Power Line Systems
The industry standard in overhead line design
Design, analyze, and manage transmission, distribution, and communication lines and their structures.
Powerful overhead line design and analysis software
Power Line Systems (PLS) offers solutions to achieve accurate, compliant, and cost-effective overhead line designs.
PLS-CADD
Computer Aided Design and Drafting ❯
Optimize the design of overhead lines in a fully integrated 3D environment that incorporates terrain modeling, engineering, spotting, and drafting functions.
PLS-GRID
Enterprise level PLS project manager and map viewer ❯
Manage your overhead line data in a single location and access PLS projects on desktop or web for easy distribution to all departments and contractors.
TOWER
Tower structure analysis and design ❯
Analyze and design steel lattice transmission, substation, and communication tower structures, including self-supporting and guyed.
PLS-POLE
Pole structure analysis and design ❯
Analyze and design structures made up of wood, laminated wood, steel, concrete and Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) poles or modular aluminum masts.
SAPS
Structural analysis of power and communication systems ❯
Simulate how overhead lines and their supporting structures behave under real-world conditions with 3D finite element modeling and linear and nonlinear analysis capabilities.
PLS-CADD/LITE
Simplified edition of PLS-CADD ❯
CAISSON
Analysis and design of reinforced concrete pier foundations ❯
Analyze and design concrete pier foundations and direct embedment depths for poles, while instantly visualizing how changes in materials or design parameters influence performance.
Why do our users trust our products?
For over 40 years, PLS has been at the forefront of overhead line design, delivering a suite of advanced software tools that have become the global industry standard.
Relied upon by over 1,600 organizations in more than 125 countries, its software offers comprehensive capabilities for designing, analyzing, and maintaining overhead power line infrastructure. From thermal ratings to full digital twins of entire grids, users gain deeper insight into real-world performance, enabling safer, smarter, and more efficient decisions.
Success Stories
Hear from our users
Exo Inc.
Grid tower stabilization solution prevents
catastrophic power outage
Exo leverages digital twin technology to remediate structure and prevent power loss during a global pandemic for energy utility, Evergy.
Toth & Associates
Transmission line project restores power to 1,500 people 18 days ahead of schedule
Toth & Associates, an engineering firm, develops electrical line replacement plans for Prairie Power, a generation and transmission cooperative.
