Country Energy Converts 250,000 Southern New South Wales Customers to Peace Software's Energy CIS.Business Editors/High-Tech & Energy Writers SYDNEY, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 3, 2002 Country Energy has converted an additional 250,000 southern New South Wales New South Wales, state (1991 pop. 5,164,549), 309,443 sq mi (801,457 sq km), SE Australia. It is bounded on the E by the Pacific Ocean. Sydney is the capital. The other principal urban centers are Newcastle, Wagga Wagga, Lismore, Wollongong, and Broken Hill. electric and gas customers on to Peace Software's Energy(TM) CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S (Customer Information System). Energy now supports billing, customer care and Internet self-service for nearly 400,000 customers in Country Energy's central and southern regions. Country Energy was formed in July 2001 by the merger of three regional New South Wales power companies, each of which had their own information systems. Consolidating these systems has been a key Country Energy objective. Craig Murray, Country Energy Managing Director, said, "This latest milestone is part of our strategic plan to provide a consistent high level of service throughout the Eastern Seaboard of Australia. We are realizing that vision with Peace Software as our technology partner. At the same time we have been able to save substantially on implementation costs relative to our competitors." Brian Peace, Peace Software CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , said, "We are proud to have contributed to Country Energy's latest success. Peace Software has supported energy companies in the restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). Australian retail energy market since 1995. Our successful partnership with Country Energy demonstrates our ongoing commitment to Australia and to being the leading CIS provider in the region." Country Energy's next focus is to convert the remaining northern region customers on to Energy, which will bring customer numbers up to 750,000. About Peace Software Peace Software is exclusively dedicated to developing open, component-based CIS solutions used by utilities and retailers for business innovation in regulated, transitioning and competitive global energy markets. The company's browser-based Energy suite has been selected to drive efficient operations and provide excellent customer care for 13 million mass market and commercial and industrial (C&I) customer relationships in 40 markets around the world. The innovative Energy suite can be phased into existing CIS environments and new version upgrades are available every 12-18 months. Founded in 1984, Peace Software has offices in Australia, Canada, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . For more information, visit http://www.peace.com. About Country Energy Country Energy is a regionally based energy retailer and distributor supplying power to the Australian states Noun 1. Australian state - one of the several states constituting Australia province, state - the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation; "his state is in the deep south" of New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory Australian Capital Territory (1991 pop. 276,468), 939 sq mi (2,432 sq km), SE Australia, an enclave within New South Wales, containing Canberra, capital of Australia. It was called the Federal Capital Territory until 1938. , Victoria, South Australia South Australia, state (1991 pop. 1,236,623), 380,070 sq mi (984,381 sq km), S central Australia. It is bounded on the S by the Indian Ocean. Kangaroo Island and many smaller islands off the south coast are included in the state. and Queensland. Formed in July 2001 from the merger of Advance Energy, Great Southern Energy and NorthPower, Country Energy operates a vast franchise across 72% of New South Wales in addition to successfully competing in the national retail electricity market. Country Energy's core businesses include energy retailing, network operations and infrastructure construction and maintenance. Visit us at http://www.countryenergy.com.au |
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