Alaska Electric Light & Power to Upgrade HYDROPS™ at their Snettisham Project

Victoria, BC (DATE) - Powel-MiniMax, an industry leader in providing innovative hydroelectric management software, today announced that Alaska Electric Light & Power (AEL&P) has elected to upgrade their HYDROPS system and include a hydrologic forecasting model. The upgrade was considered necessary to manage growing electrical demand and a new hydroelectric facility that is currently under development.

The AEL&P system includes several hydro plants and thermal plants. Snettisham is their largest hydro facility that provides more than 80% of the needed energy. Powel-MiniMax developed the HYDROPS Long-term Storage Management model to help AEL&P improve the weekly operations of Long Lake and Crater Lake reservoirs to minimize the costly diesel operations. The project includes analysis of hydrologic data, modeling, and implementing the hydrologic forecast model.

“AEL&P’s decision to upgrade their HYDROPS optimization software not only meets their short-term goals, but it also takes into account their long-term planning when new demand and new facilities are required,” said Tung Van Do, Powel-MiniMax’s project manager.

“We are looking forward to working with AEL&P again and are excited at the prospect of providing our newer model with .Net programming language,” said Tim Perkins, Powel-MiniMax’s Director of Business Development.

Powel-MiniMax provides decision support services to customers in transmission, distribution, generation and meter data management. HYDROPS is a decision support system designed and customized for operations and planning studies of hydroelectric systems. This comprehensive package includes several modules that work as an integrated system or as a stand-alone solution.

About Powel-MiniMax
Powel-MiniMax provides solution support and risk management software to hydropower providers around the world. Its HYDROPS™ software optimizes efficiency for hydropower operations. IMP™* software, designed in conjunction with Natural Resources Canada (NRCan), gives a comprehensive site analysis that can be used to reduce the amount of risk associated with each hydropower site. Powel-MiniMax also provides software support solutions to help utilities boost profitability and enhance customer service levels. Its modular Utility Decision Support Platform (UDSP) is the first solution to provide instant, universal access to the information utilities need to optimize business results. Other solutions include work order automation systems, staking (field design) software, and office-based utility decision support applications. Powel-MiniMax, Inc. is a privately held company and has corporate offices in the U.S., Canada, and Europe serving customers world wide. For more information, please visit www.powelminimax.com

Note: For more information please contact Timothy C. Perkins at or (250) 385.0206 ext. 37.