Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) has completed the
second phase of a £15msystems integrationproject to
accommodate changes caused by opening up the local energy market to
competition.
The further electricity market opening (FEMO) will allow
domestic users to select their energy provider based on their
specific needs once suppliers have registered.
Belfast-based IT services company
Parity Solutions worked with Oracle, PRI and Northgate
Information systems to allow customers to register with alternative
suppliers and ensure accurate billing and settlement processes.
The integration project is also aimed at enabling NIE to meet
the requirements of the single electricity market (SEM), which is a
forerunner to the EU-wide common energy market.
Parity and its partners plan to apply experience gained from the
project to smart metering, which the government is touting as a way
of achieving household carbon savings.