Advanced Control Systems Chosen to Deliver PRISM™ SCADA for City of Glendale

ATLANTA, GA, September 3, 2008—Advanced Control Systems, Inc. (ACS), a leading provider of smart grid automation and system solutions to global utilities, announced that it has recently been awarded a contract by the City of Glendale, CA to deliver its PRISM™ SCADA system to Glendale Water & Power (GWP), the city’s municipal utility.

The new system will provide Glendale with a highly available, open-architecture solution based upon ACS’ powerful and flexible PRISM platform.  ACS will also deliver a state-of-the-art dispatcher training simulator and sixteen Connex 30 substation controllers as part of the system.

The contract was awarded following a comprehensive and competitive market evaluation. Commenting on the selection of ACS, Richard Germond, Principal Electrical Engineer at Glendale Water & Power, remarked, “Numerous factors were carefully considered in the selection process. In the end, ACS not only met all of the specification requirements, but their impressive record of customer satisfaction, backed by a long standing history of successful projects, made them the clear choice for Glendale.”

With the advanced technology of the new PRISM system, Glendale Water & Power plans to increase reliability and functionality to effectively meet the demands of its 32,500 water customers and 83,300 electric customers. The system will include seamless integration of the metering system into SCADA and will serve both the water and electric systems, which had previously been managed with systems from two different vendors.

The training simulator will enable Glendale to provide a realistic, hands-on training environment for new and existing Power Dispatchers, including catastrophic event training and analysis based on data from actual event sequences, as well as simulated hypothetical events.

José Barbosa, ACS Chief Executive Officer, remarked, “By partnering with customers such as Glendale Water & Power, we continue to build on a strong foundation that is based on proven smart grid systems and automation products backed by the experience and knowledge that our people bring to every engagement. This is the driving force behind our success and the ability to instill confidence in our customers.  We are delighted to add Glendale Water & Power to our user community.”

About Advanced Control Systems
Advanced Control Systems, an EFACEC company, is a provider of smart grid solutions to the global electric power industry. The ACS software suite provides integrated distribution and outage management, simulation, optimization, and enterprise business intelligence. ACS automation product lines include a wide range of flexible and cost-effective substation, distribution, and feeder automation solutions. ACS is powering the utility of the future – today. For more information, visit www.acsatlanta.com.

CONTACT:
Rob Sadler
Director of Marketing
Advanced Control Systems, Inc.
rob.sadler@acsatlanta.com