Just announced yesterday, American Electric Power (AEP), one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, has chosen Enviance as its system of record for North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) reliability compliance management tool for all serviced regions. NERC is tasked with developing and enforcing reliability standards; monitoring the bulk power system; assessing future adequacy; and auditing owners, operators, and users of the bulk power system. As of January 2007, NERC has begun enforcing standards that were previously voluntary. These standards are designed to ensure dependability in North America’s power grid. Violations can result in fines of up to $1 million per violation per day. AEP is using the Enviance System to centrally track, manage and report on all NERC requirements and functions including: Transmission Operator, Load Serving Entity, Transmission Planner and Distribution Provider among others. Over 42,000 tasks and notifications are being managed by the Enviance System, which automatically maintains data to establish compliance and any corrective action required to address system irregularities, and which cuts costs by automating the workflow of data capture, analysis and reporting. AEP’s NERC implementation is an extension to its existing deployment of Enviance, which is used to manage environmental compliance, including Title V, Notices of Violation, water, waste and fuels, emissions, and logistics. AEP also uses Enviance as its Greenhouse Gas tracking and reporting system of record. |
