Aug 24, 2009
Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) has been awarded a comprehensive new contract by NV Energy Inc. (NVE) to supply next generation SCADA and Energy Management platforms for its two Nevada subsidiaries, Sierra Pacific Power Company (SPPC) in Reno; and Nevada Power Company (NPC) in Las Vegas.
NVE is an investor-owned energy utility based in Las Vegas, Nevada that provides energy services to a 54,500-square-mile territory in the state of Nevada, including more than 2.4 million residents as well as an annual state tourist population that exceeds 40 million people.
In anticipation of the pending 'One Nevada Transmission Line' (ON Line) project; a 230-mile, 500 kV north-south AC transmission line set to interconnect the transmission systems of NV Energy's subsidiaries in northern and southern Nevada, NVE has embarked on a system modernization project, choosing OSI to upgrade and enhance its energy management and control infrastructure, replacing and consolidating two existing legacy energy management systems. OSI's exceptional delivery performance, modern and open technology, unmatched customer service and extremely efficient support and system upgrade plans have been the main decision factors behind NVE's choice of OSI for this project.
These new systems are based on OSI's monarch™ distributed open architecture; featuring an advanced Microsoft .NET based Graphical User Interface and including Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), Automatic Generation Control and Dispatch (AGC), Historical Information Systems (HIS), Transmission Network Analysis, Web-based Graphical User Interfaces, Operator Training Simulator, Secure ICCP communications, as well as functionality for hot standby backup/disaster recovery control systems. With these new and networked systems, NVE is planning to retain Transmission and Distribution operation for both utilities in their respective locations, Las Vegas and Reno, while providing balancing authority EMS functions for the consolidated transmission network in its Reno location.
"OSI is very excited to have NVE join our growing family of users. NVE is a prestigious company with a historic past that we are extremely proud to be working with. In the face of ever-expanding regulatory challenges, OSI's forward looking business model and technology have been consistently proven to respond perfectly and to fit extremely well with the specific needs of progressive utilities like NVE. Welcoming NVE into our family of users; OSI pledges to do everything in our power to meet and exceed their expectations, as we do for all OSI customers," said Bahman Hoveida, President and CEO of OSI.
Headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, NV Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NVE) is a holding company whose principal subsidiaries are Nevada Power Company (Las Vegas) and Sierra Pacific Power Company (Reno). Servicing a 54,500-square-mile territory that stretches north and south from Elko to Laughlin Nevada, NV Energy provides energy services and products to more than 2.4 million residents, as well as an annual state tourist population that exceeds 40 million people.
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 Smart Grid solutions for utility operations. OSI is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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