Telvent Miner & Miner has partnered with the City of Burbank Water and Power (BWP) to integrate Responder, the GIS-based outage management solution (OMS) with OASyS SCADA. As both systems are part of the Telvent offering, BWP will benefit from their integration to improve operational efficiency and provide for more timely and accurate data to feed the Responder OMS.
Responder OMS integration with OASyS will leverage BWP’s existing investment in the GIS by providing dispatchers and key management immediate notification while effectively managing outage incidents. BWP implemented ArcFM utilizing ESRI’s ArcGIS® technology several years ago, and Responder was another strategic step in taking advantage of their enterprise GIS.
This modern, GIS-hosted Responder system, coupled with Telvent’s OASyS DNA distributed open architecture platform that includes Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA), historical archiving, and web services, will improve BWP electric operations and greatly reduce their system’s restoration time in the event of an outage.
BWP has set a strategic direction to be a “world class” electric and water utility. According to Larry Wilke, BWP’s Facilities Technology Coordinator,“ The OMS implementation and SCADA upgrade will help the company achieve increased operational efficiency and improved reliability, which in turn will contribute towards reduced annual operating expenditures and improved quality of service for the Burbank residents.”
The City selected Telvent Miner & Miner for several reasons, including their understanding of the utilities business processes and the integration platform offered by Responder to bring together real-time SCADA information and GIS-based OMS. In addition to world leading technology, an important contributing factor is the methodology and capability of the Telvent Miner & Miner team to Design, Develop, and Deploy these modern technologies. The integration is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2007.
Source: Burbank Water
