Utilities
Case Study: Real-Time Monitoring and Compliance with IT Foundation Management
Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) is a division of Exelon Corporation, one of the nation’s largest energy providers. Based in Chicago and serving the northern Illinois region, ComEd maintains an electrical transmission and distribution system of over 78,000 miles of power lines, providing electricity to more than 3.6 million customers. When Exelon initiated a comprehensive overhaul of their systems, the systems which provide control and continuous monitoring of the company’s entire electric power grid, they needed a solution to seamlessly integrate with their IT environments, both new and existing, and provide real-time monitoring of their entire IT infrastructure.
The solution? IT Foundation Management.
“IT Foundation Management gives us 24/7 proactive hardware and software monitoring while serving as the security piece of our NERC-CIP compliance practice.”Shelly Barczak, Senior IT Analyst
Case Study: Effective and Efficient Power Grid Management
PacifiCorp, one of the largest energy providers in the western United States, supplies electricity to approximately 1.6 million customers in five states. Its Energy Management System (EMS) controls the company’s entire power grid, and must be monitored 24-7 to maintain an uninterrupted flow of energy throughout PacifiCorp’s service area. PacifiCorp needed an effective warning system to alert it to events before they become problematic. Unnoticed events that lead to failures within the system could result in power outages across broad areas, affecting residents, businesses, and local government.
The solution? IT Foundation Management
“With IT Foundation Management, we can manage the entire (EMS) system across multiple states from a single screen at a single location, and we know instantly if there is a problem.”Ed Lim, IT Unix Specialist
Case Study: Beating the Compliance Nightmare with IT Foundation Management
The strain of timely compliance places an ever-increasing burden on most energy providers. The sheer volume of reporting required by state and federal agencies often absorbs resources desperately needed for other functions within a utility company. In addition, penalties associated with noncompliance are steep. Fortunately, this state-wide electric company found a robust solution that dramatically reduces the burden of regulatory compliance and documentation.
The solution? IT Foundation Management
Utilities Customer
Any utility company that installs IT Foundation Management is way ahead of the game when it comes to NERC compliance. We’re happy with the support we receive from TDI. When we need it, it’s there.IT Director
The Utilities Industry
Some of our utilities customers include:
- Commonwealth Edison
- NYISO
- PacifiCorp
- PECO
- Tacoma Power
- Westar












