BRIDGE Energy Group just announced that we will serve as the
Smart Grid Integration partner for Orlando Utilities Commission. BRIDGE will leverage its proven
eFAME™ Methodology to integrate OUC’s newly acquired eMeter MDM
application with OUC’s existing CIS and OMS applications across
distributed locations. This is part of a broader Smart Grid initiative
for OUC.
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Kerri Martinek
BRIDGE
ENERGY GROUP SELECTED BY ORLANDO UTILITIES COMMISSION (OUC) AS THE SMART GRID
INTEGRATION PARTNER
BRIDGE to Offer Holistic
Approach to Integrating OUC’s Meter Data Management with Existing
Applications Including Customer Information Systems and Outage Management
Systems
October 28, 2010, Marlborough, MA and Orlando, FL
– BRIDGE Energy Group, the trusted advisor and implementation partner in
Smart Grid Integration, today announced that OUC—The Reliable One
has selected BRIDGE as the Smart Grid integration partner for its Smart Grid
initiatives. OUC, which provides electric and water service to more than
313,000 metered accounts in Central Florida, will start integrating Meter Data
Management (MDM), Customer Information System (CIS) and Outage Management
System (OMS) applications as part of a broader Smart Grid initiative.
BRIDGE will leverage its proven eFAME™ Methodology to
integrate OUC’s newly acquired eMeter MDM application with OUC’s
existing CIS and OMS applications across distributed locations. EFAME is
BRIDGE’s comprehensive and integrated suite of methodologies and
blueprints to perform strategic assessment, develop Smart Grid strategy,
evaluate vendor products and implement application integration. BRIDGE’s
technology agnostic and vendor neutral approach will enable OUC to work with
various application vendors under a uniform set of standards, thereby reducing risk
and bringing transparency across all Smart Grid tracks.
“OUC selected BRIDGE as our integration partner based
on their progressive approach to Smart Grid integration and domain expertise in
energy applications such as MDM, CIS and OMS,” said Dan Holverson,
OUC’s Director of Applications Systems. “Our team was impressed
with BRIDGE’s eFAME methodology as a standards-based approach to
accelerating our MDM integration projects.”
BRIDGE brings industry best practices to OUC in the areas of
Smart Grid Architecture, integration, interoperability, Enterprise Architecture
and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Additionally,
BRIDGE’s industry-renowned SOA integration experts will leverage their
experience with SOA and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) tools, specifically
webMethods, to integrate OUC’s Meter Data Management projects.
“BRIDGE’s thought leadership in advancing a
holistic approach to implementing Smart Grid integration architecture will be a
key component to making the OUC project a success,” said Tony Giroti, CEO
of BRIDGE Energy Group. “Our standards-based blueprints and
platform creates a future-proof IT ecosystem that better supports the evolution
of ongoing Smart Grid goals and initiatives.”
The MDM integration project will help to automate the
business operations related to meter reading and more intelligently support
demand side management.
About BRIDGE Energy Group Inc.
BRIDGE Energy Group, Inc., is the trusted advisor and implementation
partner in Smart Grid Integration and Utility Solutions for clients in the
Energy industry. BRIDGE offers business and IT transformation strategy
planning as well as program management and implementation services in support
of key Market Operations, Grid Operations and Smart Grid initiatives across
Generation, Transmission, Distribution, Independent System Operators and
Regional Transmission Operators. Founded in 2004, BRIDGE is headquartered
in Marlborough, MA with offices in Austin, TX; Albany, NY; Sacramento, CA; and
Rutland, VT. For more information on BRIDGE, please contact 888-351-8999
or visit http://www.BridgeEnergyGroup.com.
About OUC
Established in 1923 by a special act of the Florida Legislature,
OUC—The Reliable One is the second largest municipal utility in Florida.
OUC provides electric and water services to more than 313,000 metered accounts
in Orlando, St. Cloud and parts of unincorporated Orange and Osceola counties.
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Kerri
Martinek, Director of Marketing
BRIDGE Energy Group
Inc.
O: 508.281.7133 x117 | M:
617.851.1091
KMartinek@BridgeEnergyGroup.com
Trusted Advisor
and Implementation Partner
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| Boston | Rutland | Sacramento