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Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Helps Enable
The Delivery Of Full Retail Electricity Competition In Australia
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Australia Pty Ltd. has completed
a multi-million dollar project with National Electricity Market
Management Company (NEMMCO) enabling Full Retail Competition
(FRC) in Australia's electricity market. Cap Gemini Ernst
& Young Australia is a subsidiary of Cap Gemini Ernst
& Young, one of the largest management and IT consulting
firms in the world.
The project involved developing a Market Settlement and Transfer
Solution (MSATS) for the national electricity market administered
by NEMMCO and affects about eight million domestic electricity
consumers who can now join larger commercial consumers in
being able to choose their electricity retailer. In NSW, this
change occurred on 1 January 2002 and Victorians obtained
the right to choose on 13 January 2002. The FRC process is
part of a national program to deregulate and reform the nation's
electricity supply industry by increased competition in the
areas of infrastructure, energy supply and associated services.
"We chose Cap Gemini Ernst & Young because of their breadth
of industry experience, capacity to deploy innovative technology
and the firm's global capability to ensure our requirements
were met," said Paul Price, NEMMCO Manager Corporate Affairs.
"The Cap Gemini Ernst & Young team has been energetic, enthusiastic
and innovative, and allowed no obstacle to prevent the system
being up and running by the required date. The time frame was
ambitious from the start, and despite a significant scope increase
in the middle of the project, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young was
able to bring the project in on time and budget. NEMMCO could
not have picked a better partner" said Mr Price.
John Igoe, CEO Cap Gemini Ernst & Young in Australia
and New Zealand, said successfully delivering the project
on time has been a very significant achievement for Cap Gemini
Ernst & Young, particularly as it involves a very public
domain, where 100 separate organisations and 1000 users are
currently connected to the System.
"The solution is considered leading edge from a market's
perspective because it handles levels of complexity and volumes
which have not yet been catered for in similar implementations
elsewhere in the world" said Mr Igoe.
More than a hundred clients and Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
staff from Australia, US and New Zealand were involved in
the 14-month delivery of the MSATS solution. The project was
delivered across three client locations, two countries and
involved the use of Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's worldwide
Advanced Development Centres employing the very latest, ground-breaking
technology from various IT vendors in order to develop the
solution.
About Cap Gemini Ernst & Young
Cap Gemini Ernst & Young is one of the largest management
and IT consulting firms in the world. The company offers management
and IT consulting services, systems integration, and technology
development, design and outsourcing capabilities on a global
scale to help businesses continue to implement growth strategies
and leverage technology in the new economy. The organisation
employs about 57,000 people worldwide and reports global revenues
of more than 8.5 billion euros (2000 pro forma).
More information about individual service lines, offices
and research is available at www.cgey.com
About NEMMCO
Founded in 1996 by the governments of the Australian Capital
Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and
Victoria, the National Electricity Market Management Company
(NEMMCO) Limited is responsible for the administration and
operation of the largest wholesale national electricity market
in the world. With offices in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne,
Australia, NEMMCO's aim is to provide an effective infrastructure
for the efficient operation of the wholesale national electricity
market. They also maintain the security of the power system
and coordinate power system planning and transmission.
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