Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: Technology Services
CM/ ACM: Bryan Langley
Date: February 27, 2017
SUBJECT
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Consider recommending adoption of an ordinance awarding a contract to install Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) hardware and software system for Denton Municipal Electric (DME) Denton Energy Center (DEC); providing for the expenditure of funds therefor; and providing an effective date (File 4074 SCADA System installation for Denton Municipal Electric awarded to Open Systems International (OSI)).
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BACKGROUND
Denton Municipal Electric (DME) will use the Open Systems International (OSI) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system to monitor and control 12 engines at the Denton Energy Center (DEC). The OSI SCADA system will provide real-time system information to DME Energy Management Organization's Qualified Scheduling Entity (QSE), Plant Operations and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).
DME currently uses the OSI Generation Short-term Load Forecast system and the OSI Market Operations system to participate in the ERCOT regional market. DME utilizes the OSI system to meet State and Federal regulatory requirements for electric generation system operation and reliability.
This OSI SCADA proposal includes hardware and software for DME's Primary and Backup operations for Energy Management Organization's QSE function , Plant Operations, a Quality Assurance System (test environment), and a Program Development System. The Quality Assurance system will provide the ability to fully document and test software updates before applying the updates to any production systems removing the risk to redundancy in the production system. The Program Development System allows simulations of DME's Plant Operations. Plant Operations personnel can be exposed to simulated real-time system indications and responses to events that let the operators practice their actions without risking the operational integrit...
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