Utilities Power Generation

As power generators look to integrate new sources of fuels and technologies to generate the world's power, energy providers are seeking ways to align their operations with increasingly higher standards for corporate sustainability, as well as risk and compliance management, to ensure they remain in compliance with government mandates while mitigating the potential for operational disruptions. Today's energy firms need rock solid business practices that reduce their organization's GHG footprint, and streamline processes to more actively control operational costs and risks.

ESS software is the most widely implemented EHS and Crisis Management platform for the utilities industry. Our solutions have been adopted worldwide as the backbone of multifaceted global EMIS. ESS solutions empower energy generators to move beyond compliance to effectively execute on corporate sustainability initiatives and meet or exceed industry benchmarks for EHS performance.

Challenges & Solutions

	Industry Challenge	ESS Solution
	Processes Simplification. Manage air, waste, water, fugitives and inventory data in one integrated system that leverages site, equipment, material and monitoring data across modules.	Environmental Compliance
	Business Growth. Build a foundation for sustainable growth by protecting and enhancing stakeholder value.	Corporate Responsibility
	Regulatory Compliance. Track EHS tasks to completion and document. Generate your SARA, Hazardous Waste Biennial, DMR and TRI regulatory reports.	Environmental Compliance
	Continuity and Optimization. Prevent or mitigate business disruption and optimize personnel use by pushing out collection of production and sample data to production workers via automated task assignments.	Corporate Responsibility and Environmental Compliance
	Business Decision Making and Analysis. Monitor KPIs and track performance in terms of VOC and GHG emissions, energy use, NOVs, waste generation, discharges to water and compliance orders. Reference your sample/production data for emissions calculations and track deviations from permit and regulatory requirements.	Corporate Responsibility, GHG/Carbon Management and Environmental Compliance
	Change Management. Link to full text regulations that apply to your operations with automated updates of new, changed or deleted rules.	Environmental Compliance
	Emergency Planning and Response. Despite your best efforts, bad things can happen. Minimizing the impacts of a crisis event and recovering to normal operations quickly is critical, and this is best done by bringing your overall crisis management program together under one umbrella with our application.	Crisis Management
	Ensure refrigerant regulatory compliance with ozone-depleting substance (ODS) and greenhouse gas (GHG) refrigerants, while saving money on skyrocketing prices, and improving system reliability and energy efficiency.	Refrigerant Management

Industry Drivers

	Compliance	Business
	Federal Environmental Agencies (e.g., US EPA, Environment Canada, European Commission DG) Multi-Media Pollutant Release and Discharge Reporting (e.g., US FormR, EU PRTR, Canadian NPRI, Australian NPI) Regional Regulation of Global Climate Change (e.g., EU ETS, CA AB32, Alberta Bill 3) Air Emission Regulations (e.g., US CAA) Hazardous Waste Regulations (e.g., US RCRA characteristic hazardous wastes) Surface Water Discharge Regulations (e.g., US NPDES point source and stormwater regulations) Voluntary Reporting Guidelines (e.g., API, IPIECA, GRI) Refrigerant Management Regulations including Federal (e.g., US Clean Air Act Title VI) and the State/Provincial level (e.g., California Air Resources Board)	Increasing Output Demand Increasing Fuel Prices Increasing Siting and Permitting Challenges Regulatory Uncertainty

Selected Clients

	Client	Description
	Santee Cooper	Known as the South Carolina Public Service Authority, Santee Cooper is South Carolina's state-owned electric and water utility and generates the power distributed by South Carolina's 20 electric cooperatives. Customer since 2007.
	Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority	Founded in 1941, PREPA generates, transmits and distributes, practically ALL the electric power used in Puerto Rico. They have approximately, 9,550 employees. Customer since 2003.