Hydro One Networks Selects Miner & Miner's Designer
Hydro One Networks brings state-of-the-art design capabilities to its
business operations
Fort Collins, CO -- Hydro One Networks Inc., one of North
America's largest electricity delivery companies, has selected Miner &
Miner's (M&M) Designer product to improve the asset management and
design process of its distribution assets. Hydro One Networks will be
implementing the Designer product across the company over the next few
years.
As an Asset Management company, with a focus on effective operations
and service delivery, Hydro One Networks was looking for the type of
system that would fit its Asset/Work Management Initiative. "While gaining
better knowledge about our assets was our primary motivation, the
strengths of the Designer product also provide significant efficiencies in
the Company's distribution design process", says Hitesh Seth, the
Company's Director of Information Management/Information Technology.
"We are delighted to add Hydro One Networks as our newest client", says
Jeff Meyers, President and CEO of Miner & Miner. "This project will
constitute one of the largest geographic implementations of our products
to date." Miner & Miner will assist with the implementation at Hydro
One Networks' Toronto location.
With its business focused on planning, building, managing, and
maintaining electricity transmission and distribution networks that serve
Ontario's residential and business community, Hydro One Networks selected
ESRI's ArcGIS product suite after a competitive bid process in 2000.
Following that, M&M and ESRI Canada helped Hydro One Networks conduct
an extensive pilot project in 2001, using Designer software. The
successful pilot led to this initial acquisition of the Designer software.
Additional licenses will be deployed as the project continues to move
through a phased implementation plan. Included in the initial
implementation will be the integration of Designer into a work management
system to enhance the Company's workflow and estimating process. Hydro One
Networks may also consider taking this technology to the field in the
future, making it possible for design and asset management to be handled
remotely.
About Hydro One Inc.
Hydro One Inc. is a holding company that operates through its
subsidiaries in electricity transmission and distribution and telecom
businesses. Its largest subsidiary, Hydro One Networks Inc., owns and
operates Ontario's 28,400 kilometre high-voltage transmission network that
delivers electricity to large industrial customers and municipal
utilities, and a 122,000 kilometre low-voltage distribution system that
serves about 1.2 million end-use customers and smaller municipal utilities
in the province. Hydro One Networks is wholly-owned by the Ontario
government.
About Miner & Miner
Miner & Miner (M&M) is a world leader in the development
and implementation of GIS software for utilities. M&M's ArcFM Solution
and extended services assist electric, gas, water, and wastewater
utilities in increasing productivity, lowering costs, and improving
services by allowing them to effectively manage spatial information.
Founded in 1946 as a full-service electrical engineering firm, M&M has
been a business partner of ESRI since 1987. This partnership has enabled
M&M to become the world's leading developer of ArcGIS applications for
the utility industry. M&M services include implementation and
customization of software to fit the needs of individual utilities. For
more information, please visit www.miner.com.
About ESRI Canada
Established in 1984, ESRI Canada is a Canadian owned company
specializing in geographic information systems (GIS) products and
services. ESRI Canada distributes the world's leading GIS software
products including ArcGIS desktop (ArcInfo, ArcEditor, and ArcView); and
ArcGIS servers (ArcIMS and ArcSDE). Additional GIS software products
include ArcView GIS, ArcPad, MapObjects, and ArcLogistics Route. ESRI
Canada also provides professional services including consulting, training,
and enterprise GIS implementation. ESRI Canada has ten regional offices
across the country, with headquarters in Toronto, Ontario. For more
information, please visit www.esricanada.com or call
1-800-447-9778.
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