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Follow on Google News | Northern Ireland Electricity completes stage two of systems integration programme with Parity GroupParity Group project manages Northern Ireland Electricity through integration into Single Electricity Market and the Further Electricity Market Opening
By: Parity Group plc Serving around 800,000 customers in Northern Ireland, NIE provides electricity to both domestic users and businesses and is part of Viridian group, one of the largest businesses headquartered in Northern Ireland. The SEM is the flagship scheme ahead of the imminent EU-wide common energy market. FEMO in Northern Ireland will allow domestic consumers to choose their energy provider according to their own needs and transfer their custom easily once suppliers have entered the new market. Meeting the requirements of FEMO and Data Aggregation required NIE to ensure that its systems were able to accommodate not only the new demands placed on it internally, but also from its customers. Therefore, the IT systems had two distinct requirements. Firstly, to process customers’ provider selections and ensure any changes in service provider were accomplished smoothly. Secondly, rationalising which utility company has supplied energy to which customer and ensuring the information is aggregated appropriately for billing and settlement. Parity’s role as IT consultants (http://www.parity.net/ Once these four separate elements were completed under Parity’s supervision, an 80-day integration test was performed to ensure a smooth collaboration from the disparate providers, ultimately to a successful conclusion. Parity and its partners are now looking to re-use the skills and experience gained on this programme in the Smart Metering area, which the Government is committed to in order to achieve significant household carbon savings. Michael Atkinson, NI 2007 Programme Director at Northern Ireland Electricity commented, “We have been very impressed with Parity’s work on the programme delivery and training, given the tight deadline and steep learning curve. Parity (http://www.parity.net/ ENDS About Parity Group plc Parity is a UK-based Business and IT Technology services organisation, delivering technical, resource and training solutions that contribute to the business transformation and economic performance of both private and public sector clients. Parity's expertise in IT project consultancy (http://www.parity.net/ Having been established for over thirty years, Parity has developed deep industry and expertise in Finance, Utilities, Telecoms and the Public Sector delivering, people, skills and concepts for IT enabled projects and programmes throughout the UK. Parity believes that better relationships deliver better results. Many of Parity's current client relationships span more than ten years, and include; Barclays Bank, British American Tobacco, BT, Department for Constitutional Affairs, Department for Work and Pensions, HBOS, Ministry of Defence, Northern Ireland Electricity, Royal Bank of Scotland, Scottish Power, The Cabinet Office, The Charity Commission and the NHS. Website: www.parity.net/ End
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