ABB
Annual Users’ Group Meeting
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August 27 – 31, 2006
Distribution Information Systems
Network Management Business Unit
(NM)
Welcome
Rafael Ochoa
Welcome
to the 2006 UGM!
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Lake Tahoe, NV
August 27 - 31
Agenda Highlights - Technical
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General Session
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Operations Update – Dave Aldrup
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Services Group – Mike Malone
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Software Development Environment – Doug Wall
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Project Implementation – Hormoz Kazemzadeh
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Product Development / R&D / Vision – Martin Bass
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Software Development – Bill Boswell
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Power Applications – William Peterson
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“APS Operating Vision” – Scott Gudeman
Network Manager DMS™
 Several sessions - one split session: operators & IT administrators
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Network Planner™
 Several sessions: FeederAll® and ReliNet™
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Training session: Foresite®
Customer Updates
Agenda Highlights – Social / Logistics
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Monday Evening
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Group dinner @ hotel
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Short talk by Gordon Woolbert – Sr. Vice-President & General Manager
Tuesday Afternoon: Inter-Personal Activities (two options)
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Golf “Tournament” or
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Lake Tahoe Tour
Thursday Morning Session – 2006 UGM Concludes
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Wanted: Customer Surveys
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To be concluded promptly at 11:00 AM
Need your input / comments / observations
NM’s Products, Systems and Services
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“Solutions Provider of Real-Time Systems for
Enhanced Utility Performance”
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Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Systems
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Energy Management Systems (EMS)
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Distribution Management Systems (DMS)
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Trouble Call (TCS ) / Outage Management Systems (OMS)
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Distribution Planning Software
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Central Market Operations & Business Software
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Communication Systems and Products
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Software Support and Services
Network Management - Portfolio
Networks & Markets
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Energy System Operation
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Energy Market Operation & Trading
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Network Manager BMS
Energy System Planning
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Network Manager
(SCADA/GMS/EMS/DMS)
Network Planner
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NM – Utility Communication
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Data Networking Solutions
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Fiber optic Networks
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Power Line Carrier Systems
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Network Management
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Radio Systems
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Voice Systems /Telephony
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Tele-Protection Solutions
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Services
Network Manager SCADA/EMS
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Business Application
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Supports operation and planning of
Generation/Transmission systems
Main Features
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Determine optimum operation points with
regard to active power flow & voltage profile
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Determine operational security and detect
congestions - identifies both active power
loading and voltage collapse
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Record disturbances, performing analysis
reporting and restoration tasks
Customer Benefits
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Supports safe and efficient operations in a
deregulated or regulated market
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Secure power flows on transmission grids
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Ancillary services to maintain the goal of stable
and reliable operations
Network Manager DMS and SCADA/DMS
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Business Application
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Efficient operation & analysis of MV & LV
networks
Main Features
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Outage Management Systems
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Work management flow
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Assess safety for personal, facilitates
communication with crews in the field
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Supports use of mobile devices
Customer Benefits
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Optimum operation, minimizes losses and
defines voltage profiles
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Enhancing work management
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Integration to other applications (e.g., GIS,
CMMS, CIS, CRM)
Network Planner
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Business Application
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Feederall: Integrated distribution planning
and engineering application
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ReliNet: Integrated predictive reliability
assessment tool
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Foresite: Long-range load forecasting
integrated transmission and distribution
planning applications
Main Features
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Feederall: Tools for network design, system
expansion, optimal switching and protection
coordination
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ReliNet: Economic evaluation and
assessment of alternative system designs
based on predicting the reliability of
distribution systems
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Foresite: Integrated T&D expansion plans by
combining GIS-based spatial analysis and
economic forecasts
Network Management Locations
Burlington, CA
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Santa Clara, CA
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Cary, NC
(Raleigh)
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Sugar Land, TX
(Houston)
300+ technical resources
Network Management in 2005/2006
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Organization
 Re-organization “completed” - yielding improved working synergies / environment
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Completed move to Cary, NC of the Distribution Group
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Service / Support Group – sharing expertise
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Leveraging know-how from 3 distinct markets - unique position in market place
Customer Base
 Increasing market presence – increasing customer base
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Steady growth in 2005 and continuing trend in 2006
Financials
 Strong results in 2005
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Strong performance so far in 2006
Development
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Significant development – R&D and project funded
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Investment in Quality Improvement tools
Market & Customer Trends in Distribution
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Seeking “complete solutions” - more than individual products
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Preference to acquire different technologies from single vendor
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Partnerships, alliances, consortia are the trend
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Efficient integration of third-party products/systems is critical
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Solutions are becoming complex and comprehensive
Demanding off-the-shelf, baseline software – no more customized
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Migration to integration of T&D processes
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Level of integration is widespread
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ABB is in a good position - PacifiCorp, EXELON’s ComEd, DTE
Evolution to real-time, highly-sophisticated systems
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High availability, highly redundant
Overlapping trend between DMS, OMS and SCADA
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Need for enhanced services and support infrastructure
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More “managing” the network – improved asset utilization
Main 2006 Initiatives
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Continue to Focus on Quality Improvement & Delivery Commitments
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Continuous review/analysis of our processes
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ISO 9000 Registration
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Senior Management emphasis on Project Execution
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Seek Customer Feedback – Customer Surveys
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Delivery of software releases, completion of project milestones, proposals, etc.
Significant R&D and Project-Funded Development
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Support on platform and other IT software issues
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Global and local resources
Solidifying Partnerships with Third-Party Companies
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GIS, Mobile Dispatch, middleware and data-conversion Vendors
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Consultants, Integrators and Hardware Vendors
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Partners for Cyber-Security – following development closely
Main 2006 Initiatives
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Getting Close to our Customers’ Processes
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Increase our support/responsibility areas
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Support on Change Management
Grow presence / product line in market place
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Responsible for successful deployments
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Continue to transform products into “solutions”
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Transforming engineering tools into “asset utilization” tools
Enhancing Service / Support Groups
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Across all centers – dedicated management and technical resources
Investment in Development Tools and Environment
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Automated Testing
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Variances Reporting
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Hardware Environments – “integrated” and stand-alone systems
Releases & Product Development
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Software Releases in 2005
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Network Manager DMS – released as scheduled
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Network Planner – released as scheduled
Asset Utilization Tools
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Unbalanced Load Flow - completed
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Advanced Switching Analysis - completed
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Line Unloading Functionality - completed
Decision Support Tools
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Outage Notification Module – initial functionality completed
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Web-Based Maps - completed
Business Support Tools
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Training Simulator Interface – initial functionality completed
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Interfaces to infrastructure systems (e.g., AMR, Mobile Dispatch, etc.)
Installation Experience – Increasing
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Network Manager - DMS
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31+ operational sites
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Several under implementation (CPS, APS, DTE, Jackson EMC, Ergon)
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90+ Dispatch Offices
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850+ Licensed Users (Enterprise-wide licenses)
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28 million connected customers
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Pursuing several new projects that would start in 2006 or early 2007
Network Planner
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600,000,000 miles of distribution feeders supported
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1,000+ trained distribution engineers on latest releases
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Global presence – leverage for real-time applications
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Development platform for real-time environment
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Some Customers … Thanks!!!
Network Manager - DMSTM
Network PlannerTM
Pacific Gas & Electric
Delaware Electric
Sydkraft (Sweden)
Iberdrola (Spain)
Israel Electric Company (Israel)
Taiwan Power (Taiwan)
Exelon - ComEd
Nevada Power Company
NiSource
Dixie Electric EMC
Progress Energy Carolinas
Nashville Electric System
Memphis Light, Gas & Water
Jones Onslow EMC
WE Energies
PacifiCorp
Central Power & Light
Illinois Power
Lumbee River EMC
South Central Indiana REMC
Brunswick EMC
Hanghzou/Ningbo (China)
Laurens EMC
Blue Ridge EMC
Ergon (Australia)
DTE
City Public Service
New Hampshire EMC
Austin Energy
Dixie Electric
Luz del Sur
NiSource
PacifiCorp
Nova Scotia Power
Edmonton Power
EDENOR
Arizona Public Service
Comision Federal de Electricidad
Cinergy
Sigeco
Lincoln Electric
Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority
Cobb EMC
CommElectric
Enelven
Empresas Publicas de Medellin
Midwest Energy
Iberdrola
Israel Electric
Dayton Power & Light
EEQ (Ecuador)
Rochester Gas & Electric
Iberdrola (Spain)
UGI Utilities
Laurens EMC
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ABB Participants – Network Management
Trish Palys
Doug Wall
Sr. Marketing Coordinator
Manager, Product Releases / Quality Leader
Betsy Hobgood
Hormoz Kazemzadeh
Manager, Proposals
Manager, Projects
Dr. Wenping Li
Yilang Chen
Sr. Applications Engineer
Director, Engineering
Oscar Tillberg
Anders Bjorkman
Manager, Sales – North East Region
Director, R&D
William Peterson
Jonathan Hou
Manager, Engineering Applications
Sr. Engineer, Marketing & Business Development
Allen Skopp
Jason Franco
Director, Sales – South Central Region & Exelon
Manager, Engineering
Martin Bass
David Brown
Product Manager, NM DMS
Manager, Sales – South East Region
Bill Boswell
David Aldrup
Manager, Software Development
VP, Operations
Mike Malone
Gordon Woolbert
Manager, Services
Sr. VP & General Manager
John Barnick
Dr. Rafael Ochoa
Manager, Sales – Western Region
VP, Business Development
Melissa McDevitt
Front End Sales, Western Region
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Questions?