Snohomish County Public Utility District

TRC and Snohomish County PUD, Transforming Utility Operations with Managed Software as a Service for Meter Data Management

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Wednesday, September 20, 2023
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WINDSOR, Conn., Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Snohomish County Public Utility District (Snohomish PUD), the second largest publicly owned utility in Washington state, and TRC Companies successfully implemented the Meter Data Management System (MDMS) using Managed Software as a Service (MSaaS) that will eventually be used for approximately 365,000 electric meters and 23,000 water meters.

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  • Snohomish County Public Utility District (Snohomish PUD), the second largest publicly owned utility in Washington state, and TRC Companies successfully implemented the Meter Data Management System (MDMS) using Managed Software as a Service (MSaaS) that will eventually be used for approximately 365,000 electric meters and 23,000 water meters.
  • WINDSOR, Conn., Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Snohomish County Public Utility District (Snohomish PUD), the second largest publicly owned utility in Washington state, and TRC Companies successfully implemented the Meter Data Management System (MDMS) using Managed Software as a Service (MSaaS) that will eventually be used for approximately 365,000 electric meters and 23,000 water meters.
  • Snohomish PUD selected TRC Managed Software as a Service (MSaaS), making it the first North American utility to use a TRC cloud-based delivery model for MDMS.
  • TRC implemented the Siemens EnergyIP® product, managed the integration, and will continue the day-to-day operations management for the MDMS, including software updates and data security as well as cloud services.

Onapsis Partners with SNOPUD to Secure Critical SAP Applications, Strengthening its Leadership in the Utilities Sector

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
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“As a security-first company, SNOPUD takes security very seriously--it’s an integral component of our process. Onapsis’ SAP security solutions fit right into our security strategy of locking down our most critical assets,” said Marc Rosson, Enterprise Architect at SNOPUD. “We view security as a team sport and our collaborative partnership with Onapsis will give us the opportunity to work closely both with Onapsis’s experts and its extensive roster of utility customers.”

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  • SNOPUD selected Onapsis to streamline its SAP security as it rolls out its Connect Up program , which will upgrade all meters on homes and businesses over the next three years.
  • “SAP applications within the utility sector provide a gold mine of value for cybercriminals and this hasn’t gone unnoticed.
  • Onapsis’ SAP security solutions fit right into our security strategy of locking down our most critical assets,” said Marc Rosson, Enterprise Architect at SNOPUD.
  • “SNOPUD is the perfect addition to our growing portfolio of utility customers,” said Kellie Snyder, Chief Customer Officer at Onapsis.

UL Solutions and MESA Standards Alliance Launch Testing and Certification Service to Help Standardize Distributed Energy Communications

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Tuesday, February 14, 2023
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NORTHBROOK, Ill., Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science, and the Modular Energy System Architecture (MESA) Standards Alliance, a leader in standardizing communications between utility systems and distributed energy resources (DER), announced an alliance to provide testing and certification of the MESA-DER profile. This profile is proposed to be incorporated into the IEEE P1815.2 standard, Standard Profile for Communications with Distributed Energy Resources, using IEEE 1815, Standard for Electric Power Systems Communications – Distributed Network Protocol (DNP3). Utilities in the U.S. commonly utilize DNP3, a set of communications protocols used between components in process automation systems, for their supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA). The MESA-DER profile organizes DER data in a standard structure to allow many types of distributed energy installations to be easily integrated and understood by utility SCADA systems. Electric utilities or aggregators can utilize MESA-DER to significantly lower their integration and implementation costs for large energy storage systems, microgrids, solar inverter power plants and other grid-scale DER.

Key Points: 
  • NORTHBROOK, Ill., Feb. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- UL Solutions, a global leader in applied safety science, and the Modular Energy System Architecture (MESA) Standards Alliance, a leader in standardizing communications between utility systems and distributed energy resources (DER), announced an alliance to provide testing and certification of the MESA-DER profile.
  • This profile is proposed to be incorporated into the IEEE P1815.2 standard, Standard Profile for Communications with Distributed Energy Resources, using IEEE 1815, Standard for Electric Power Systems Communications – Distributed Network Protocol (DNP3).
  • ­"The MESA Standards Alliance has worked toward creating open, non-proprietary specifications and information models that utilities, DER developers and manufacturers alike can use to achieve interoperability for distributed energy.
  • The MESA-UL Solutions testing and certification program will be integral to confirming that the communication architecture for distributed energy systems is standardized."

Modern Electron, the Tulalip Tribes, and Qualco Energy Are Awarded Funding to Generate Hydrogen From Renewable Biogas for Clean Power with Negative Emissions

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Tuesday, April 26, 2022
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The Qualco Energy renewable biogas project in Snohomish County leverages Modern Electrons cost-efficient and environmentally friendly method for producing clean hydrogen with no CO2 emissions.

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  • The Qualco Energy renewable biogas project in Snohomish County leverages Modern Electrons cost-efficient and environmentally friendly method for producing clean hydrogen with no CO2 emissions.
  • The clean hydrogen produced by Modern Electron will be utilized for power generation that delivers electricity to a local community of 300 homes.
  • Qualco Energy, a partnership of the Tulalip Tribes, Northwest Chinook Recovery and the Werkhoven Dairy, will deploy Modern Electrons novel natural gas pyrolysis technology to produce clean hydrogen.
  • Using renewable biogas as the methane feedstock, Modern Electrons technology delivers hydrogen and high value carbon credits from verifiable carbon sequestration.

Hitachi Energy Releases Global Updates to Grid Edge Solutions Portfolio Including New Services

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Wednesday, November 10, 2021
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The release delivers the energy industry's most comprehensive set of digital energy solutions.

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  • The release delivers the energy industry's most comprehensive set of digital energy solutions.
  • "The entire energy market is transforming, and the challenges are expanding in scope and urgency," said Maxine Ghavi, head of Grid Edge Solutions for Hitachi Energy.
  • As a pioneer in energy management and optimization, with more than 30 years of experience, Hitachi Energy's Grid Edge Solutions is a trusted partner in the evolving global energy ecosystem.
  • Hitachi Energy is a global technology leader that is advancing a sustainable energy future for all.

TRC Digital Selected by Snohomish County Public Utility District to Implement Siemens EnergyIP® Meter Data Management

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Thursday, September 16, 2021
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WINDSOR, Conn., Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Snohomish County Public Utility District (Snohomish PUD), the second largest publicly owned utility in Washington state, selected TRC Companies (TRC) to implement, integrate and deliver its meter data management (MDM) on the Siemens EnergyIP solution as a part of the utility's Connect Up program.

Key Points: 
  • WINDSOR, Conn., Sept. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Snohomish County Public Utility District (Snohomish PUD), the second largest publicly owned utility in Washington state, selected TRC Companies (TRC) to implement, integrate and deliver its meter data management (MDM) on the Siemens EnergyIP solution as a part of the utility's Connect Up program.
  • TRC and Siemens worked together to bring Snohomish PUD a strong collaboration of software technology with Siemens EnergyIP MDM, and leading, utility-specific consulting and delivery services with TRC Digital.
  • Siemens EnergyIP solution automates smart meter data management business processes and is instrumental to the advanced metering infrastructure Snohomish PUD is creating for the customers they serve.
  • "We are very excited Snohomish PUD chose EnergyIP MDM," says Rafael Da Silva Ozaki, business unit head of Digital Grid at Siemens Smart Infrastructure USA.

Snohomish PUD Partners With Doosan to Meet Future Electric Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) Customer Demand

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Thursday, October 22, 2020
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Snohomish County PUD (SnoPUD) has engaged Doosan GridTech to integrate two electric vehicle-to-grid chargers within its distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) designed by Doosan.

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  • Snohomish County PUD (SnoPUD) has engaged Doosan GridTech to integrate two electric vehicle-to-grid chargers within its distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) designed by Doosan.
  • Deployed in SnoPUDs control center, Doosans flagship DERMS software, DERO, has been actively integrating and optimizing distributed energy resources since 2017.
  • Snohomish PUD has been collaborating with Doosan on smart grid enhancements since 2012 when we worked with them to design their pioneering distributed energy resource management system, said John Haarlow, SnoPUDs CEO/General Manager.
  • We see this as an important step in our 'utility of the future' vision and for SnoPUD to be one of the premier utilities in the country.