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Kansas City Power and Light Company Expands
Cannon Technologies Esubstation.com Substation Monitoring
and Information System
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 2, 2002 -- Cannon
Technologies, Inc. ( http://www.cannontech.com
) of Golden Valley, Minn. announced today that Kansas City
Power & Light Company, Kansas City, Mo. is proceeding
with expansion of its Internet based intelligent substation
monitoring system, Esubstation.com. Cannon received an order
from KCP&L to add the Esubstation™ system to four
more substations in the Kansas City metro area, with additional
expansion planned for subsequent years.
KCP&L implemented a pilot system of Esubstation™
in 2001 at its Pflumm substation, with expansion based on
successful implementation of the pilot. Mike Cannon, Manager
of Substation Systems at Cannon, states that, "We are
extremely pleased with KCP&L's decision to expand their
Esubstation™ System, and we look forward to continuing
the buildout with them."
Bernie Beaudoin, chairman of Great Plains
Energy, the holding company of KCP&L, said, "We
recognized the potential benefit to our customers in anticipating
maintenance problems in our substations. Monitoring equipment
has led to improved maintenance schedules and better decision-making."
Internet based communication enables Esubstation.com to
provide cost effective enterprise access to information
available at the substation, without jeopardizing the security
of the EMS/Scada system. Esubstation.com uses Cannon Technologies'
Substation Advisor® applications for predictive
maintenance to enable better planning and avoid costly downtime.
While not its primary purpose, the Esubstation™ architecture
also provides a "back door" to system operating
information in the event of an EMS outage, since the communication
link is redundant.
Esubstation™ includes Cannon Technologies'
Substation Advisor® sensors. Integrating with
substation IEDs, the sensors monitor power transformers,
circuit breakers, and transmission and distribution feeders.
Parameters such as transformer temperature, cooling status,
load tap changer operations, feeder load, reactive power
flow, breaker trip time, and insulating gas density are
monitored for magnitude and duration by an Internet connected
remote server, with alarm information emailed to appropriate
utility personnel. Access to a private Esubstation™
website provides real-time information for verification
of alarm conditions, as well as historical trends, fault
information, and access to limit settings. The 2002 project
will also include substation live video access for remote
site inspection.
Esubstation™ is a module of Cannon's
Yukon™ distribution automation software platform, which
also includes modules for direct load management, load curtailment,
meter data collection and aggregation, genset control, and
centralized capacitor control. Yukon™ functionality is offered
as both a service running on Cannon servers, or as a licensed
installation in the utility data center.
Cannon Technologies, Inc. is a privately held
company founded in 1987 specializing in the development
of software and hardware systems for electric utility automation
including load management, substation information systems,
capacitor control, and remote metering. Cannon's user base
exceeds 300 electric utilities. The company is based in
Golden Valley (Minneapolis), Minn., with branch offices
in Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Virginia and
Texas.
Great Plains Energy is the holding company
for three wholly owned subsidiaries: Kansas City Power &
Light Company, a leading regulated provider of electricity
in the Midwest; Great Plains Power Inc., a competitive generator
that will sell to the wholesale market; and KLT Inc., an
investment company focusing on energy related ventures that
are unregulated with high growth potential. Headquartered
in Kansas City, Mo., the Company's web site is http://www.kcpl.com.
CERTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION -- Statements
made in this presentation that are not based on historical
facts are forward-looking, may involve risks and uncertainties,
and are intended to be as of the date when made. In connection
with the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company is providing
a number of important factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially from provided forward-looking information.
These important factors include: future economic conditions
in the regional, national and international markets; state,
federal and foreign regulation; weather conditions including
weather-related damage; cost of fuel; financial market conditions
including, but not limited to, changes in interest rates;
inflation rates; increased competition including, but not
limited to, the deregulation of the electric utility industry
and the entry of new competitors; ability to carry out marketing
and sales plans; ability to achieve generation planning
goals and the occurrence of unplanned generation outages;
nuclear operations; ability to enter new markets successfully
and capitalize on growth opportunities in non-regulated
businesses; adverse changes in applicable laws, regulations
or rules governing environmental regulations (including
air quality), tax or accounting matters; delays in the anticipated
in-service dates of additional generating capacity; performance
of projects undertaken by our non-regulated businesses and
the success of efforts to invest in and develop new opportunities;
non-performance of counterparties; availability and cost
of capital; and other risks and uncertainties. This list
of factors is not all-inclusive because it is not possible
to predict all possible factors.
For more information contact:
info@cannontech.com
or
Jim Losleben
Cannon Technologies, Inc.
8301 Golden Valley Road, Suite 300
Golden Valley, MN 55427
763-595-7777
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