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Fast-Growing Brazilian Electric Company CPFL Paulista Goes Live with SPL Outage Management System
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 28 / -- CPFL Paulista, a subsidiary of CPFL Energia, Brazil's largest electric company, has gone live with SPL's Outage Management System (SPL OMS) as part of its solution for energy delivery resource planning.
CPFL Paulista serves 3.3 million consumers. SPL is a leading provider of strategic utility management software solutions for the global utility market.
"We chose SPL OMS to improve the integration of OMS with other crucial operational and customer service systems and to have the option to upgrade our outage management capability as our network expands," said CPFL Project Manager Walther Anconi. "We have been installing SPL OMS on a phased basis and we have already seen improvements in outage response times because of the precise information the software provides. This has enhanced our efficiency and improved customer service."
Anconi added, "Our challenge for 2007 is to roll out and upgrade the solution for use by another subsidiary of CPFL Energia, CPFL Piratininga, providing support for an additional 1.3 million consumer units."
"We're very proud to be working with CPFL, a company known for its progressive approach and technological innovations," said Walter Kalsow, Vice President of SPL's Outage & Distribution product business unit. "Brazil's economy has been growing at a fast rate, meaning that new generating capacity must come online just as rapidly."
"CPFL's business model, which integrates energy generation, distribution and commercialization activities, and its location in the country's fastest-growing industrial region, means the company is poised for growth," Kalsow said. "The design of SPL OMS means it will grow along with CPFL, continuing to serve the company's needs for years to come."
About CPFL Energia
CPFL Energia is a holding company that, through its subsidiaries, distributes, commercializes and generates electric energy in Brazil, standing as the largest private group in Brazil, serving 5.6 million customers. Its subsidiaries are widely recognized for its excellence and sustainability of its business practices, and regarded as references in management, quality and operating efficiency.
The Group has an installed generation capacity of 915 megawatts and actually is the major Brazilian investor in hydro plants projects. CPFL's strategy is focused on improving operations efficiency, concluding current generation projects and pursuing new projects, strengthening its commercialization business, developing new value-added products and services, and strategically positioning the company to benefit from sector consolidation, taking advantage of its experience in integrating and restructuring other operations. The CPFL Energia ADR's (CPL), traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), displayed in 2005 variation (85%) above the main comparative indexes, i.e. Dow Jones (-1%) and DJ Brazil Titans Index 20 ADR (48%). Visit CPFL at www.cpfl.com.br.
About SPL
SPL delivers the proven software applications that help utilities around the world achieve competitive advantage and excellence in business performance, while ensuring a lower total cost of technology ownership. SPL Strategic Utility Management solutions in customer care and billing, enterprise asset and work management, mobile workforce management, and outage and distribution management are specifically designed for electric, gas, water, and services companies.
Working with systems-integration and technology partners around the world, SPL has an unparalleled record of implementation success. SPL focuses on clients' return on investment and fosters long-term relationships based on confidence and trust. Visit SPL at www.splwg.com or call +1-866-468-6775 (San Francisco), +33-1-4445-6600 (Paris), or +61-2-8258-8200 (Sydney). Within the US and Canada, call +1-800-275-4775.
Source: SPL WorldGroup
CONTACT: Tracey Mitchell of SPL WorldGroup, +1-973-401-7525,
tracey.Mitchell@splwg.com
Web site: www.splwg.com/
