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September 25, 2007
Hometown Connections Allies with Milsoft Utility Solutions
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Tim Blodgett
Hometown Connections
Phone: 303-526-4515
tblodgett@hometownconnections.com
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Steven E. Collier
Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc.
Phone: 800-344-5647
Cell: 325.370.9219
steve.collier@milsoft.com
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Bringing Fully-Integrated E&O Software to Public Power
EVERGREEN, Colo.— Hometown Connections and Milsoft Utility Solutions today announced a strategic alliance that will help members of the American Public Power Association (APPA) acquire Milsoft’s fully-integrated software for utility operations, engineering and customer service. APPA members will be able to purchase software applications, equipment and services from Milsoft at national group pricing.
Hometown Connections is the utility services subsidiary of APPA, securing discounted pricing and high levels of service for APPA members. Milsoft Utility Solutions provides integrated software to serve the entire spectrum of electric utility operations from engineering to customer service. More than 1,000 electric utilities, educational institutions and consultants in the United States and abroad use Milsoft's engineering analysis, outage management, interactive voice response and mapping solutions.
All of Milsoft’s software solutions are available to APPA members through the Hometown Connections marketing program including Milsoft’s WindMil® Electric T&D Grid Modeling & Analysis, DisSPatch® Outage Management System, WindMilMap™ Electric Utility Mapping, and PORCHE™ / Telelink™ Interactive Voice Response.
Tim Blodgett, President & CEO of Hometown Connections, said, “Through their work with over 200 municipal utilities, Milsoft has demonstrated a commitment to delivering outstanding customer support and unsurpassed software accuracy, features and user friendliness. Through our alliance with Milsoft, Hometown Connections is making it easier and more cost-effective for many more public power utilities to acquire the software solutions they need to ensure their systems operate with the highest reliability and efficiency.”
“Planning and operating an electric utility grid are becoming increasingly complex,“ said Wayne Carr, Chairman and CEO of Milsoft Utility Solutions. “Milsoft's goal is to provide public power systems with the very best Smart Grid software and even better technical support. We make it possible for them to improve reliability, service and efficiency while minimizing capital and operating costs. Our alliance with Hometown Connections will greatly enhance our partnership with the public power community.“
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About Hometown Connections International, LLC, Evergreen, CO
Hometown Connections is a utility services subsidiary of the American Public Power Association (APPA). APPA is the service organization for the nation's more than 2,000 community-owned electric utilities that serve more than 44 million Americans. Hometown Connections supports APPA members by securing national group pricing and service arrangements from leading industry suppliers. For more information, please visit www.hometownconnections.com.
About Milsoft Utility Solutions, Inc., Abilene, TX
Milsoft has supplied software solutions to the utility industry for two decades. Milsoft users include more than 1,000 utilities, educational institutions and consultants in both the United States and abroad. For additional information please visit Milsoft’s website at www.milsoft.com/HometownConnections.
To learn more, visit the Milsoft Utility Solutions web site.
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