American Electric Power (Aep) Selects Enviance For Power Grid Reliability Compliance Management
Leading Electric Utility Implements Software as a Service to Manage New Standards for Improving the
Reliability and Security of the Bulk Power System in North America
CARLSBAD, CA - October 30, 2007 - Enviance, the leading provider of Internet-based, on-demand
systems for the management and automation of environmental, health and safety (EHS) compliance
activities, today announced that American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), one of the largest electric utilities in
the United States, has chosen Enviance as its system of record for North American Electric Reliability
Corporation (NERC) reliability compliance management tool for all serviced regions.
NERC, certified as the "electric reliability organization" by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC), maintains the reliability and security of the bulk power system in North America. The corporation is
tasked with developing and enforcing reliability standards; monitoring the bulk power system; assessing
future adequacy; and auditing owners, operators, and users of the bulk power system. As of January 2007,
NERC has begun enforcing standards that were previously voluntary. These standards are designed to
ensure dependability in North America's power grid. Violations can result in fines of up to $1 million per
violation per day.
In order to ensure compliance with the NERC standards, and to do so in a cost efficient manner, AEP has
deployed the Enviance System, an Internet-based service that allows companies to centrally manage all
aspects of regulatory compliance in real-time. The System is relied upon to centrally track, manage and
report on all NERC requirements and functions including: Transmission Operator, Load Serving Entity,
Transmission Planner and Distribution Provider among others. Over 42,000 tasks and notifications are being
managed by the Enviance System, which automatically maintains data to establish compliance and any
corrective action required to address system irregularities, and which cuts costs by automating the workflow
of data capture, analysis and reporting.
The Enviance System also provides the flexibility to quickly perform impact analyses of affected standards
and requirements based on any future change, perform gap analyses and corrective action tracking to
closure, and provide a full look-ahead calendar for compliance planning.
"With $1,000,000 per day fines and imposition of massive monitoring and notification requirements, the
NERC regulations reflect the complexity and risk associated with maintaining grid reliability and protecting
the heartbeat of America," said Lawrence Goldenhersh, President and CEO of Enviance. "Through its
deployment of Enviance, AEP has automated NERC compliance. We are honored that AEP has decided to
rely on Enviance to manage its grid reliability obligations over its vast infrastructure."
AEP's NERC implementation is an extension to its existing deployment of Enviance, which is used to
manage environmental compliance, including Title V, Notices of Violation, water, waste and fuels, emissions,
and logistics. AEP also uses Enviance as its Greenhouse Gas tracking and reporting system of record.
About Enviance
Enviance delivers software that automates and improves the management of environmental, health and
safety compliance activities. The first and leading operator of Internet-based compliance software as a
service, the Enviance System requires no hardware or software installations and is sold on a subscription
basis, offering customers the flexibility to scale the solution as their needs change over time. Many leading
organizations trust Enviance to help them reduce the time and cost of managing compliance activities, retain
institutional knowledge, and confidently certify compliance. Founded in 1999, privately held Enviance is
based in Carlsbad, California. For additional information, visit enviance.com; to request a
demonstration, e-mail demo@enviance.com.
