300k Assets
inspected across transmission and distribution lines in 2025
See more.Prevent fires and outages.
See more.
Prevent fires and outages.
We inspect every mile of line from the air and show you which poles, crossarms and insulators need work - while they're still a repair and not an outage.
Utility Asset Inspection Solutions
Zeitview provides utility inspection services that support the full lifecycle of grid asset monitoring, from drone inspection of powerlines and substations to asset monitoring software and maintenance planning .
Inspect
Utility Inspection Data Collection
Zeitview collects high-resolution component, hardware and electrical equipment imagery using manned drones and remote drone-in-a-box technology. These aerial inspections capture visual and thermal data, proactively detecting 50% more issues than ground-based inspections. In addition, bring your own data through our flexible data ingest pipeline.
Analyze
Utility Inspection Data Analysis
Inspection imagery is analyzed using AI and expert utility analysts to detect equipment degradation, thermal hotspots, vegetation encroachment, and other conditions that threaten grid reliability.
Report
Inspection Reports & Insights
Zeitview delivers clear utility inspection reports, annotated imagery, and severity assessments that help operators prioritize utility maintenance activities and prevent power system failures.
Monitor
Utility Inspection & Maintenance Planning Software
View your entire portfolio, review inventory and components, plan and prioritize maintenance.
Trusted by Utility Operators
Zeitview supports electric utilities, transmission operators, and utility cooperatives with scalable utility inspection services designed to improve grid reliability and safety.
Utility Inspection Services
Circuit Patrol
Identify and mitigate high-priority anomalies not visible from the ground that impact grid reliability and safety with aerial RGB inspections of utility assets.
Vegetation Encroachment
Prioritize, schedule, and audit vegetation management with Aerial RGB inspections that identify encroachment within various distances of utility lines.
General Inventory
Get a complete view of your assets with aerial RGB inspections that identify core electrical equipment, hardware, and components, and feed data into a holistic inventory database with interactive mapping.
Splice Inventory
Easily identify splices across your grid with aerial RGB inventory of wires to increase grid reliability, meet regulatory requirements, and increase federal funding for storm response.
Hot Spot inspection (Thermal IR)
Enhance wildfire mitigation efforts with UAV thermal data to identify discernible thermographic conditions and pinpoint hotspots including unbalanced load, excessive resistance, overheating clamps, slices, transformers, and more.
As-built Inspection
Ensure your infrastructure is built according to plan, with aerial RGB imagery that identifies discrepancies between real-world assets and as-built engineering specs.
Substation Inspection
Identify hotspots and bolster security across substations, with ground or drone IR and RGB substation inspections that capture discernible thermographic conditions and as-built discrepancies.
Zeitview Asset Insights
Multi-asset type inspection and maintenance planning software.
Your entire asset portfolio at your fingertips
Zeitview Asset Insights provides a unified interactive map to view your entire grid.
View anomaly severity and prevalence across your portfolio with severity ratings.
Zoom out for a full portfolio view or zoom in to see location details.
Quickly identify issues and their severity to manage risk
Each dot represents an asset location, color-coded to communicate issue severity.
View issue details and click to access images of the issues and accessibility information to support maintenance planning.
See the issues up close to inform maintenance plans
View detailed issue insights, including accessibility information, to help crews prepare with the right tools and equipment for efficient execution.
Take the information to-go with the Zeitview Asset Insights companion mobile field app.
Access location details and anomaly images to help field teams locate the issues and support faster remediation.
Keep data up to date. Field teams can remove severity ratings once remediation is complete and upload new photos.
Utility Resources
Webinars
How Aerial Data Supports Modern System Hardening
Hear from former cooperative leaders and Zeitview utility experts as they discuss how aerial inspection data can improve visibility into system conditions and support more informed maintenance and system-hardening decisions.
Blog
Building a Resilient Grid: AI-Enhanced Detection in Utility Infrastructure
By leveraging AI for component identification and using drone-based inspections, utility companies are set to transform their asset management practices.
Blog
Utility Trends: How Digital Inspections Reduce Carbon Footprint
Traditional T&D inspections are a hidden contributor to pollution and carbon emissions, affecting carbon footprint.
Frequently Asked Questions
A drone utility inspection uses high-resolution aerial imagery and sensor data to assess electric transmission and distribution assets. Zeitview captures visual and thermal data on utility infrastructure, then combines AI analysis with expert review to identify equipment degradation, hotspots, vegetation risks, and other conditions that can affect reliability and safety.
Aerial power line inspections can reveal conditions that are difficult to see from the ground, including issues involving poles, crossarms, insulators, hardware, electrical equipment, and nearby vegetation. Zeitview pairs imagery with anomaly details and severity information so utilities can prioritize the conditions that need attention first.
Aerial inspections expand visibility across pole-top components, remote terrain, rights-of-way, and other areas that can be difficult to assess consistently from the ground. Utilities can use aerial inspection alongside existing field programs to improve coverage, create better documentation, and direct crews toward assets that warrant closer attention or maintenance.
Aerial inspections can help utilities identify conditions associated with wildfire risk, including vegetation encroachment, dead trees, thermal hotspots, and degraded electrical equipment. Visual and infrared data gives teams a more complete view of potential ignition risks so they can prioritize mitigation work before those conditions escalate.
A thermal utility inspection uses infrared data to identify discernible temperature differences in electrical equipment. Zeitview uses thermal inspection to help locate hotspots associated with conditions such as excessive resistance, unbalanced load, overheating clamps, splices, and transformers, supporting maintenance and wildfire mitigation planning.
Yes. Aerial RGB inspections can identify vegetation encroachment along utility rights-of-way and help teams document grow-in and fall-in risks. Utilities can use the resulting location and condition data to prioritize vegetation work, schedule maintenance, and create a more auditable record of what was observed across the network.
Zeitview supports circuit patrol, vegetation encroachment, general asset inventory, splice inventory, thermal hotspot inspection, as-built inspection, and substation inspection. These programs can be used across transmission and distribution networks to improve visibility into asset condition, inventory, and maintenance priorities.
Zeitview Asset Insights brings utility inspection results into an interactive map where teams can view asset locations, anomaly severity, imagery, and issue details. Field teams can access findings on mobile devices, update information after remediation, and use consistent inspection records to support maintenance planning across the grid.
Talk to a Utility Inspection Expert
Learn how Zeitview utility inspection services help operators detect infrastructure risks earlier, improve grid reliability, and support safer maintenance operations.
