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Lansing, Michigan, Board of Water and Light to Deploy Intergraph Outage Management System.


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HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 25, 2004

Intergraph pairs with KEMA KEMA Keuring Van Electrotechnische Materialen (Netherlands)  Consulting to integrate InService with

existing GIS to provide efficient outage prediction and response

Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
:INGR) today announced Lansing (Michigan) Board of Water and Light (BWL BWL Betriebswirtschaftslehre (German: Business Administration)
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) has purchased Intergraph's Outage Management System An Outage Management System (OMS) is a computer system used by operators of electric distribution systems to assist in restoration of power. Major Functions of an OMS
Major functions usually found in an OMS include:
 (OMS OMS - Opportunity Management System ), based on InService(TM) technology, to interface with its current GE Networks geographic information system geographic information system (GIS)

Computerized system that relates and displays data collected from a geographic entity in the form of a map. The ability of GIS to overlay existing data with new information and display it in colour on a computer screen is used primarily to
 (GIS). KEMA Consulting (http://www1.kemaconsulting.com/) will provide the integration services between GE Smallworld and Intergraph's OMS. A municipal utility, BWL is responsible for providing electricity, steam and related services to 98,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers and water to 55,000 customers throughout the Greater Lansing area. As the third-largest electric utility and the largest municipally-owned utility in Michigan, BWL is known for the high reliability of its service and electric rates that are among the lowest in the state.

With the implementation of the InService OMS, BWL will be able to serve its customers even more effectively. Offering automated outage predictions using electric network connectivity, the InService OMS will help BWL replace its manual method of predicting outage locations, dispatching crews, transferring work between departments and producing reliability reports. InService will also provide Web-based calltaking for trouble calls, eliminating the need for integration with BWL's mainframe customer information system. In addition, BWL will be able to more efficiently deploy field resources by using map-based dispatching to select the best resource for assignments.

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 Tim Palmer, Manager - System Operations, Records Management & Bulk Power, Lansing Board of Water and Light, "With its interactive graphical map and Web support for calltaking, the InService solution ideally matches our solution requirements. The implementation will enable our employees to continue supplying our customers with the affordable, reliable service they've come to expect."

Arthur Spencer, Executive Vice President of Geospatial Solutions, Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions, said, "We're extremely pleased to be selected by such a dynamic company that continuously strives to enhance its already high record of service reliability and customer satisfaction. With the addition of InService, Lansing Board of Water and Light can further enhance customer service by managing day-to-day network operations more efficiently and reducing restoration time during power outages This is a list of famous wide-scale power outages. 1965
  • The Northeast Blackout of 1965 on November 9, 1965.
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  • The infamous New York City Blackout of July 13-14, 1977, resulted in looting and rioting.
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For more information about Intergraph's solutions, visit http://imgs.intergraph.com/solutions/. Detailed information about InService can be found at http://imgs.intergraph.com/inservice/default.asp.

Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions

Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions is a leading geospatial solutions provider for the following markets: local, state and federal government; transportation; utilities; communications; location-based services; photogrammetry photogrammetry: see aerial and satellite photography. ; remote sensing; cartography cartography: see map.
cartography
 or mapmaking

Art and science of representing a geographic area graphically, usually by means of a map or chart. Political, cultural, or other nongeographic features may be superimposed.
; and military and intelligence. For more information, visit http://imgs.intergraph.com/.

Intergraph and InService are registered trademarks of Intergraph Corporation. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
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