Nov 29, 2004
Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) was awarded a contract by Cedar Falls Utilities of Iowa to supply a Linux-based SCADA Master Station to control and monitor its electric, gas, water and communication systems.
The system will be based on OSI's monarch™ distributed open architecture and includes Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, DNP communications over IP, Historical Archiving, Topology Processing, Calculation and Trending capabilities, and will be based on the Linux operating system. The system includes specialized gas applications for monitoring critical low-pressure conditions. The redundant system will be installed at geographically separated operations centers to provide for seamless changeover for disaster recovery.
The system is scheduled to be delivered in December 2004 and put in full service by March 2005 based on a fast track implementation strategy.
Established in 1888, Cedar Falls Utilities (www.cfu.net) is the largest municipally owned four-service utility in Iowa, providing electric, natural gas, water and communications to a community of over 37,000 people. CFU has 16,000 electric meters, 11,000 gas meters and 10,000 water meters. CFU has built a strong, solid reputation for outstanding service, garnering a national reputation for outstanding performance management. CFU's customers range from the residential homeowner to the world's largest agricultural equipment manufacturer.
OSI (www.osii.com) provides open, state-of-the-art, and high-performance automation solutions to electric utilities worldwide. These solutions include Energy Management Systems (EMS), Distribution Management Systems (DMS), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems, and Generation Management Systems (GMS), as well as individual software products and e-business solutions for electric utility operations. OSI is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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