgear, transformer sizing.
RoadmapSolar, PEV and DER interconnection
Rooftop solar, EV charger and battery storage interconnection.
RoadmapNew overhead circuits
New-build overhead distribution — poles, conductors and hardware.
RoadmapNew underground circuits
Conduit, duct banks and underground cable new build.
RoadmapSystem-wide load studies
Planning studies feeding capital work order generation — load flow and capacity analysis.
RoadmapConsulting and engineering
Four ways we work with utilities.
Our consultants have played the thought-leader role at major investor-owned utilities, developing the strategic frameworks that guide multi-year technology and business transformation programs — then delivering the engineering behind them. We work across the full Design–Build–Operate–Maintain lifecycle, not the design phase alone.
Utility strategy and transformation
Business architecture, operating model and process transformation. At a major California utility, SVG developed a "Day in the Life" strategic vision that became the guiding document for every technology and business process project in the program.
- Strategic vision and business architecture
- Business process re-engineering and work method standardization
- Vendor selection and implementation oversight
- Metrics and resource deployment strategy
GIS and work management
GIS strategy and enterprise work and asset management — land base, data analysis, conflation, consolidation and integration, through to scheduling and field mobility.
- GIS strategy and integration services (Esri ArcGIS)
- Enterprise Work and Asset Management (EWAM / SAP PM)
- Graphical Design Tools (GDT) and compatible unit development
- Work scheduling and wireless field tools
Distribution engineering
Planning, design, field data collection and structural analysis for electric utilities and communications companies — delivered by our engineering and planning experts.
- Distribution planning, design, drafting and cost estimates
- Field data collection and inspections
- Pole structural and wind loading — SPIDA, O-Calc, Pole Foreman
- Fiber optic route planning, make-ready and construction drawings
- Traffic control plans, permitting, base maps
- Staff augmentation for planning and engineering functions
Smart grid and AMI analytics
Turning utility load profiles into operational intelligence. SVG built the approach for a pilot integrating smart meter voltage and consumption data with the network GIS, giving engineers asset loading visibility in their native applications.
- Load and voltage profiles at customer level
- Aggregation at transformer and circuit level
- Load forecasting and capacity planning
- Heat maps and thermal analysis
- Web-based interfaces integrated with native GIS applications
Why SVG
Domain depth meets enterprise AI.
Generic AI tools don't know what a compatible unit is. DgineAI does — because distribution engineers built it.
Utility-native
Pre-trained on distribution design standards, GO95/NESC and 5,000+ compatible units — built for utilities, not adapted to them.
Engineering-led
The platform comes with the engineers who wrote its standards, and the change management experience to land it. An engagement model, not a software licence.
Human-in-the-loop
A design principle, not a disclaimer. Engineers approve every recommendation, and their edits improve the model.
Enterprise-integrated
Connectors for industry standard Work Management, Enterprise GIS and Distribution Design platforms via RESTful APIs — with a phased path from file exchange to direct API.
Secure deployment
Utility's approved cloud environment, network isolation, MFA and role-based access. Customer data never reaches an external LLM and is never used for training.
Certified MBE
NMSDC-certified and registered with the California PUC Supplier Clearinghouse — meeting diversity supplier requirements for utility procurement.
How we engage
Pilot, platform, managed operations.
Every utility operates differently — investor-owned, municipal and public power alike. We scope around your notification volume, existing systems and capital delivery goals — whether you engage us directly or through your contractors, systems integrators and technology partners.
Business alignment pilot
A short, low-commitment exercise running a sample of your live work orders through DgineAI. Fit and gaps identified before any platform commitment.
Platform deployment
Full deployment in your approved cloud environment, integrated to enterprise work management, GIS, AUD and Design Manager. Scoped to your notification types, standards and compatible unit library.
Managed design operations
SVG's engineering and planning experts operate as an on-demand design bureau, absorbing overflow with DgineAI as the efficiency layer. Every design reviewed before hand-off.
Start with a business alignment pilot.
Run a sample of your live work orders through DgineAI. We identify fit, gaps and a quantified business case — no upfront commitment, with dedicated SVG engineering support throughout.
Recognition
Certified, recognized, and trusted.
SVG is a certified minority business enterprise (MBE) and a graduate of Southern California Edison's EDGE mentorship program for utility-experienced suppliers.
Certified
Current certifications held by SVG Consulting, Inc.
Recognition
Programs completed and awards received.
Customers
Utilities we have delivered for.
Proud participant in the EDGE mentorship program
Recent pilot for land survey documentsTechnology partners
Platform partnerships behind our delivery and DgineAI.
Delivery partners
Engineering firms we deliver alongside.
Common questions
What utilities ask us first.
The questions that come up in every evaluation, answered before you have to ask them.
What do you need from our systems to get started?
Work order notifications by API or PDF, and read access to Utility GIS for circuit topology and asset context. Integration begins with file-based exchange and moves to direct API on an agreed roadmap — no enterprise re-architecture up front.
Where does DgineAI run, and who can see our data?
Inside Utility's approved cloud environment, under Utility identity controls. Customer data is never shared with external LLMs and is never used for third-party training. Federated SSO with MFA, tenant network isolation, and a full audit trail of every AI decision.
How much engineer review is still required?
All of it. Every design is reviewed and approved by the responsible design engineer before it is issued — the platform never releases work on its own. Corrections feed back to sharpen the model against Utility standards.
Which work types are automated today?
Five notification types are trained and in production: pad-mount and pole-mount equipment replacement, pole replacement, secondary changes, and service notifications. Nine more sit on the roadmap, each waiting on design-standards curation rather than re-engineering.
What happens during a pilot?
A short business alignment exercise runs a sample of your live work orders through DgineAI — roughly nine weeks from first pass to readiness checklist and go/no-go. You finish with an architecture blueprint and a commercial proposal, before any platform commitment.
Do you only work with investor-owned utilities?
No. We work with investor-owned, municipal and public power utilities, and alongside contractors, systems integrators and technology partners as readily as direct. SVG's consulting and engineering practices are available with or without DgineAI.
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