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Contact:
Jennifer Caywood
Telemetric Corporation
(208) 658-1292 x10
jcaywood@telemetric.net
KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT AND TELEMETRIC TEAM UP TO WIN 2003 PROJECT OF THE YEAR.
Boise, ID – January 20, 2004 - Telemetric Corporation, an industry
leader in providing utilities with affordable wireless solutions for
communicating with down-line equipment, is pleased to announce that
Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) has won the Utility Automation and
Engineering magazine T&D Automation Project of the Year Award.
The award was presented to KCP&L at the DistribuTECH 2004 Conference
today in Orlando, Florida.
This award honors the most innovative transmission
and distribution automation technology implementation undertaken by an electric
utility for the year 2003. Telemetric and KCP&L collaborated to develop
cost-effective field devices, remote telemetry modules, and web-based Graphic
User Interface (GUI) applications that use Telemetric’s wireless remote monitoring
and control solution.
Bill Herdegen, KCP&L’s Vice President of Distribution
Operations said, “KCP&L saved hundreds of thousands of dollars by using the
public communication network instead of deploying a privately owned communication
network.” He went on to say, “This KCP&L/Telemetric project has opened economic
automation options for utilities that previously could not justify the high
capital costs of a communication infrastructure for deploying larger numbers of
automated devices. The solution is creative, economical, scalable, and ideal for
control, alarming, and receiving analog and digital values”.
KCP&L had previously documented O&M savings through
eliminating capacitor patrols, saving trips to the field to retrieve operating
information or perform switching. Similar documentation existed where automation
enhanced customer service and satisfaction; however, this project enabled KCP&L
to economically justify automation installations that could not be justified
using traditional methods.
Bruce Hogan, Telemetric’s Western Regional Sales Manager
stated, “Telemetric’s solution provides any utility with an economic and effective
way to use a cost-effective web-based solution to test or apply new automation.”
Since Telemetric customers have the option of communicating either through their
existing SCADA system or through an intelligent web interface, KCP&L was able to
avoid thousands of dollars of information technology expenses.
Telemetric and KCP&L developed and tested integrations
for the following products: Siemens MJ-XL™ regulator control, Beckwith M-2001B
load tap-changer control, Westinghouse ESV recloser, Turner 69-kV switch,
S&C Electric’s Intellicap PlusŇ and their 1000 series capacitor bank controllers,
Nu-Lec recloser controls and the GE Harris D20/D25 RTU. These integrations now
include 12 suppliers with 25 products, paving the way for other utilities to
effortlessly integrate with these products.
About Telemetric
Telemetric is a leader in low-cost,
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) wireless solutions for the utility industry.
Their solutions have helped over 100 utilities cut costs and improve
service by providing them with the information they need to better manage
their distribution networks. By utilizing the existing cellular infrastructure,
Telemetric keeps the cost of their solutions low and provides their customers a
clear return on investment. Telemetric is privately held with headquarters in Boise,
Idaho. For more information, please visit www.telemetric.net,
or email info@telemetric.net.
About Kansas City Power & Light
Great Plains Energy Incorporated (NYSE: GXP),
headquartered in Kansas City, MO, is the holding company for three business units:
Kansas City Power & Light Company, a leading regulated provider of electricity in
the Midwest; Strategic Energy LLC, an energy management company providing
load aggregation and power supply coordination; and KLT Gas Inc., a subsidiary
specializing in coal bed methane exploration and development. The Company’s
web site is www.greatplainsenergy.com.
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