Oct 22, 2004
Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI), has recently been awarded a contract by Willmar Municipal Utilities (WMU), Willmar, Minnesota to supply a replacement SCADA Master Station for monitoring and controlling the district heating, electrical and water systems.
The system will be based on OSI's monarch™ distributed open architecture and includes Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, Historical Archiving, and both Calculation and Trending Subsystem capabilities. OSI's fast track delivery record and its market presence as well as its open technology have been major decision factors for Willmar. The system is scheduled to be implemented utilizing a four month schedule. WMU's future plans include implementation of Cannon Technologies Yukon Load Management Interface System.
Willmar Municipal Utilities (WMU) (wmu.willmar.mn.us) is dedicated to providing reliable, quality electric, water and district heating service to its consumer-owners at competitive rates in a forward-looking, service-oriented manner based on consumer input. WMU serves a population of approximately 19,000 and is the owner/operator of its own generating facility with 190 miles of distribution lines and 38 miles of transmission lines.
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.
For additional information regarding this news release please contact news@osii.com.
