Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) has implemented and gone live on the latest version of CES International's (Alpharetta, Georgia, U.S.) switching software, allowing NIE to garner significant efficiencies by integrating dispatch and control room operations.

Switching Management, a module of CES International's flagship Centricity operations resource management suite, will be integrated to NIE's newly deployed ABB Spider distribution SCADA platform.

Centricity helps utility distribution companies analyze operating data, improve routine network operations and predict and head off potential failures in a distribution system. Switching Management gives operations center personnel the power to manage routine and emergency switching functions, and create switching plans and safety documents in a rapid, online fashion. Personnel can also do “look ahead” analysis in study mode against a real-time three phase powerflow model to ensure that all network operations are executed to ensure economy, reliability and security in a tight time window.

Centricity helps utilities streamline and automate the process of fielding customer calls, dispatching repair crews and managing crews while in the field. Centricity also includes advanced network management functionality and provides the foundation of CES International's EDM suite, portions of which will be made generally available this fall after two years of development and a multimillion dollar research and development investment.
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