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Power & Utilities Industry Excellence Award Winner Public Service Enterprise Group

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Technology Category	Analytics & Modeling - Data-as-a-Service Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms
Applicable Industries	Utilities
Applicable Functions	Maintenance Quality Assurance
Services	Data Science Services System Integration
Challenge	Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), New Jersey’s oldest and largest investor-owned utility provider, was facing a growing burden of regulatory mandates regarding air, water, and waste emissions. The company was committed to ensuring full compliance with these regulations, but the proliferation of mandates was becoming increasingly challenging. Each of PSEG's plants had its own set of systems, often heavily customized and specific to local operations, and used its own methods to manually compile reports on its environmental performance. This resulted in a fragmented and inefficient system. Furthermore, the knowledge of exactly how information was being captured and aggregated typically remained with a single environmental professional at each plant, creating a risk in cases of staff turnover. Read More
About Customer	Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) is New Jersey’s oldest and largest investor-owned utility provider. The company provides gas and electricity to three-quarters of the state’s population and also supplies power to Connecticut and New York. PSEG has always been committed to ensuring that its facilities are in full compliance with a multitude of municipal, state, and federal regulations regarding air, water, and waste emissions. However, over the years, the proliferation of those regulatory mandates was becoming increasingly burdensome. In 2008, PSEG’s environmental management team took action, authorizing the implementation of an enterprise-level Environmental Management Information System (EMIS) built on Sphera opsInfo™ software, part of the Sphera Environmental Performance Solution™. Read More
Solution	In 2008, PSEG’s environmental management team authorized the implementation of an enterprise-level Environmental Management Information System (EMIS) built on Sphera opsInfo™ software, part of the Sphera Environmental Performance Solution™. The EMIS replaced more than 20 homegrown, facility-level systems and thousands of piecemeal spreadsheets with a single enterprise-wide software platform. The system automated data collection, eliminating the need for manual transcription and aggregation. The EMIS also integrated with a variety of other systems, importing high-volume process data directly from the company’s laboratories and megawatts fuel data from PSEG’s Electric System Operations Computer (ESOC) system. Read More Log in to view content
Contents

Technology Category

Analytics & Modeling - Data-as-a-Service

Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Data Management Platforms

Applicable Industries

Utilities

Applicable Functions

Maintenance

Quality Assurance

Services

Data Science Services

System Integration

Challenge

Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG), New Jersey’s oldest and largest investor-owned utility provider, was facing a growing burden of regulatory mandates regarding air, water, and waste emissions. The company was committed to ensuring full compliance with these regulations, but the proliferation of mandates was becoming increasingly challenging. Each of PSEG's plants had its own set of systems, often heavily customized and specific to local operations, and used its own methods to manually compile reports on its environmental performance. This resulted in a fragmented and inefficient system. Furthermore, the knowledge of exactly how information was being captured and aggregated typically remained with a single environmental professional at each plant, creating a risk in cases of staff turnover.

About Customer

Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) is New Jersey’s oldest and largest investor-owned utility provider. The company provides gas and electricity to three-quarters of the state’s population and also supplies power to Connecticut and New York. PSEG has always been committed to ensuring that its facilities are in full compliance with a multitude of municipal, state, and federal regulations regarding air, water, and waste emissions. However, over the years, the proliferation of those regulatory mandates was becoming increasingly burdensome. In 2008, PSEG’s environmental management team took action, authorizing the implementation of an enterprise-level Environmental Management Information System (EMIS) built on Sphera opsInfo™ software, part of the Sphera Environmental Performance Solution™.

Solution

In 2008, PSEG’s environmental management team authorized the implementation of an enterprise-level Environmental Management Information System (EMIS) built on Sphera opsInfo™ software, part of the Sphera Environmental Performance Solution™. The EMIS replaced more than 20 homegrown, facility-level systems and thousands of piecemeal spreadsheets with a single enterprise-wide software platform. The system automated data collection, eliminating the need for manual transcription and aggregation. The EMIS also integrated with a variety of other systems, importing high-volume process data directly from the company’s laboratories and megawatts fuel data from PSEG’s Electric System Operations Computer (ESOC) system.

Impact #1	PSEG replaced more than 20 homegrown, facility-level systems and thousands of piecemeal spreadsheets with a single enterprise-wide software platform.
Impact #2	The company automated data collection, eliminating the need for manual transcription and aggregation.
Impact #3	The EMIS integrated with a variety of other systems, importing high-volume process data directly from the company’s laboratories and megawatts fuel data from PSEG’s Electric System Operations Computer (ESOC) system.

Impact #1

PSEG replaced more than 20 homegrown, facility-level systems and thousands of piecemeal spreadsheets with a single enterprise-wide software platform.

Impact #2

The company automated data collection, eliminating the need for manual transcription and aggregation.

Impact #3

The EMIS integrated with a variety of other systems, importing high-volume process data directly from the company’s laboratories and megawatts fuel data from PSEG’s Electric System Operations Computer (ESOC) system.

Benefit #1	PSEG tracked approximately 80,000 compliance tasks, up from 30,000 in 2010.
Benefit #2	The time required to complete monthly water reports was reduced from 3 days to a few hours.
Benefit #3	The company was able to eliminate 6 full-time employees and contractors aggregating air emissions data, with the work now handled by one employee.

Benefit #1

PSEG tracked approximately 80,000 compliance tasks, up from 30,000 in 2010.

Benefit #2

The time required to complete monthly water reports was reduced from 3 days to a few hours.

Benefit #3

The company was able to eliminate 6 full-time employees and contractors aggregating air emissions data, with the work now handled by one employee.

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Power & Utilities Industry Excellence Award Winner Public Service Enterprise Group

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