Long Island Power Authority ready to deploy DMS/OMS

The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) chose Efacec Advanced Control Systems' PRISM distribution and outage management system (DMS/OMS) as the platform to operate its distribution system. The primary objectives of the effort are to replace enhanced features of LIPA's legacy OMS with a modern interoperable platform that also provides an electronic operating model for the foundation of advanced DMS applications.

The project, which will be deployed in five phases over the next year, features advanced visualization techniques, including integrated dynamic map and switching details for optimum situational awareness; smart grid applications for power optimization and self-healing feeders; a storm damage and assessment application, and what Efacec ACS says is the industry's first integrated T&S model.

"Each element of the system for LIPA will be developed, delivered, and fully integrated to drive system operation improvements and build standards–based Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for OMS/DMS and future smart grid systems," said Efacec ACS CEO Jose Barbosa.

New York-based LIPA is the nation's second largest municipal utility. It owns the retail electric T&D system on Long Island and provides electric service to more than 1.1 million customers in Nassau and Suffolk counties and the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens.

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