Sep 5, 2007
Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) has been awarded a contract to supply a next-generation Energy Management System (EMS) to Nova Scotia Power (NSPI), of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The OSI monarch™ system will allow NSPI to effectively manage its current generation and transmission assets and assist in meeting regulatory and reliability standards. The new EMS will replace a legacy SCADA/EMS system.
The new system is based on OSI's monarch distributed open architecture and includes Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, Generation Control and Dispatch (AGC), Operator Training Simulator, Historical Information System, Calculation and Trending subsystems, Real-time and Study Transmission Network Analysis, Web-based Graphical User Interface and ICCP and DNP communications.
"We are very excited about this strategic project for OSI, as we expand our user community in Canada. We appreciate NSPI's trust in our technology and our company, and we welcome them to our user community. We fully expect this project to be highly successful and NSPI to be a great reference site for our technology," said Bahman Hoveida, President & CEO of OSI.
"OSI's new SCADA/EMS system will not only enhance our ability to monitor the electrical security of Nova Scotia but it will provide a pivotal piece to the work that is being done to adhere to the NERC reliability requirements," said Greg Reinhardt, of Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Power (www.nspower.ca) provides more than 97 percent of the electricity generation, transmission, and distribution to more than 460,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers across Nova Scotia. It manages 5,200 kilometers of transmission lines and 25,000 kilometers of distribution wires that supply power to customers' homes and businesses. NSPI also owns and operates 2,293 megawatts of generation fueled by a mix of renewable energy sources and fossil fuels.
OSI (www.osii.com) provides open, state-of-the-art, and high-performance automation solutions to utilities worldwide. These solutions include Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems, Network Management Systems (NMS), Energy Management Systems (EMS), Distribution Management Systems (DMS) and Generation Management Systems (GMS), as well as individual software and hardware products and e-business solutions for utility operations. OSI is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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