Intergraph® Advances Smart Grid at Westar Energy through Department of Energy Investment Grant

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Sept. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Intergraph, a global leader of integrated operational support and infrastructure management solutions for the utility and communications industries, is providing its InService Outage Management Systems (OMS) and Mobile Workforce Management (MWFM) solutions to Westar Energy, Inc., the largest electric energy provider in Kansas, USA. This implementation was partially funded by the U.S. Department of Energy's smart grid investment grant in recognition of Westar Energy's SmartStar Program, which provides Westar's customers the power to better manage personal energy use while helping the company improve reliability using smart grid technology.  

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Westar Energy sought a solution that would help promote its new SmartStar Program green initiatives to increase operational efficiency, improve asset utilization and performance, promote efficient data maintenance, and create new functionality using advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) and metering data management system (MDMS) integration.

Intergraph's InService system will provide Westar Energy a unique geospatial map to be shared by both dispatchers and field personnel using mobile devices, and which will allow coordination between dispatcher and crews. With InService MWFM, Westar will be able to effectively manage routine equipment inspections and short-cycle crew order work management. This complete InService package offers Westar integrated restoration circuit map displays and routes, dispatches and tracks field crews during storm restoration processes.

Westar Energy, Inc., an investor-owned utility, is equipped with energy centers that include wind, coal, nuclear energy, natural gas and landfill gas generation. Headquartered in Topeka, Kansas, USA, Westar employs approximately 2,400 people and serves more than 687,000 customers in east and east-central Kansas. Operating and coordinating 35,000 miles of transmission and distribution lines, Westar Energy's centers generate more than 7,100 megawatts of electricity.

"Intergraph's Smart Grid Command Center has been proven to improve situational awareness in the control center," says Bill Campbell, Senior Vice President, Intergraph Security, Government & Infrastructure. "As a solution provider, Intergraph's software technology, experience and innovative vision to implement and deploy an industry-leading outage management and mobile system creates a platform for future smart grid implementations in large utilities across the United States."

For more information on Westar Energy, visit www.westarenergy.com.

About Intergraph

Intergraph is the leading global provider of engineering and geospatial software that enables customers to visualize complex data. Businesses and governments in more than 60 countries rely on Intergraph's industry-specific software to organize vast amounts of data to make processes and infrastructure better, safer and smarter. The company's software and services empower customers to build and operate more efficient plants and ships, create intelligent maps, and protect critical infrastructure and millions of people around the world.

Intergraph operates through two divisions: Process, Power & Marine (PP&M) and Security, Government & Infrastructure (SG&I). Intergraph PP&M provides enterprise engineering software for the design, construction, operation and data management of plants, ships and offshore facilities. Intergraph SG&I provides geospatially powered solutions to the public safety and security, defense and intelligence, government, transportation, photogrammetry, and utilities and communications industries. Intergraph Government Solutions (IGS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Intergraph Corporation responsible for the SG&I U.S. federal and classified business.

Intergraph is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hexagon AB, (Nordic exchange: HEXA B) and (Swiss exchange: HEXN). For more information, visit www.intergraph.com and www.hexagon.com.

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