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Manitoba Hydro Chooses CopperLeaf's ESP
Manitoba Hydro to Leverage ESP for Demand-Side Management Planning & Modeling
Vancouver, BC, April 3, 2007 - CopperLeaf Technologies Inc., a leading provider of Asset Investment Planning (AIP) solutions, today announced it has been chosen by Manitoba Hydro to deliver ESP's demand-side management modeling, planning and reporting technology. ESP is CopperLeaf's flagship asset investment planning and analytics solution that enables utilities and other asset-intensive organizations to optimize the life cycle of all of their assets. It also provides unique analytical functionality that specifically enables planners to model the complexities associated with demand-side management programs and plans.
Manitoba Hydro is one of the leading utilities in Canada with respect to its commitment to energy efficiency and demand-side management programs, and it will use ESP to model, analyze and report actual cost effectiveness of their comprehensive DSM Plan which is expected to deliver approximately 2,700GWh/yr in electricity savings and 100 MCM of gas from its inception through 2017/18.
ESP is an enterprise-wide AIP solution that drives an asset-centric approach to planning and budgeting for asset-intensive organizations. It connects disjointed processes through a single tool designed to support investment decision analytics in asset intensive organizations. Analytics include expenditure identification, investment portfolio optimization using multiple attributes, financial and performance modeling, risk analysis, budgeting and performance reporting. ESP is a multi-year, multi-user web-based solution that allows comprehensive plans to be created and analyzed while avoiding the problems inherent with managing organization-wide spreadsheets models for planning. Advanced modelling and decision support analytics allow users to leverage information about their assets, the market, financial constraints, and business objectives to drive asset performance.
About CopperLeaf Technologies
CopperLeaf Technologies Inc. provides leading Asset Investment Planning (AIP) solutions that enable asset intensive organizations to maximize the life cycle value of their assets. CopperLeaf provides thought leadership and the enabling technologies to improve the long-term performance of energy companies, utilities, transportation, government, and other asset intensive organizations. Its solutions are built on a base of extensive experience in strategy and business process consulting to asset-based organizations. CopperLeaf brings together the skills of management consultants and technology professionals who have assisted clients worldwide to implement best practices in finance, planning, engineering, asset management, and rate design. For more information visit www.copperleafgroup.com.
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