Midwest ISO Deploys UISOL's DRBizNet Demand Response Management System

LAFAYETTE, Calif., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. (UISOL), the utility industry integration specialist and the leading provider of demand response management systems (DRMS), today announced the successful commissioning of its DRBizNet™ DRMS software to serve as the technology platform for the Midwest Independent System Operator's (Midwest ISO) system-wide demand response (DR) program.

The DRBizNet software was configured for Indiana-based Midwest ISO to simplify and streamline interaction between market operators and wholesale market participants with an emphasis towards Aggregation of Retail Customers (ARC). The software provides functionalities for creating locations, enrolling them into various markets, orchestrating DR events, collecting meter data, calculating baselines, and producing accurate settlements. The meter data is used in calculating market participants compensation for their participation in the DR activities.

Midwest ISO's service territory includes all or parts of thirteen U.S. states stretching from Ohio to Montana, as well as Canadian province Manitoba. Midwest ISO is responsible for ensuring the reliable transmission of 100,000 MW of energy throughout its regions and serves as one of the world's largest energy markets.

"The Midwest ISO team is focused on reducing the barriers to entry that DR resources encounter when participating in wholesale electricity markets," said UISOL vice president Nemat Sarnevesht.  "Now the Midwest ISO and its participants have a tool that simplifies the management of dynamic market rules, evolving DR business processes, and rapidly changing resource characteristics – taking a big step in that barrier removal challenge."

DRBizNet is officially deployed in production at Midwest ISO, enabling market participants to enroll demand response resources, in anticipation of the opening of demand response markets pending FERC approval.

About the Midwest ISO

The Midwest ISO ensures reliable operation of, and equal access to power lines in 13 U.S. states and the Canadian province of Manitoba. The Midwest ISO manages one of the world's largest energy markets, clearing nearly $23 billion in energy transactions annually. The Midwest ISO was approved as the nation's first regional transmission organization (RTO) in 2001. The non-profit 501(C)(4) organization is governed by an independent Board of Directors, and is headquartered in Carmel, Indiana, with operations centers in Carmel and St. Paul, Minnesota. Membership in the organization is voluntary. For more information, visit www.midwestmarket.org.

About UISOL

Utility Integration Solutions, Inc. (www.UISOL.com) is the systems integration specialist of the utility industry and the leading provider of demand response management systems (DRMS).  UISOL offers a broad range of integration services and software solutions to help its utility clients transform their business performance through the power of smart integration for demand response, smart grid, advanced metering, meter data management, market operations and more. The company's wholly owned subsidiary, UISOL Software, LLC, offers the utility industry's leading software platform, DRBizNet, for demand response management and the integration of distributed energy resources.

Visit www.uisol.com or call 925-939-0449.

SOURCE Utility Integration Solutions, Inc.

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