Information Systems & Automation Top Story Archive
OSI Participates in Consumers Energy’s AMI Technology Assessment
Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) and Consumers Energy Co. have signed an agreement to collaborate on an Advanced Metering Infrastructure technology assessment and field pilot program. ...
VELCO Electric Transmission Company Develops GIS-based Vegetation Management Program
Vermont Electric Power Company has developed a vegetation management program that is saving the utility hours of work and significantly improving the accuracy of treatment on its 12,000 acres of rights-of-way. ...
Siemens Installs SCADA/EMS System at Arizona Public Service
Siemens has successfully installed its SCADA/EMS system at Arizona’s largest electric utility ...
Illinois Cooperative to Implement Trimble's Utility Field Inspection, Asset Management
Jo-Carroll Energy, a Touchstone Energy Cooperative in Illinois, will be implementing Trimble's Geographic Information Systems-based Trimble UtilityCenter uaMaintenance module for utility field inspection and asset management. J...
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative Awards OSI a SCADA System Contract
Open Systems International, Inc. has announced that Old Dominion Electric Cooperative of Glen Allen, Virginia, has chosen to continue its relationship with OSI for ODEC’s next-generation SCADA/Energy Management System (EMS). ...
NICE SmartCenter Expanded to Improve Customer Service for Southern Co.
Southern Co. has expanded its strategic implementation of NICE SmartCenter to create a more integrated, comprehensive contact center environment....
Ameren Chooses LogLogic to Help It Meet Regulatory Requirements
Ameren Corp. has chosen LogLogic to supply its enterprise-class log management system. ...
GE Energy to Provide Distribution Management System for EDF Energy Networks in London
EDF Energy Networks is installing GE’s power distribution management software system to help manage EDF’s London electricity distribution network....
Salt River Project Migrates to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM Mainframes
Salt River Project has migrated to Red Hat Enterprise Linux on IBM System z mainframe servers for increased flexibility, manageability, cost savings and boosted performance. ...
CenterPoint Energy Initiates the New ArcFM Graphic Design Extension
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. is an early adopter of Designer Express, a new graphic design extension of ArcFM Enterprise GIS Solution. ...
Austin Energy Launches One of the First Smart Grid Deployments in the Nation
Texas utility Austin Energy is embarking on the first phase of its smart grid deployment, which is also one of the first in the nation. ...
Advanced Control Systems Chosen to Deliver PRISM SCADA
Advanced Control Systems, Inc. (ACS) has recently been awarded a contract by the city of Glendale, California, to deliver its PRISM SCADA system to Glendale Water & Power (GWP), the city’s municipal utility....
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. ...
