Energy Industry

Since the inception of energy re-regulation in the late 1990’s, Systrends has been at the forefront of the development and implementation of standardized formats and transaction processing in energy-market jurisdictions in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.  Our EC expertise in the energy industry includes:

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Energy market design, implementation, and coordination—systems design, process flow analysis and development, and testing design and implementation.

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Energy standards development and implementation—ANSI X12, Utility Industry Group (UIG), EDIINT (EDI Internet), XML, ebXML, and North American Standards Board (NAESB) formerly Gas Industry Standards Board (GISB).

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Electronic communications protocols expertise and implementation for energy transaction transport—TCP/IP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, HTTP, FTP, FTP/SSL, and TELNET.

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Communications and data security expertise—S/MIME, PGP, HTTPS/SSL, Firewalls, and VPN/Tunnels, including extensive experience with PKI software for Internet EDI transaction privacy, authentication, integrity, and non-repudiation.

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Internet EDI standards certification and implementation—extensive experience with EDIINT standards, including AS1 (SMTP implementation), AS2 (HTTP/HTTPS), and AS3 (Secure FTP) protocols; certification by the Drummond Group and GS1 as “eBusiness Ready”.

Systrends has maintained a leadership role and garnered broad-based and in-depth technical expertise from working in multiple market re-design committees and working groups, as well as leading related technical committees. Systrends has in-depth knowledge of energy market design, implementation, production, and maintenance.

Systrends has played leading roles in many different aspects of utility integration including involvement in market design; transaction standards; communications, and data tracking/storage/security protocols; market participant testing and certification; systems integration; and transaction/trading partner management software and services.

Systrends provides a full range of Electronic Commerce consulting services and product solutions tailored specifically for the energy industry. Systrends service and product offerings including our NAESB-certified transaction management software, Transaction Transporter T2; hosted as well as turnkey transaction management services via our ECtrends Service Bureau; and our Canadian Systrends EBT Hub.

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