T&D News Releases
October 1, 2007
Pacific Gas & Electric - GENe DMS
SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a contract by Pacific Gas & Electric Company, to develop,
install and commission Distribution Management Systems (DMS) for its electricity distribution network. The new
DMS systems will control California's electricity distribution network for Northern and Central California using
SNC-Lavalin's GENe systems. They will be installed and operated from regional distribution centres in the Greater
San Francisco Bay Area, and in Northern and Central California.
SNC-Lavalin will provide project management and maintenance services, as well as engineering, testing, installation,
commissioning and training for the DMS systems, which are part of its GENe line of energy control products. Work on
the project is underway, and the new DMS systems will be operational by the first quarter of 2009.
"We are pleased to be working with Pacific Gas & Electric Company on this project; it is one of the most important
utilities in the United States," said Joe Salim, Vice-President and General Manager of SNC-Lavalin's Transmission
and Distribution (T&D) Montreal Operations. "The DMS systems will be integrated with Pacific Gas & Electric
Company's existing supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system, and its geographical information and
outage management systems."
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March 5, 2007
Electricidad de Caracas - GENe SCADA/EMS Upgrade
SNC-Lavalin Transmission and Distribution (T&D) has been awarded a contract by Electricidad de Caracas to upgrade its Energy Management System (EMS) to the current version of the GENe software developed by the T&D Division's Energy Control Systems (ECS) Group. Electricidad de Caracas (EdC) also owns a Distribution Management System (DMS) supplied by SNC-Lavalin ECS. Together, these systems help EdC manage the supply and distribution of electricity in Caracas to 1.1 million customers over 5,800 square kilometres. This project will update the Electricidad de Caracas' EMS to a supported hardware and software environment with almost no business disruption. The new system is based on our Linux Red Hat Enterprise platform, which can be accessed through standard PC servers and workstations.
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November 10, 2006
Energex - GENe SCADA/DMS Upgrade
The scope of the project will include an upgrade of Energex's GEN3 SCADA/DMS
to the latest GENe software platform based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system. The
objective of the project is to update the SCADA/DMS to a supported hardware and software environment
with minimal business disruption. This contract includes software engineering, development, testing,
installation, commissioning, training, documentation, and project management services.
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July 20, 2006
PSE&G - GENe Upgrade
The scope of the project will include an upgrade of their GEN-3 SCADA/EMS software to our
GENe product baseline (full Linux solution) for their Main and Emergency Backup Systems, and the supply of a new
GENe Dispatcher Training System. PSE&G will provide all the hardware required.
System delivery is scheduled for August 2007, with acceptance in the January 2008.
PSE&G have been a customer since 1986, and have consistently come back to SNC-Lavalin for their
system upgrades demonstrating a confidence in our products and capabilities.
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June 21, 2006
Enersource Hydro Mississauga - GENe Upgrade
The scope of the project will include new hardware and GENe software for their
Main System and in addition, new hardware and GENe software for a back-up system at Stavebank Substation.
System delivery is scheduled for December 2006 with acceptance in the first qurter 2007. EHM have been a customer
since 1989 and have consistently come back to SNC-Lavalin for their system upgrades demonstrating a confidence
in our products and capabilities.
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June 6, 2006
Québec City Control Centre On-line
The Quebec City Control Centre is fully commissioned with our GEN-4 system. This is the second centre that is now fully operational with our GEN-4 system.
The cutover from the old to the new system started last Thursday night and was completed early Sunday
morning without any major problems.
The client is extremely satisfied and commends the efforts that were made in order to make this second
cutover a resounding success.
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June 1, 2006
SNC-Lavalin ECS Excels at CIM Interoperability Test #8
On March 30-31, 2006 in San Francisco, California, EPRI held it's 8th CIM/XML Interoperability Test.
Software vendors serving the electric utility industry met for the eighth time to test the capability
of their software products to exchange data and correctly interpret power system data based
on the CCAPI interface standards. Vendors participating in the tests included SNC-Lavalin ECS,
ABB, Areva, SPTI, and SISCO.
We are pleased to report that we were the only vendor to successfully pass all tests for CIM
model exchange, including full and incremental model import and export tests on all provided
network models. In addition, we were able to successfully run a power flow solution on an
imported transmission model file and then export the file, providing further validation of the
content and correct translation between proprietary formats and the CIM.
The incremental model update tests verified the correct update of a base model with
incremental updates using the XML difference file format. We successfully imported multiple
incremental model update files and merged them into an existing base model. In addition, our
GENe product was used to produce several incremental files for use by other participants.
Thanks to GENe’s integrated Resource Identifier Registry, all imported and exported Power
System Resource IDs are preserved, making true incremental update possible.
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May 18, 2006
Enersource Hydro Mississauga FEP Upgrade - Project Completion
SNC-Lavalin ECS is pleased to announce the successful completion of the Enersource Hydro Mississauga Front-End Processor (FEP) Upgrade Project on May 18, 2006.
The FEP Upgrade includes redundant Windows-based FEPs and adds 32 redundant DNP Serial channels, operating in parallel with the existing
ASE-based front end. This seven month project was a great success thanks mainly to the dedication and professionalism of the SNC
personnel who worked on the project, and the knowledge, dedication and excellent co-operation of Enersource Hydro Mississauga's personnel.
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