Clearion

Clearion, once listed as Clearion VM, is software that utilities use to manage vegetation along power lines and to inspect and maintain assets. Clearion Software was founded in 2006. Arcos, a Columbus, Ohio provider of workforce management software for utilities, bought it in late 2024 and now sells it under the Arcos brand. Clearion runs natively on Esri ArcGIS and uses a utility's existing GIS asset data as its base map. Planners use it to build multi-year programs and budgets by circuit, span, or asset type, and to rank work by configurable risk weightings. They can then send digital work packets to their own crews and to contractors. In the field, crews use a mobile app for iOS and Android. It captures photos, GPS locations, notes, and e-signatures, and keeps working offline, syncing when a connection returns. Office users get live maps, dashboards, and reports by span and circuit for regulators, landowners, and billing. Clearion Studio, a configuration tool, lets each utility set its own forms, terminology, and approval steps. The product fits investor-owned utilities, electric co-ops, municipal utilities, and line-clearance contractors. Named users include AEP, Exelon, Southern Company, Duquesne Light, We Energies, and WEL Networks in New Zealand. Integrations cover ArcGIS, enterprise asset management systems, call-center ticketing through web services, and other Arcos tools such as Crew Manager. Pricing is not published, and sales are handled through Arcos workshops and quotes. The main drawback is that there is almost no independent user feedback: G2, SourceForge, and Slashdot list no reviews, so buyers have to rely on vendor case studies and reference calls. It also requires an Esri ArcGIS environment.