ABB Network Manager(TM)DMS Selected by NV Energy


NV Energy to implement ABB's industry-leading distribution management solution in northern Nevada

Raleigh, North Carolina, September 1, 2009 - ABB, the leading power and automation technology company, has received an order from NV Energy for its industry-leading ABB Network Manager(TM) DMS (Distribution Management System). It will be implemented in NV Energy's northern Nevada operations.

NV Energy already has a similar Network Manager solution in southern Nevada since 2001, helping to improve system operations and outage response for over 800,000 customers. Expansion of the solution to northern Nevada, NV Energy will provide synergies and a common platform for distribution management across its both its southern and northern Nevada territories serving approximately 1.2 million electric customers.

ABB Network Manager DMS is an operations management system designed to help electric distribution companies reduce operating and maintenance costs while enhancing customer service. It combines operational data, real-time communications and advanced applications with a dispatch management interface to optimize performance through data sharing. Using ABB Network Manager DMS, utilities can provide valuable, time-critical information across the organization.

"We are pleased that NV Energy has chosen to expand the use of Network Manager DMS throughout their service territory," said Salim Khan, head of ABB's Network Management business unit in North America. "ABB Network Manager DMS has a long history of providing distribution management and operations support to distribution companies and help improve system performance and increase customer satisfaction."

NV Energy, Inc., with corporate headquarters in Las Vegas, has operations in northern and southern Nevada serving a 54,500-square-mile service territory.

ABB (www.abb.com) is a leader in power and automation technologies that enable utility and industry customers to improve their performance while lowering environmental impact. The ABB Group of companies operates in around 100 countries and employs about 120,000 people. The company's North American operations, headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, employ about 15,000 people in 20 manufacturing and other major facilities.

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