SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ:
TRMB) announced today that the Pedernales Electric Cooperative
(PEC), the largest electric distribution cooperative in the U.S.
with more than 288,000 meters in central Texas, has implemented Trimble's Distribution
Management System (DMS). PEC will use Trimble DMS for operational
administration of its electric network as well as outage management
and response. Trimble DMS features core Outage Management System
(OMS) capabilities that can boost a utility's outage response and
service restoration times, improve communications and safety with
crews and customers, and enhance the electric network's overall
operational efficiency.
"We are impressed with both Trimble's DMS solution for outage
management and Trimble's ability to understand our unique
requirements to implement the solution on-time and on-budget," said
Lawanda Parnell, PEC chief
information officer. "In fact, what was originally planned as a
one-year project due to its complexity was completed in only four
months thanks to the Trimble's professional services team and their
collaboration with PEC."
Brad Hicks, PEC's vice president
of engineering and energy innovations added, "We are thrilled with
our decision to go with Trimble to enhance PEC electric service
delivery and outage restoration, quickly and effectively, for all
our cooperative members. Trimble's solutions enable PEC to more
proactively respond to outages and engage with our members, giving
them the critical information they need."
Trimble DMS leverages Trimble's connected "live" network
modeling technology and spatial functionality. It includes seamless
interoperability with substation automation, advanced metering
infrastructure, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
systems, work order systems, customer information and notification
systems, and crew and vehicle location systems. Trimble DMS also
includes an extensive set of outage reports and statistics and
serves as a comprehensive system for outage management with
features and functionality for:
- Outage communications optimized for PEC staff, field crews and
member notifications
- Outage mapping that visualizes date, time and location of
outages, number of members affected, estimated outage restoration
times, status, cause of outage and more
- Switch planning and simulation to understand member service
impacts of planned or unplanned outages
- Trouble call management to quickly report, identify and isolate
outages and their locations via Trimble's call center software and
interfaces to Customer Information System (CIS) and Interactive
Voice Response (IVR) systems
- System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) calculations
based on yearly number of minutes the average customer is out of
power
- Customer Average Interruption Duration Index (CAIDI)
calculations based on outage duration and response
"This was a great project from the start with Trimble and PEC
teams working closely together to effectively implement the Trimble
DMS solution," said Benoit Mallen,
business area director for Trimble Energy Americas. "We're proud
that PEC is now using Trimble DMS to deliver safe and reliable
power to the people and communities of their growing service
area."
About Pedernales
Pedernales Electric Cooperative, based in Johnson City, Texas, is a large electric
distribution cooperative, delivering electric power to more than
288,000 meters in an 8,100-square-mile service area. Founded in
1938 with the help of then-Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson, PEC provides safe, reliable
and low-cost energy services to all or parts of 24 Central Texas counties located in one of the
fastest growing areas in the U.S. For more information about
Pedernales Electric Cooperative contact: media@peci.com or
visit: www.pec.coop.
About Trimble's Energy Division
Trimble's Energy Division provides enterprise solutions that
enable hundreds of electric and natural gas utilities worldwide to
optimize distribution networks with strategic and operative asset
management solutions for planning and construction to operations
and maintenance. Trimble's Energy solutions include advanced
systems for network modeling and management, investment planning,
outage management, maintenance management as well as mobile
applications for field data collection and as-built documentation.
Electric and natural gas utilities use Trimble's Energy solutions
to improve system reliability, enhance system integrity, lower
operational costs, better meet regulatory requirements, increase
safety, reduce risk and achieve planning and operational
excellence.
For more information, visit: energy.trimble.com.
About Trimble
Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering
products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds.
Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data
analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety
and sustainability. From purpose built products to enterprise
lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware and services are
transforming a broad range of industries such as agriculture,
construction, geospatial and transportation and logistics. For more
information about Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB), visit:
www.trimble.com.
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