Jan 17, 2007
Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) has been awarded a major contract by JEA of Jacksonville, Florida to be the supplier of its next-generation Energy Management System (EMS) technology.
JEA's electric operations currently serve more than 360,000 customers in Jacksonville and parts of three adjacent counties. JEA's main motivation for this project has been the implementation of a more modern and secure operations control system based on an open architecture, facilitating future upgrades of hardware and software as well as a lower recurring maintenance cost. The new system replaces a current system supplied by General Electric (GE).
The proposed system is based on OSI's monarch™ distributed open architecture and includes Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, Automatic Generation Control and Dispatch (AGC), Historical Information System, Transmission Network Analysis, Web-based Graphical User Interface, Operator Training Simulator and Secure ICCP communications, as well as capability for a hot standby backup/disaster recovery control system.
"We are very excited about adding JEA to our expanding user base. JEA's decision to choose OSI for this important project is again a continued affirmation of our technology, superior customer service and our focused commitment to the utility marketplace. We look forward to a very successful project and a long term partnership with JEA," said Bahman Hoveida, President & CEO of OSI.
JEA (www.jea.com) is the eighth largest community owned electric utility in the United States, providing electric, water and sewer service to more than 875,000 accounts in northeast Florida.
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.
For additional information regarding this news release please contact news@osii.com.
