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CONTACT INFORMATION
Nexus Energy Software
www.nexusenergy.com
Bob Whittemore
Marketing Communications Manager
bwhittemore@nexusenergy.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PPL Electric Utilities
Goes Live with First Large-Scale Hourly Meter Data Management System
WELLESLEY, MA, November 27, 2006 – To promote
a more efficient electricity distribution system, the utility industry
as well as the 2005 Energy Policy Act have called for consideration
of advanced meters that measure electric usage on an hourly basis
for all customers. This month, when its new data management software
system went ”live”, PPL Electric Utilities (PPL) became
the nation’s first utility to obtain hourly usage from its entire
customer base – nearly 1.4 million homes and businesses.
PPL’s Meter Data Management System (MDMS), developed and
installed by Nexus Energy Software, is providing data validation,
process management, storage, and analysis of hourly meter readings
which are reported throughout the day by signals sent over power
lines from all customers’ meters, primarily utilizing TWACS®
by DCSI meter communications technology. With successful live operation
of the Nexus MDMS™, PPL has the largest operational system
in North America in terms of hourly read data volume, and will be
the most comprehensive in terms of applications that leverage the
data.
“The integration of our advanced metering system with the
Nexus MDMS unlocks the door to a whole host of applications that
will benefit our customers and the company”, remarked Bernie
Bujnowski, Director of Advanced Metering for PPL. , “The availability
of hourly energy use information will enable significant improvements
in our operations and, over time, enhancements to customer services.”
The Nexus MDMS™ is the centralized storage and control system
for data operations for the hourly meter reads, and provides the
platform for integrated applications for enhanced revenue protection,
complex billing, forecasting, distribution management, load research,
settlement, and customer energy management services, which will
be rolled out over the next several months.
“We were very impressed with Nexus’ vision of what
a meter data management system can deliver, as well as their innovative
approach to both data storage and leveraging data for business benefit,”
added Bujnowski. “We were also impressed with the smooth implementation,
which took less than 6 months.”
Harvey Michaels, CEO of Nexus Energy Software, added: “We
appreciate that PPL chose to work with us on data management systems
to achieve the potential of its pioneering all-customer advanced
meter system. Leveraging our experiences with on-line customer service,
asset planning, complex billing, and other critical systems to more
than 85 energy companies worldwide helped us deliver a solution
to PPL that ensured performance-at-scale as well as delivering business
results and customer energy management benefits”.
About PPL Electric Utilities (PPL)
PPL Electric Utilities Corporation, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation
that provides electricity delivery services to about 1.4 million
customers in Pennsylvania, has consistently ranked among the best
companies for customer service in the United States. Headquartered
in Allentown, Pa., PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) controls more than
11,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, sells
energy in key U.S. markets and delivers electricity to more than
5 million customers in Pennsylvania, the United Kingdom and Latin
America.
About Nexus Energy Software
Nexus Energy Software, a subsidiary of ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE:ESE),
enables the vision of what energy information can accomplish for
the 21st Century Utility by transforming both energy company and
customer views of energy. Nexus’ leading, proven-at-scale
solutions support customer interactions via self-service and the
contact center, while enhancing operating functions with analytic
applications that integrate meter, customer, and asset data. Nexus’
ENERGYprism®, Energy Vision® and Nexus MDMS™ product
lines are in use at over 85 energy companies worldwide, supporting
millions of interactions and transactions each year.
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