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Oracle Utilities on 02 Sep 11Highlighting 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.