You’re under growing pressure to add capacity, connect customers faster, and keep the network reliable in a more dynamic energy landscape.
Electrification is increasing demand through EV charging, heat pumps, and industrial loads, while rooftop solar, batteries, and other distributed resources make network behaviour less predictable. At the same time, you need to renew aging assets, improve resilience, and justify investment choices both technically and financially.
So the real question is: how do you modernize the network in a way that is both technically sound and commercially efficient while delivering top customer satisfaction?
Why a modern NIS matters
A modern Network Information System (NIS) can help you answer that question.
Tieto NIS brings together GIS-based network data, technical documentation, operational workflows, and lifecycle management in one web-based environment. That means less time moving between tools, fewer gaps between planning and execution, and better visibility across teams.
Instead of acting only as a system of record, it supports faster decisions, smoother collaboration, and a stronger foundation for investment planning.
Lifecycle coverage
The platform supports the full lifecycle of your distribution network assets from long-term planning and design to construction, inspection, maintenance and decommissioning.
In practice, you can maintain topology and asset data, support project and work processes, generate material views, and keep the network model up to date as work progresses. With automated regulatory reporting built into the solution itself, you get accurate results and save time reporting network values to the authorities.
That gives you better continuity of information, fewer manual handovers, less rework, and more confidence that decisions are based on current, reliable data. If you’re managing major investment programmes, that also means better delivery control and lower risk.
Automatic data for simulation and calculation with Siemens PSS SINCAL
A key strength is integration with Siemens PSS SINCAL, which extends the platform from documentation and workflow control into engineering analysis. You can use it for power flow, short-circuit studies, and integrated capacity analysis.
That helps you evaluate voltage performance, loading limits, fault levels, and hosting capacity as conditions change. In other words, your network data becomes more than a static register—it becomes a practical tool for planning, reinforcement decisions, and connection assessments.
This creates a stronger link between operational insight and investment decisions at a time when network complexity is only increasing.
Data services, scenarios, and investment relevance
The value grows further when you combine this analytical capability with data services and scenario planning. Time series data from AMR, load and production forecasts, electricity quality measurements, and switching-state scenarios help you create more realistic planning cases and operational studies.
You can compare future network states, test reinforcement options, spot bottlenecks earlier, and assess the impact of new customer connections or flexibility resources before constraints become critical.
For example, if EV adoption rises quickly in one area, you can assess whether you need traditional reinforcement, targeted automation, or a flexibility-based response—with greater confidence and better evidence.
When you’re expected to deliver both efficiency and resilience while meeting strict reporting requirements, this kind of connected, data-driven capability can make a meaningful difference to investment outcomes and customer service.
Want to ensure you are future-ready?
An ideal opportunity will be in Tampere on September 17th where Tieto, together with our partners, will have an industry event (the event is in Finnish). The easiest way to take the next step towards better network investment is to ensure your participation and register to the event now! Meanwhile, visit tieto.com/energy
