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New Brunswick Power Selects ESRI Technology

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Toronto, Ontario - The New Brunswick Power Corporation (NB Power) selected ESRI's geographic information systems (GIS) technology as part of their replacement program for their existing outage management system.

"The selection of ESRI's GIS technology as the utility's "enterprise" GIS solution recognizes the advantages of acquiring GIS in support of the new Outage Management System," said Robin Rickard, NB Power's OMS/GIS Project Manager. "In addition, it's a strategic decision that addresses the long term facilities management requirements of the customer services business unit."

NB Power's GIS will be used as the primary engineering database holding all infrastructure/network data including distribution substations, distribution transformers, poles, and lines. The data will then be used to build a network model to be used by the outage management system (OMS), PragmaLine from M3I System Inc. NB Power is implementing ESRI's ArcGIS 8.1 including ArcView, ArcEditor, ArcInfo, ArcSDE for MS SQL Server, ArcIMS, ArcFM Energy (Miner & Miner), and Netgraph (NG Spatial).

The GIS and the new OMS work together to link customer information to control rooms, to assist in the deployment of crews and resources. This new technology will provide greater access to shared information within the utility and improve technological and restoration processes.

"Any user across the enterprise can call up real-time data which includes geographical 'bird's eye views' of the service territory. It dynamically presents the physical location of service crews and trouble calls/outages in progress," added Mr. Rickard.

The GIS will overtime become the "engineering database of record" for the customer services business unit and the database for all other commercial/business related GIS applications.

About NB Power:

NB Power is a Crown Corporation with the mandate to supply the electricity needs of the Province of New Brunswick. The largest electric utility in Atlantic Canada, NB Power operates one of North America's most diverse generating system and interconnected transmission network. It delivers electricity safely and reliably to over 340,000 wholesale, industrial, commercial and residential customers.

About ESRI Canada:

Established in 1984, ESRI Canada is a Canadian owned company specializing in geographic information systems (GIS) products and services. With headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, ESRI Canada has ten regional offices across the country (Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal, Québec City, and Halifax). ESRI Canada distributes the world's leading GIS software products including ArcInfo, ArcView GIS, ArcIMS, ArcSDE, ArcPad, and MapObjects. ESRI Canada also provides professional services including consulting, training, technical support, and enterprise GIS implementation.

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