Information Systems & Automation Top Story Archive
Public Service Co. of New Mexico Installing Energy Management System
Open Systems International, Inc. has been awarded a major contract by Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) of Albuquerque, New Mexico, to be the supplier of its next-generation Energy Management System (EMS) technology. ...
New Zealand's Powerco Installing Modern SCADA, Load Management
Open Systems International, Inc. has been awarded a new contract by Powerco of New Plymouth, New Zealand, for implementation of Powerco’s next-generation SCADA and Load Management systems. ...
Salt River Project, Selects NICE SmartCenter to Improve Customer Service
Salt River Project (SRP), the third-largest public power utility in the United States, has selected NICE SmartCenter solutions to help SRP manage and support the growth of its contact centers, which receive more than three million calls per year....
EDF Energy Completes 300-Site SCADA Network Rollout
Satlynx has announced the completion of a 300-site SCADA network for EDF Energy Networks in the UK. ...
Arizona Public Service Wins Edison Award for Online Oil Analysis
Arizona Public Service received the electric utility industry's highest honor for developing a landmark system that monitors major transformers in near-real-time....
Alaska Utilities Award OSI Joint Contract for Two Energy Management Systems
Open Systems International, Inc. has been awarded a major joint-contract by Chugach Electric Association, Inc. and Anchorage Municipal Light & Power of Anchorage, Alaska, to be the supplier of each utility’s next-generation energy management system (EMS) technology. ...
PG&E Selects Aclara to Provide Smart Meter Data Access
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has chosen Aclara Software to provide its customers with access to data being generated by smart meters. ...
DTE Energy Implements GIS-Based Design Software
DTE Energy Co. is in production with Designer, a GIS-based design solution from Telvent Miner & Miner (TM&M). ...
Maine Utility Implementing New T&D SCADA System from OSI
Maine Public Service Co. (MPS) awarded Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) a contract for a comprehensive SCADA system to monitor and control MPS’ transmission and distribution networks in the summer of 2007. ...
Connexus Energy Subscribes to Arcadian Broadband
Arcadian Networks, Inc. has signed Connexus Energy, Minnesota's largest electric distribution cooperative, as a new subscriber to the company's secure, IP-based, wireless broadband network. ...
Green Mountain Power Selects Telvent ArcFM System
Green Mountain Power (GMP), an electric utility in Vermont, has selected Telvent Miner & Miner’s (TM&M) ArcFM Solution for planning and managing its electric facilities....
Siemens to Modernize, Automate Parts of Turkey’s Distribution Network
In the wake of the deregulation of the energy market in Turkey, Siemens Energy has been awarded an order by the Turkish Electricity Distribution Corp.(TEDAS) to modernize and automate the distribution networks of the Konya and Ankara regions....
Baltimore Gas and Electric to Deploy Cannon Demand Management
Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. has selected Cooper Power Systems to provide a system for peak demand reduction designed for BGE's residential customers. ...
Enersource Selects SmartGrid Solution from Intergraph and Siemens
Enersource Hydro Mississauga, one of the largest distributors of electricity in Ontario, Canada, has signed with Intergraph to integrate and automate the various assets and functions of its power grid...
PPL Electric Utilities Installs ACS' Smart Grid Program
Advanced Control Systems, Inc. has successfully installed the first phase of its distribution reliability smart grid program for PPL Electric Utilities...
Midwest ISO Selects OSIsoft System for Monitoring and Managing Market
The Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. has implemented the PI System for monitoring and managing the Midwest Energy Market, one of the world's largest energy markets. ...
Comverge Provides Nation's First ZigBee Enabled Demand Response System
Comverge, Inc. has announced that it has successfully launched the nation's first ZigBee-enabled demand response program as part of a pilot sponsored by the Center for the Commercialization of Electric Technologies (CCET)...
Imperial Irrigation District to Deploy Next-Generation Energy Management System
Open Systems International, Inc. has been awarded a major contract by Imperial Irrigation District of California to supply a comprehensive Energy Management System....
Southern California Edison Implementing Design Management Applications
Autodesk, Inc. will be providing Southern California Edison, California's largest electric utility, with a common set of design management applications for the utility's more than 1,000 designers, engineers and planners who oversee the utility's distribution, transmission and substation assets within SCE's Transmission & Distribution Business Unit (TDBU). ...
Comverge to Provide Tampa Electric Company Price Response System
Comverge, Inc. has entered into a multi-year agreement with Tampa Electric Co. to expand the Energy Planner program using Comverge's Maingate Home system. ...
Southern California Edison Unveils Smart Neighborhood Electricity Circuit
Southern California Edison has designed and installed the nation's advanced neighborhood electricity circuit, according to the company...
Allegheny Power Modernizing Power Grid
Allegheny Power is contracting Augusta Systems for an electricity grid modernization project. ...
Detroit Edison Upgrades Substation Automation Systems
Advanced Control Systems has delivered six Connex 30 substation manager upgrades for legacy Systems Northwest/Hathaway RTUs. ...
ABB to Deliver Integrated OMS for El Paso Electric
ABB has won a contract to supply El Paso Electric with an integrated outage management system...
Australia Company Selects Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing
Tasmania, Australia's Aurora Energy has selected Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing to assist in the ongoing delivery of customer service in the Tasmanian and Australian national energy markets. ...