Grounding conditions
Teams can see inspection status, supporting records, and asset context together.
Grounding resources
Understanding the systems behind GroundProof.
A practical overview of permanent substation grounding, personal protective grounds, testing, and the safety principles connecting them.
Permanent grounding
What is a substation ground grid?
A substation ground grid is the grounding infrastructure that supports safe station conditions and connects conductive equipment.
Equipment, structures, fences, control houses, and other station assets connect to the system through grounding points throughout the site.
Support safe station conditions
Connect conductive equipment
Document grounding connections
Maintain field awareness
Much of the grid is buried. Accessible grounding connections give teams a practical way to identify, inspect, and document the larger system over time.
Testing and condition
Why test grounding assets?
Grounding infrastructure can remain in service for decades while being exposed to corrosion, construction, equipment replacement, physical damage, and changing station conditions.
Different checks support different decisions.
Electrical integrity testing
Connection verification
Grounding system inspection
Documented testing records
Condition assessment
Preserve the asset history.
GroundProof connects results, inspections, photographs, conditions, and repairs to the physical asset so its history can be understood over time.
A test result becomes more valuable when it remains connected to the asset, location, condition, and work that followed.
Safety visibility
Make grounding conditions visible.
GroundProof keeps documented grounding verification and condition records connected to the assets and locations they describe.
Work-zone awareness
Authorized users can connect field documentation to the mapped grounding assets involved in the work.
Temporary protection
What are personal protective grounds?
Personal protective grounds—PPGs—are temporary grounding equipment used to help protect workers performing work on de-energized electrical equipment.
Field conditions can change as work progresses. GroundProof helps teams keep protective-ground records, locations, and status visible as the work develops.
Equipotential work zone
Protective grounding is arranged as part of utility safety procedures. GroundProof provides a connected record of the assets, locations, documentation, and status supporting that work.
Location matters
Arrangement matters
Connection quality matters
Equipment capability matters
Grounds and tags
The physical system provides the protection.
Grounds and tags are part of the safety processes utilities use to protect personnel and control equipment during field work.
GroundProof provides the visibility.
GroundProof creates a digital layer around the process by connecting protective-ground assets, grounding locations, associated tags, equipment, field activity, and historical records.
GroundProof supports established safety procedures. It does not replace the physical grounds, tags, engineering judgment, or approved utility work practices.
One safety mission
Two connected systems.
Permanent ground grid
The grounding infrastructure throughout the station.
Attachment point
An accessible connection to the permanent system.
Protective ground
Temporary protective equipment used during field work.
Equipotential zone
Protection for personnel performing the work.
Where GroundProof fits
Connect the information surrounding the work.
What grounding assets exist?
Where are they located?
When were they tested?
What condition are they in?
What was repaired?
Which PPG assets are available and tested?
Where are grounds and tags being used?
What is the historical record?
See it in the field
See what GroundProof can reveal at one station.
Understanding the principles is one thing. Seeing an entire grounding program become connected and visible is another.
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