Remvec Energy Control Center

The Rhode Island-Eastern Massachusetts-Vermont Energy Control (REMVEC) is implementing a new Energy Control System which is to be located in the Control Center at Westborough, Massachusetts. REMVEC operates as a satellite of the New England Power Exchange (NEPEX) which coordinates and directs the operation of all major electric power and generation facilities in the New England area. REMVEC was established for the purpose of operating a bulk power supply dispatching center for the electric utilities in a portion of New England and currently consists of seven private and thirty one municipal utility systems serving about 2,300,000 customers with a peak load of about 7900 MW. The new Energy Control System consists of two large-scale processors and four front end mini-computers configured in a dual redundant mode. Included are both Network Security programs as well as Energy Control programs in addition to the basic software to support the SCADA/MMI functions.