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Highlighting that Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11 offers enhancements designed to give utilities real-time insight into what's going on with their distribution grid and enable them to accurately balance power generation with demand. The article notes that the new modeling enhancements provide data on possible outcomes from a variety of conditions such as extreme temperatures, storms and fluctuations in commercial and consumer power use - information that can help utilities prepare better contingency plans against situations that previously would have led to outages. The article also includes comments from Brad Williams, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that Oracle Utilities Network Management System offers the real-time modeling and power system simulations utilities need to optimize grid operations as networks change.

Highlighting that Echelon announced its association with Oracle to assist utilities to manage outages, protect their revenue, offer demand response, and offer prepayment options. The article notes that leveraging the Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway integrated with Echelon's smart metering solution, utilities can deploy multiple applications to manage their assets and customers. The article also includes comments from Bastian Fischer, vice president industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that utilities need to act now even though regulations, standards and available technology will change, so they are looking for an open, multi-application solution that will grow with them over time.

Highlighting that to extend Oracle's smart grid capabilities, Oracle announced the availability of Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11, which offers new modeling and analysis features to improve distribution-grid management for electric utilities. The release notes that new advanced distribution management features help utilities extend smart grid initiatives to support renewable resources and electric vehicle recharging. The release also includes comments from Brad Williams, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that Oracle Utilities Network Management System offers the real-time modeling and power system simulations utilities need to optimize grid operations as networks change.

Highlighting the latest utilities news that came from Oracle OpenWorld 2011. The article notes that Oracle Business Intelligence for utilities currently enabled are revenue and credit and collection key performance indicators that can be viewed geospatially. The article also highlights other Oracle Utilities products including Oracle Utilities Customer Care & Billing and Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management.

Highlighting that Oracle has announced Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11, offering new modeling and analysis features to improve distribution-grid management for electric utilities. The article notes that Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11 will help utilities improve customer service levels and network reliability; provide operational support for electric, gas, and/or water delivery networks; deliver a positive response to bad press resulting from poor customer responsiveness or major operational disruption and get more out of their smart grid investments and related data. The article also includes comments from Brad Williams, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that the application provides customers with a complete and accurate view of their specific circumstance including estimated restoration times and validation of restoration.

Highlighting that Oracle has introduced Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11 to provide real-time views of grid activity to help properly align electricity generation with demand. The article notes that Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11 provides flexibility in integrating geographic information systems (GIS) investments, including new support for International Electrochemical Commission (IEC) Common Information Model (CIM) standards. The article also includes comments from Brad Williams, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities notes that Oracle Utilities Network Management System offers the real-time modeling and power system simulations utilities need to optimize grid operations as networks change.

Highlighting that Oracle announced that Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management 2.0.1, running with Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2, processed 1 billion meter reads per hour. The release also notes that Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management running on Oracle Exadata helps utilities process data at unprecedented rates -- turning data into real intelligence that improves operational efficiency across every department while enabling utilities to provide their customers with information that helps them monitor and manage their energy and water use. The release includes comments from Linda Jackman, group vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that Oracle hardware and software can process the huge volumes of data arriving from interval reads and ensure the usability of the data to produce the accurate, timely bills customers expect.

Highlighting that Echelon Corporation has teamed with Oracle to help utilities better manage outages, protect revenue, offer demand response, and offer prepayment options. The article notes that Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway integrated with Echelon's smart metering solution, allows utilities to deploy multiple applications to manage their assets and customers. The article also includes comments from Bastian Fischer, vice president industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that utilities need to act now even though regulations, standards and available technology will change, so they are looking for an open, multi-application solution that will grow with them over time.

The October issue of Utility Products includes the following bylined article by Oracle Utilities' Linda Jackman the benefits utilities can gain from mobile workforce (MWM) technologies. The article notes that although smart meter deployment is perhaps the most complex and daunting undertaking a utility can pursue, by automating scheduling, dispatch and vehicle location tasks, MWM can ease the burden. The article also notes that MWM replaces inefficient manual processes with a transparent integrated system that reduces operational costs while increasing customer satisfaction.

Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (REC) has selected Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management and plans to upgrade its Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing application to support its smart grid and green initiatives. The release discusses that REC is one of more than 100 customers who have selected or implemented an Oracle Utilities product in fiscal year 2011. The release includes comments from Bill Vellante, group vice president and general manager, Oracle Utilities noting that Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management's interoperability with multiple Oracle solutions will give REC the scalability and functionality it needs to manage large meter data volumes and provide useful information to the utility's various departments and its customers.

Highlighting that Oracle has introduced Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11, which offers new modeling and analysis features that improve distribution-grid management for electric utilities. The article notes that the new modeling helps analyze the effects of customer loads in different locations and identify where off-peak recharging is needed due to grid capacity constraints, incorporate renewable resources like solar roofs and backyard windmills into the grid and use stored electricity as another source of energy. The article also includes comments from Brad Williams, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that Oracle Utilities Network Management System offers the real-time modeling and power system simulations utilities need to optimize grid operations as networks change.

Highlighting that Oracle Utilities has extended its smart-grid capabilities with the release of Oracles Utilities Network Management System 1.11, which offers new features to help electricity companies improve distribution grid management. The article notes that new advanced distribution management features help utilities extend smart grid initiatives to support renewable resources and electric vehicle recharging. The article also includes comments from Brad Williams, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that incorporating new technologies into a real-time model of the grid is vital to utilities' ability to manage network activity.

Highlighting that Oracle and Echelon have collaborated and are offering a new integrated solution that will help them manage outages and new applications more efficiently, as well as introduce renewable energy sources. The article notes that Oracle integrated their Utilities Smart Grid Gateway with Echelon's smart metering solution to enable utilities to deploy multiple applications quickly and safely and help reduce the cost and complexity of enhancing smart grids with new devices, data streams and business processes. The article also includes comments from Bastian Fischer, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that utilities need to act now even though regulations, standards and available technology will change, so they are looking for an open, multi-application solution that will grow with them over time.

Highlighting that Echelon Corporation has teamed with Oracle to help utilities better manage outages, protect revenue, offer demand response, and offer prepayment options. The article notes that Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway integrated with Echelon's smart metering solution, allows utilities to deploy multiple applications to manage their assets and customers. The article also includes comments from Bastian Fischer, vice president industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that utilities need to act now even though regulations, standards and available technology will change, so they are looking for an open, multi-application solution that will grow with them over time.

Highlighting that Oracle released Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11 that offers new modeling and analysis features to improve distribution grid management for electric utilities. The article notes that the new enhancements provide real time views of grid activity to help properly align electricity generation with demand. The article also includes comments from Brad Williams, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that incorporating new technologies into a real-time model of the grid is vital to utilities' ability to manage network activity.

Highlighting that to help better manage outages, Echelon and Oracle are teaming up to offer them a new, integrated solution. The article notes that the Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway, integrated with Echelon's smart metering solution, is designed to help utilities more quickly and reliably deploy multiple applications to manage assets and customers. The article also includes comments from Bastian Fischer, vice president industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that utilities need to act now even though regulations, standards and available technology will change, so they are looking for an open, multi-application solution that will grow with them over time.

Highlighting the performance of Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management 2.0.1, running with Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2. The article notes that running Oracle's utilities meter data management software through its database machine and cloud platform processed the equivalent of four consumption measurements per hour coming from 250 million advanced energy meters. The article also includes comments from Linda Jackman, group vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that new utilities technologies are bringing with them huge increases in data volumes and residential smart meters alone will increase the consumption data processed for billing purposes from 12 meter reads per year to 35,000 or more.

Highlighting that Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11 offers new modeling and analysis features to improve distribution-grid management for electric utilities. The article notes that Oracle Utilities Network Management System 1.11 provides greater flexibility in integrating geographic information systems (GIS) investments, including new support for International Electrochemical Commission (IEC) 61968 Common Information Model (CIM) standards.

Highlighting that Echelon Corporation has teamed with Oracle to help utilities better manage outages, protect revenue, offer demand response, and offer prepayment options. The article notes that Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway integrated with Echelon's smart metering solution enables utilities to deploy multiple applications to manage their assets and customers. The article also includes comments from Bastian Fischer, vice president of industry strategy, Oracle Utilities noting that Oracle and Echelon are pleased to offer a highly flexible solution that is adaptable to changing customer, operations and regulatory needs.

Highlighting that Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management 2.0.1, running with Oracle Exadata Database Machine X2-2 and Oracle Exalogic Elastic Cloud X2-2 processed 1 billion meter reads per hour. The article notes that Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management also responded to 19.3 million requests for bill determinants per hour. The article also includes comments from Linda Jackman, group vice president of Industry Strategy of Oracle Utilities noting that the testing assured utilities that Oracle hardware and software can process the huge volumes of data arriving from interval reads and ensure the usability of the data to produce the accurate, timely bills customers expect.