Critical Software announces that it has secured a contract for the development and integration of IT systems for AES Tietê, a subsidiary of the Brazilian Energy Company. The project is to provide a critical asset management system that will support the business activities of AES Tietê, which is primarily the production and distribution of sustainable energy.
In an increasingly competitive global market, access to top quality information is vital for leading companies and organizations. Having an integrated view of validated and fully auditable information is now nothing less than a standard requirement for efficient business. Automating and standardizing operational processes and production management, through advanced methods of analysis and diagnostics, is of paramount importance in differentiating the best energy companies. AES Tietê chose Critical Software Brazil’s platform for that very reason.
Critical Software is implementing an advanced platform to automate operational processes of registration and information management, which will integrate disparate control systems, relational databases and other applications. Critical Software will also develop an Operation and Maintenance Management System that will identify, classify, analyze, control and plan corrective actions against energy supply problems.
“Critical Software is developing a system that collects and integrates information from AES Tietê’s multiple corporate and process systems, from supervisory systems, as well as from third-party systems. This is achieved by the use of an Extraction, Transformation and Loading (ETL) tool, real-time Interfaces and data collection forms,” explains Filipe Freitas, Critical Software Brazil’s Business Development Manager.
“Critical Software’s work has allowed AES Tietê to automate and standardize its Production and Operations Management processes, as well as the diagnosis and analysis of power plant performance, with dissemination of the information throughout the company,” says Antonio Carlos Garcia, AES Tietê’s Operations Manager, adding that “at the same time, we are discontinuing outdated systems with high maintenance costs, and we are also adapting operational processes according to the best asset management practices.”
AES Tietê was born of the privatization of Companhia Energética do Estado de São Paulo (CESP). Since 2003, the company has been controlled by Companhia Brasiliana de Energia S/A – a holding company established by AES Corp. and the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Económico e Social (BNDES).
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About Critical Software:
Critical Software is an international company that provides solutions, services and technologies for mission and business critical information systems. The company was established in 1998, is headquartered in Coimbra, has offices in Porto and Lisbon (Portugal) and subsidiaries in Brazil, the UK, the USA, Mozambique and Romania. Critical Software operates a quality management system certified to CMMI® Level5, ISO 9001:2000 Tick-IT, ISO 15504, NATO AQAP 150, AQAP 2120 and EN9100.
About AES Tietê:
AES Tietê S.A. is one of the main electric power generators in Brazil, rated by the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (Aneel) as the 9th largest utility in the country in terms of installed capacity. It is responsible for the operation of ten hydroelectric power plants located in four rivers – Tietê, Pardo, Mogi- Guaçu and Rio Grande – in the Central, Northeastern and Northwestern areas of the State of São Paulo. AES Tietê is controlled by Companhia Brasiliana de Energia, holding formed by the AES Corp, one of the largest global investors in electric power, present in 26 countries, and the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES). Brasiliana also holds control of Eletropaulo Metropolitana – Eletricidade de São Paulo S.A. (AESEletropaulo) and AES Uruguaiana Empreendimentos S.A. (AES Uruguaiana).
For further information please contact:
Critical Software’s MarCom Department
e. marcom@criticalsoftware.com
t. +351 239 989 100
