Transmission and Distribution: AREVA delivers Hydro One Networks’ Energy Management System upgrade

Alstom Grid - 02.25.2010

AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Division has delivered an important system upgrade to Hydro One Networks Inc., the largest operating subsidiary of Hydro One Inc., which is wholly owned by the Canadian Province of Ontario. The new energy management system (EMS) is based on AREVA T&D’s renowned e-terra™ application suite and is running at Hydro One’s primary control center in Barrie, Ontario and its backup control center in Richview, a neighborhood of Toronto, Ontario. The system monitors and controls 97 per cent of Ontario's electricity transmission system, covering over 1 million square kilometers.

Hydro One now benefits from all the features of e-terraplatform version 2.5, which includes essential elements to help utilities comply with North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC’s) Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards. NERC CIP standards define the minimum requirements to enable a reliable electrical system and all North American organizations involved with the electrical network are subject to them.

“At Hydro One we believe we must embrace technology and innovation and forge intelligent partnerships to deliver the most value to our customers and shareholder,” said Mike Winters, CIO at Hydro One Networks. “For nine years now, we have considered AREVA T&D as much our partner, as our supplier.”

“Our software upgrades are designed to preserve our customers’ investments in their critical systems. We are extremely proud of the technology which is developed and delivered out of our Worldwide Center of Excellence for all Network Management Solutions in Redmond, WA in the USA,” added Jean-Michel Cornille, Executive Vice President, AREVA T&D Automation. More About Hydro One

Hydro One delivers electricity safely, reliably and responsibly to homes and businesses across the province of Ontario and owns and operates Ontario's 29,000 km high-voltage transmission network that delivers electricity to large industrial customers and municipal utilities, and a 123,000 km low-voltage distribution system that serves about 1.3 million end-use customers and smaller municipal utilities in the province. Hydro One is wholly owned by the Province of Ontario. www.HydroOne.com

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Ranked first in the global nuclear power industry, AREVA's unique integrated offering covers every stage of the fuel cycle, reactor design and construction, and related services. In addition, the group is developing a portfolio of operations in renewable energies. AREVA is also a world leader in electricity transmission and distribution and offers its customers a complete range of solutions for greater grid stability and energy efficiency*.

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