Just like in the past, MinMax participated in TechAdvantage 2023 in Nashville showcasing the latest release (10th) of its popular asset management software – eSMART. This year’s focus was on the two critical functionalities of eSMART dealing with NERC compliances – PRC-005 and FAC-008. eSMART comes equipped with a fully documented procedures manual for PRC-005…
MinMax eSMART User, Jones-Onslow Electric Membership Corp., has been featured in the October 2022 issue of the T&D World Magazine. The story, submitted by William Jones, “Cloud-Based Job Briefings Maximize Safety”, shares how the utility improved its safety program by using eSMART’s cloud-based technology and job briefing module to streamline OSHA requirements and digitize the…
The Seventh Annual MinMax eSMART User Conference was held in-person on October 11th – October 13th, 2022 at the celebrated Marriott Hotel & Golf Club at Champions Circle in Fort Worth, Texas. With over 80+ attendees from coast to coast along with alliance partners exhibiting as vendors, MinMax is proud to announce that this year’s…
MinMax had the opportunity to participate as a vendor at the 2022 Midwest Transmission Conference in Minot, North Dakota on September 19th through 22nd. The Midwest Transmission Conference is made up of the 18 largest G&Ts throughout the Midwest, 9 of which are currently in-depth users of eSMART. The booth was well visited and MinMax…
For the very first time, MinMax was invited as a Business Alliance Partner to exhibit as a vendor at the 2022 TEC Engineering Conference in San Marcos, Texas. The Texas Electric Cooperative members are comprised of 67 distribution and 9 generation and transmission cooperatives. The conference was well attended and MinMax used this opportunity to…
MinMax recently participated as a vendor and SME (subject material expert) at the North Carolina Electric Meter School Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC, for the ninth year! The MinMax booth received several visitors to view a demonstration of the latest enhancements in eSMART, including Dashboard Analytics, Pre-job Briefing, and NERC Compliance Tracking. MinMax president, Dr.…
On April 12th through 14th 2022, MinMax Technologies participated as a vendor at NWPPA 2022 in Spokane, Washington. MinMax showcased the Utility Asset Maintenance Maturity Module showing others how eSMART can help utilities achieve Asset Maintenance Maturity. The NWPPA Conference was well attended by several utilities throughout the northwest region and the booth gained a lot of…
On March 6th through 9th 2022, MinMax Technologies participated as a vendor at TechAdvantage 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. MinMax showcased the Utility Asset Maintenance Maturity Module showing others how eSMART can help utilities achieve Asset Maintenance Maturity. TechAdvantage 2022 was well attended by several co-ops throughout the country and the booth gained a lot of attraction during…
The in-person MinMax eSMART User Conference is back! The 2022 MinMax eSMART User Conference will be held in-person on Tuesday, Oct. 11th through Thursday, Oct. 13th, 2022. This year’s venue will be at the celebrated Marriott Hotel & Golf Club at Champions Circle in Fort Worth, Texas. Along with our usual agenda of tutorials…
On March 7th through 9th 2022, MinMax Technologies will be exhibiting at TechAdvantage 2022 in Nashville, TN showcasing the latest enhancements and features within eSMART. Please stop by the MinMax Booth #2226 to see how eSMART is helping utilities with their PRC-005 & FAC-008 challenges! MinMax is proud to announce an alliance with Embedded Logix to…
MinMax would like to thank the 100+ eSMART users for attending the 6th Annual MinMax eSMART User Conference on October 12th through 14th. Due to the on-going pandemic, MinMax hosted this year’s User Conference virtual again to ensure the safety of all participants. On the first day of the conference, users focused on tutorials of…
MinMax is pleased to announce the release of eSMART 9.4 as the 2021 Labor Day Edition! Based on the last 2020 Virtual User Conference, MinMax has focused on the Asset Activity Dashboard and Analytics. This comprehensive dashboard has a new look along with several new functionalities. For more information or to schedule a demo of…
MinMax recently participated in the North Carolina Electric Meter School Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC. This was MinMax’s eighth annual participation in this conference and the very first post-covid event in 2021. This event was a huge success and it was great to see all the familiar faces in person again! There was a great…
eSMART continues to build momentum and gain speed with the suggestions and feedback from users. Thank you to all that have contributed to the enhancements of the eSMART Equipment Tracking (Relocate & Replace) workflow. With these enhanced features, you can now perform equipment replacements and relocations all on one screen. If you would like more…
MinMax will be attending the first post-covid event – the NCEMS Conference in Myrtle Beach, SC. It will be demonstrating some of the newest features of eSMART, including the latest enhanced Equipment Tracking (Relocate & Replace) Module. If you are attending, please stop by the MinMax Booth #65 to check out the latest features of…
MinMax client, Riviera Utilities, has been featured in the March 2021 issue of the T&D World Magazine. The story, submitted by Chad Owen, “Municipal Utility Streamlines Substation Inspections”, details the need and process of selecting an Asset Management and Inspection Software for RU. In the article, RU describes how their geographical location and population growth…
MinMax would like to thank our 140+ eSMART users for attending the 5th Annual MinMax eSMART User Conference on October 6th through 9th. Due to the current pandemic, MinMax decided to host this year’s user conference completely virtual to ensure the safety of all of our participants. On the first day of the conference, users focused on…
MinMax has set the date for the 2020 MinMax eSMART User Conference for Tuesday, October 6th through Friday, October 9th. Due to the current pandemic and for the safety of our eSMART users, we will be hosting this year’s user conference completely virtual! The agenda will remain very similar to the past with hands-on tutorials…
With the increased interest from our existing customers and potential customers, eSMART would like to announce the release of eSMART 9.1 with major enhancements to our NERC Compliance Features (PRC-005 and FAC-008). These enhancements are based on the design inputs from our existing FAC-008 and PRC-005 users that bring eSMART’s regulatory compliance capabilities to the…
On March 1st through 4th 2020, MinMax Technologies exhibited at TechAdvantage 2020 in New Orleans showcasing the latest enhancements and features within eSMART. eSMART – the industry leading Asset Management and Substation Inspection software, covers the entire spectrum of electric power utilities assets from power plants to meters. With new modules and features that we’ve…
Beginning March 1, 2020, MinMax Technologies became a partner with WESCO Distribution to make its leading asset management and inspection program called eSMART (Electric System Maintenance and Asset Reliability Tracking) easily available to all the utilities across North America. With 55 utilities (Munis, Co-ops, & IOUs) already benefiting from the efficiencies of eSMART, MinMax is…
MinMax was invited to speak at the Utility Tech Seminar hosted by WESCO on February 27th in Buda, Texas. Attended by local utilities and co-ops of Central Texas, Dr. Nand Singh introduced his Asset Maturity Model designed for the Utility Industry. The Utility Asset Management Maturity Model (UA-MMM) was designed to identify the levels through…
MinMax client, Wood County Electric Cooperative, has been featured in the February 2020 issue of the T&D World Magazine. The story, submitted by Logan Thompson, “Co-op Improves Substation Inspections with Analytics”, explores how investing in MinMax eSMART has enhanced their maintenance operations. In the article, WCEC describes the many benefits of digitizing their substation inspection…
MinMax is proud to announce the launch of MinMax eSMART – a product that covers the entire spectrum of electric power utilities assets. From power plants to meters, eSMART takes us to a new level of asset performance. The release of MinMax eSMART 9.0 (Electric Systems Maintenance & Asset Reliability Tracking) will replace the existing…
On Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 2:00 pm (EDT) MinMax Technolgies’ President, Dr. Nand Singh, will be presenting a webinar hosted by AEGIS Loss Control. The webinar, “Electric System Inspections. Improving Data Collection & Results with Technology & Innovation.”, will highlight the use of technology innovation and best practices to improve utility’s asset management…
MinMax would like to thank our 75+ users for attending the 4th Annual MinMax SMART User Conference on October 9th and 10th here in Dallas. On the first day of the conference, users focused on tutorials of key features in SMART along with useful tips in data extraction and reporting. We continued the evening with…
MinMax client, Central Electric Power Cooperative, has been featured in the October 2019 issue of the T&D World Magazine. The case study, submitted by Matthew Kirchhoff and Adam Weber, “Central Intelligence”, analyzes how the engineering department worked with the IT department to find a new platform for Asset Management and Operations. The article features the…
MinMax attended this year’s Midwest Transmission Conference in Grand Forks where they participated as a vendor. MinMax demonstratedtheir latest product called eSMART – Electrical System Maintenance and Asset Reliability Tracking software. MinMax eSMART software covers the entire spectrum of power deliver – power plants, transmission structures, communications sites, substations, distribution, and meter exchanges. The Midwest…
We are excited to announce that the annual 2019 SMART User Conference will be held in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday, October 9th and Thursday, October 10th. With the growing user base of MinMax SMART, this year’s conference will be held at the Dallas-Carrollton Conference Center spanning over two full days. Along with the usual product…
MinMax attended the 88th Annual NCEMS Conference on June 23rd-27th, 2019 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Just like in the previous years, MinMax demonstrated the newest features and capabilities of SMART. This year however, MinMax proudly presented the new SMART Meter Exchange. The Meter Exchange module was created to incorporate fast and reliable access to…
Based on the feedback from the 2018 SMART User conference, MinMax is pleased to release the much-awaited Memorial Day Release SMART 8.0! This release extends the reach of SMART to the revenue meters at the client premises and service points. The Meter Exchange (ME) module is embedded as a tool within SMART for creating,…
MinMax SMART reaches a significant milestone by signing its 50th client! A fast-growing Transmission Operator becomes the 50th client of SMART. The TO will use SMART to manage all of its newly acquired transmission assets and get organized for NERC compliances. “We are obviously very excited about our 50th client and our reach into the…
Here at MinMax we believe it is important to give back to our community. We proudly participate in local charity events and donate to organizations that support these same intentions. Here are just a few recent organizations that we have contributed to: -NRECA International- A program that provides electrification to 18 developing countries around the…
MinMax will be demonstrating some of the newest features of its substation inspection, asset management, and meter exchange tool, SMART, at this year’s NWPPA in Spokane. If you are attending, please stop by the WESCO booth #604 to check out the latest features of MinMax SMART. We here at MinMax have continued to enhance our…
MinMax will be showcasing some of the newest features of its industry leading Asset Performance and Substation Inspection software, SMART, at this year’s TechAdvantage in Orlando. If you and your colleagues are attending, please stop by our booth #1061. We here at MinMax have continued to enhance our SMART software and can’t wait to share…
Based on many of the high ranked features suggested by our users at the 2018 SMART User Conference, MinMax released SMART 7.12 packed with several user productive enhancements. Most of the features focused on work orders, pictures, documents, and report scheduling. With such a rapid turnaround of features during the holidays, the new release made…
MinMax would like to thank our 60+ users for attending the 3rd Annual MinMax SMART User Conference on October 3rd and 4th here in Dallas. On the first day of the conference, users focused on tutorials of new features to SMART along with useful tips in reporting and importing bulk data. We continued the…
MinMax takes pride in hosting a cyber-secure product. As of September 26th, 2018, Garland Heart Info Security rated the MinMax SMART application as the lowest ranking risk for publicly connected systems.
MinMax Technologies recently participated in The Cooperative Technologies Conference & Expo presented by North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives as a vendor. The conference was held on August 15 – 17, 2018 in North Myrtle Beach, SC. MinMax showcased its latest release of SMART 7.9 and the advanced management reporting features of SMART that will help improve…
MinMax would like to welcome our newest utility, Consumers Power, as the second utility from Oregon to get SMART! Consumers Power, Inc. is located in Philomath, OR and was established in 1939. This rural electric cooperative is a privately owned not-for-profit organization. CPI has about 22,000 members throughout 6 counties. With the abundance of energy…
One of our recent customers, Choptank Electric Cooperative, has been featured in the July 2018 issue of the T&D World Magazine. The case study, submitted by David Robinson and Will Keller, is about how the utility deployed an Asset Management system, MinMax SMART, in nearly a week. The article features the steps Choptank took throughout…
MinMax Technologies’ founder, Dr. Nand Singh, attended FIBERCON as an invited speaker on July 19th in Memphis Tennessee. FIBERCON, a WESCO seminar, was attended by several utilities from the southwestern states. Dr. Singh spoke on Asset Management with a focus on increasing substation asset performance. He encouraged utilities to deploy a system by keeping the…
MinMax is proud to announce the signing of Southside Electric Cooperative to SMART. Not only is SEC the fourth utility on board with SMART but also one of the top four largest utilities in Virginia. Southside Electric Cooperative is a member-owned organization that takes pride in continuously delivering exemplary service. Founded in 1937, SEC is…
In order to provide highly-customizable, easy-to-use tools, MinMax Technology works closely with customers to introduce new SMART features on an on-going basis. Based on the feedback received from the SMART administrators and supervisors, we have upgraded the customization features available for uploading pictures. The new release – SMART Rel. 7.6 – will provide you with…
MinMax SMART continues to make its stride through Virginia with the signing of the third utility, Central Virginia Electric Cooperative. Central Virginia Electric is headquartered in Colleen, VA and is a member-owned utility serving 14 counties. The electric cooperative was founded in 1937. Today, it serves more than 35,000 members and owns 4,600 miles of…
MinMax is excited to announce that the 2018 SMART User Conference will be held in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday, October 3rd and Thursday, October 4th. MinMax has prepared a tentative agenda that begins at mid-day on Wednesday. We’ll have hands-on tutorials and real-life implementation stories from your peers that will help you get the most…
As a tool designed by utility industry professionals, SMART is a complete asset management and inspection system for transmission, substation and distribution assets. In order to provide highly-customizable, easy-to-use tools, MinMax Technology works closely with customers to introduce new SMART features on an on-going basis. Based on the feedback received from the SMART administrators and…
MinMax signed their fourth utility from Tennessee, Duck River Electric Membership Corporation. Duck River Electric is located in Shelbyville, Tennessee and is the second cooperative to deploy SMART from their state. Duck River Electric is the fourth largest cooperative in Tennessee and serves 73,000 members. The electric cooperative was founded in 1936 on a mission…
After their recent successful deployment, MinMax would like to welcome our newest organization, Choptank Electric Cooperative, to SMART. Choptank Electric is the second largest cooperative in Maryland. The electric distribution co-op serves 9 counties on the eastern coast and is a member-owned, not-for-profit organization. They were founded on September 21, 1938 and currently serve 53,000…
As 2017 has come to an end, we are excited to announce our newest SMART subscriber: Clay Electric Cooperative, Inc. Clay Electric is an incorporated, member-owned, not-for-profit organization known for their excellent service. The electric cooperative was founded in 1937 and remains one of the largest power suppliers in the United States. Clay Electric’s headquarters…
MinMax SMART continues to grow its footprint in North Dakota with the signing of Roughrider Electric Cooperative, a member-owned distribution organization serving a six-county area in the western part of the state. The electric cooperative was founded in 1948. Today, it serves more than 7,000 members and provides power to more than 10,000 meters. SMART…
South Central Arkansas Electric Cooperative has selected SMART for its extensive capabilities, flexible nature and ease of use. The progressive cooperative serves more than 10,000 consumers over nearly 2,000 miles of line. SMART offers a comprehensive library of assets and inspection questions, allowing utilities to quickly tailor forms and reports to their needs. Because SMART…
MinMax is proud to announce that Steve Collier, Director of Smart Grid Strategies for Milsoft Utility Solutions will serve as keynote speaker at the 2017 SMART User Conference. Steve will share insights on the future of the market, as well as the impact of new and emerging technologies. Following the keynote, attendees will have the…
MinMax SMART has taken another step towards nationwide adoption with the signing of its first customer in South Carolina. The electric cooperative is the largest in the state and one of the top 25 in the country. Founded in 1940 by six forward-thinking residents in a single county, the cooperative has grown and expanded with…
MinMax SMART is now in use in Arkansas, with the signing of an electric cooperative in the northwest part of the state. Founded in 1938, the member-owned cooperative now serves more than 70,000 homes, farms and businesses in Arkansas and Oklahoma. The cooperative selected MinMax SMART for its rapid-deployment capabilities, including integrated document management, pre-defined…
As a tool designed by utility industry professionals, SMART is a complete asset management and inspection system for transmission, substation and distribution assets. In order to provide highly-customizable, easy-to-use tools, MinMax Technology works closely with customers to introduce new SMART features on an on-going basis. Based on customer feedback we are pleased to roll out…
The second-largest municipal electric utility in Oklahoma has selected MinMax SMART to streamline inspections and strengthen data collection as part of its long-range plan to maintain and upgrade utility infrastructure. The community-owned utility has maintained its own electric generation since 1903 and is now the state’s largest transmission owner. With an intuitive interface, use of…
Long-time MinMax SMART customer City of Statesville is featured in the July issue of T&D World Magazine. The case study, submitted by Keith Courson and Billy Lara of the North Carolina municipal electric utility, traces the evolution of their tracking system from hand-written, paper logs through a SMART implementation that has enabled them to move…
With summer temperatures climbing, MinMax has released SMART 6.31, adding new customization options to the easy-to-use software. New features reflect common requests and wish list items from our customers. Is there something you wish you could do? Tell us! New in SMART 6.31: Inspections have a new Question Type called Difference that instantly compares current…
The largest electric cooperative in Tennessee has selected MinMax SMART to improve their asset management inspections and data collection. Following an extensive evaluation and review of available software tools, the cooperative selected SMART for its secure cloud-based environment, flexible and customizable guided inspections, and intuitive, user-friendly interface. Serving more than 210,000 residents and businesses through…
MinMax Technologies’ founder, Dr. Nand Singh, has been announced as a presenter for the North Carolina Electric Meter School and Conference to be held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in late June. Dr. Singh will speak as part of the Substation and Distribution track on Thursday, June 29 at 8am. The conference focuses on metering…
We are excited to announce that the 2017 SMART User Conference will be held in Dallas on Wednesday, October 4th and Thursday, October 5th. Our jam-packed agenda includes hands-on tutorials and real-life implementation stories from utilities of all sizes. We’ve built-in networking and Q&A time to ensure that participants have time to get to know…
With the growing popularity of its asset management and inspection software for utility operations, MinMax was invited to speak at the annual E&O conference organized by VMDAEC on May 2-3 at Virginia Beach, Virginia. The Virginia, Maryland & Delaware Association of Electric Cooperatives (VMDAEC) exists to serve the member-owned electric cooperatives in the three-state area.…
With 9 of the top 30 G&T (by miles of transmission line) coops selecting MinMax SMART as their asset management and inspection software, the total number of inspection questions answered over the past four years has topped three million. MinMax is able to bring such large utilities on board by making its products scalable, while maintaining…
TechAdvantage is the leading technology conference designed exclusively for electric cooperative professionals engaged in C-level, engineering, operations, IT, purchasing and supply, and marketing decision-making. Attendees learn how to improve performance, increase efficiency, reduce costs, and improve member services with a wide range of sessions, workshops, learning labs and networking opportunities engineered to generate powerful ideas…
With several large G&T co-ops choosing SMARTest from MinMax as their preferred tool for asset management and inspection, SMART is now managing well over 1,500 substations across North America. In addition to the substations, the utilities are also inspecting several thousand other assets such as transmission structures, lines, communications sites, distribution poles, and line devices. In an…
With the rapid adoption of SMART by G&T utilities operating with 100+ substations, MinMax introduced several key features during its SMART ALECS User Group Conference held in October 2016 in Dallas. Utility users operating as few as 4 to 300+ substations attended the conference. The two features the users liked the most are: Facilities Ratings…
Central Electric Power Cooperative (CEPC) is a transmission cooperative owned and operated by eight member-owner distribution cooperatives. Collectively they deliver power through a network of 120 substations to a 22,000 square mile area in Central Missouri. These eight electric distribution cooperatives are located in the Central Missouri region as depicted in the map above. After a careful…
After evaluating the leading software tools for substation asset performance, N.W. Electric Power Cooperative has selected SMART as the cloud-based software tool for its transmission line and substation inspection. As a G&T electric cooperative, N.W. is responsible for maintaining 140 substations and approximately 1700 miles of transmission line which delivers the power to the seven distribution cooperatives…
With its 108,450 electric customers, the 6th largest public power utility in the state of California, The City of Riverside, becomes the first utility in the state to adopt SMARTest as its substation asset inspection and performance tool. The decision makers at The Riverside substation department chose SMART for its ease of use and flexibility in…
The popularity of SMART as a preferred tool for transmission/distribution substation asset performance is making an impact in all of North America. After a careful evaluation of the SMARTest module, the city of New Westminster became the newest member of the Canadian SMART users. New Westminster is a historically important city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia,…
SMART is no longer just an inspection, test records, and document management tool. It’s helping utilities get better organized and prepared for their compliance requirements. With a growing list of customers dealing with Bulk Electric System (BES) equipment from the generator to the high side of distribution substation transformers, the latest release of SMARTest 6.15 helps utilities…
While SMART has become popular as a substation and distribution asset management and inspection software tool for municipal utilities and cooperatives operating with a range of 2 to 80 substations, It just took a quantum jump by being selected by a large generation and transmission cooperative, KAMO Power, operating in Oklahoma & Missouri. With its G&T operation consisting of 300+ transmission substations…
NRECA is the national service organization for more than 900 not-for-profit rural electric cooperatives and public power districts. It provides retail electric service to more than 42 million consumers in 47 states and retail sales account for approximately 12 percent of total electricity sales in the United States. TechAdvantage – a flagship event organized annually by NRECA…
Medicine Hat, a city of 61,000+ in southeast Alberta, Canada, became the first Canadian utility to select SMART as its preferred platform for all its substation, distribution, and metering inspection work. They were impressed with the demo and the performance of SMART at the 2015 Southeastern Electricity Metering Association Conference in November in Orlando.
A Focused Approach to Preventive Maintenance (pp-34; Nov. 2015) Northern Neck Electric Cooperative Gets Smart Unifying its Substation, Line, and Pole Inspections { The following paragraphs are excerpted from the 5-page narration of NNEC’s process of evaluation, selection, and deployment of SMARTest for their substation and distribution inspections and more ….} ——- At the North…
Within a span of 2 months, SMART was selected again by another large municipal utility in North Carolina with 20+ substations to replace their aging legacy system. SMART was selected by its engineering and operations management team to be their future tool for performing asset management, inspection, and maintenance of all their substation and distribution…
MinMax continues to enhance its SMART family of programs based on the participation and feedback received from its SUPER users. One of the key highlights of the latest release is the capability to take and store multiple pictures instantly at any inspection question. The pictures can be retrieved and viewed wherever the questions are displayed.…
SMART proved itself right again in the Show Me state of Missouri. This time it’s with the City of Carthage where Carthage Water & Electric Plant selected SMART to perform all its substation and distribution asset management, inspections, and inventory control. After receiving a brief on-site training, the team at CWEP is enthused about the possibilities of using…
A large municipal utility from the state of North Carolina signed up to use the SMARTest from MinMax as its substation inspection and asset management tool for its inspectors and supervisors replacing their 9-year old legacy system. After an extensive pilot study of SMARTest, the substation management decided to adopt SMARTest as its inspection tool…
Beginning July 1, 2015, MinMax has kicked off its new ad campaign introducing its premier line of substation & distribution inspection and asset management line of products called SMART, SMARTer, and SMARTest. This ad will appear in the various directories and magazines published by different regional utility associations.
MinMax participated and demonstrated its newly launched SMART 6.0 to an enthusiastic group of NCAMES attendees on April 22, 2015 in Wilson, North Carolina. The North Carolina Association of Municipal Electric Systems is a non-profit association and an affiliate of the NC League of Municipalities. NCAMES exists to promote the interest and welfare of municipal…
MinMax introduces the latest release (ver. 6.2) of its SMART family of programs to an enthusiastic group of utility substation and distribution supervisors at APPA’s Engineering and Operations Technical Conference held in Sacramento, California, on May 17-20, 2015.
Bolstered by the response received from the utilities in southeast, MinMax participated and demonstrated SMART 6.0 at the 2015 Southeastern Meter School and Conference held on March 16-19 at Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. The school is sponsored by Southeastern Meter Technical Association in cooperation with Utility Technology Association. The school provided a forum for…
The wait is finally over. SMART now goes outside the substation fence and manages distribution assets and other maintenance-worthy equipment items. MinMax released its much talked about GIS-based SMART 6.0 with Google Maps which will change the way users record and maintain data for their new and existing poles and other assets outside the substation…
The T&D World Magazine in its November 2014 issue talks about the MinMax’s latest release of its Substation Maintenance and Asset Reliability Tracking software SMARTest 5.11. SMARTest 5.11 features an integrated project and work order management system, a comprehensive easy-to-use document management system, offline inspections, work orders and service calls with access to prior inspection…
Bristol Tennessee Essential Services (BTES) is a municipality-owned electric utility that also provides high-speed internet, telephone, and cable television services over a fiber optic network. BTES is in the business of providing reliable, safe, and cost-effective electric service to more than 33,000 customers in a 280-square-mile service area in the City of Bristol and Sullivan…
Bristol Virginia Utility (BVU) becomes the latest municipal utility to get on the bandwagon of SMARTest. Impressed with the rich inspection capabilities of SMART, and with its focus on substation and distribution operation, and the intuitiveness of the program, BVU will position SMARTest as its key inspection and maintenance tool. Bristol is an independent city…
The State of North Carolina became the SMARTest of all the states using the much talked about the SMART family of programs from MinMax. The City of Newton is the latest municipal utility to realize the benefits of using SMARTest for their substations and other equipment outside the fence. The City of Newton is the…
With its current 32 substations in operation and soon to add another 12 subs to its portfolio, The Garland Power and Light (GPL) became the largest customer of SMARTest in the state of Texas. GPL, which maintains a well organized paper-based inspection and asset tracking system, selected SMARTest to augment its current inspection system and…
For the Grid Transformation Forum in its July/August 2014 issue, the Electric Energy T&D Magazine selected Dr. Nand Singh, the founder of MinMax technologies, a Texas-based software company, in delivering software-based productivity tools for substation operations for utilities with two or more substations. Joining Dr. Singh is Doug Evans, electrical engineer with the Texas City…
Navajo Tribal Utility Authority (NTUA) selected the latest release (release 5.11) of SMARTest from MinMax to manage the inspection and asset maintenance of their 73 distribution substations and 306,000 distribution poles spread over 27,000 sq. miles. The Navajo Nation extends into the states of Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, covering over 27,000 square miles of…
Not to be left behind by the other progressive southern states, several substations in the state of Mississippi will now be under the watch of SMART. After looking at the latest functionality of SMARTest, this utility, which is located in northern Mississippi with 9 substations, decided to wait no more. They are up and running.
Another utility in North Carolina joins the SMARTest group of users. The I-40 corridor is abuzz with SMART talk. This city utility with six substations will use SMARTest from MinMax to automate their visual inspections, manage documents which includes drawings, pictures, test reports, and manuals. They also liked the feature that they can use their…
After an intensive review and examination of SMARTest, a progressive municipal utility in the State of Tennessee selects SMARTest to replace its manual inspection and asset management system. The utility with 9 substations believes SMARTest from MinMax is just the tool they have been looking for last few months.
After a successful demo of SMARTest (the full feature version of SMART) last week, a major city utility with 21 substations in the State of Alabama has adopted SMARTest to inspect and maintain all of its substations. With their emphasis on job safety analysis along with the routine inspection and asset management functions, they found…
A major coop utility became the first SMARTest user in the state of Oregon. Utilizing the newly introduced module SMARTest from MinMax, this coop will manage all of its 23 substations’ operations and perform work order management using the advanced features of SMART.
As more people learn about the capabilities (both inside and outside the substation fence) of the SMART suit of applications and its affordable pricing, they are stepping up to SMARTest for their distribution operations. After seeing the demo and reading about SMART in the March 2014 edition of T&D World magazine, a small utility from…
With five substations, the City of Troy, Alabama, has selected SMART from MinMax to assist them with their substation asset management, inspection, maintenance, and repair. They liked the rich library of SMART with pre-populated substation-maintenance-related information, its ease of deployment and operation, and the cloud-based flexibility. They were impressed with the instant readiness of SMART,…
The major highlights of SMART 5.2 are: Instant Inspections – Ability to perform instant inspections without creating a schedule Track budget accounts – Ability to assign budget accounts and track actual man-hours and costs against them Manage WOs using a Gantt Chart – Use a Microsoft Project like Gantt chart facility to display and manage Work Orders…
Read what T&D World (March 2014; pp 86-90) has to say about SMART and how it has helped People’s Electric Cooperative (PEC) in Oklahoma. The PEC catapulted its transmission capacities from a six-substation utility to a twenty-one-substation utility, thus creating a massive technical and management challenge. Normally, such an asset expansion would result in a…
After establishing itself as a superior tool to inspect and maintain substation assets, SMART is now flowing into water management. A utility in Arizona has chosen SMART to manage not only its substation assets, but also their water, irrigation and generation equipment. With the enhanced functionalities now available in the latest release of SMART 5.1,…
MinMax has been invited by APPA to speak to its members at its annual Engineering & Operations Technical Conference on April 7, 2014 in Oklahoma City. Dr. Nand Singh and Mr. Steve Mauser from MinMax will be discussing the state of substation asset management and their maintenance in a small size utility environment. Substation Maintenance…
After successfully deploying SMART to maintain its 21 substations, PEC (an Oklahoma-based coop) is now using SMART to inspect and maintain its more than 440 transmission poles using its GIS coordinates and displaying them on Google Maps. Using their GIS coordinates, not only can inspectors locate the poles on the map, they can also see…
The major highlights of SMART 5.0 are: Offline Mode – Ability to perform inspections in an offline mode when there is low/no cell coverage GIS-enabled – Ability to capture and assign latitude and longitude coordinates in decimal format and display equipment on a Google map Work Orders – Automatic Work Order generation from scheduled inspections…
With the release of SMART 3.0 that includes new features such as Digital Asset Management, Schedule Replication, Compliance Procedures and Dashboard Display, SMART is off to a great start in 2013. MinMax signed a large cooperative in Oklahoma which will use SMART to maintain its current five substations that will grow to 21 substations by…
After a two-month long pilot study of SMART, a leading public utility from Missouri has selected SMART as their software tool for substation maintenance and inspection. The utility will maintain and inspect 16 substations with a focus on record management and NERC compliance. SMART was selected for its intuitiveness, cloud-based functionalities, primary focus on smaller…
MinMax was invited by OKUDA SANGYO PHILS of Manila to demonstrate SMART to the National Grid Corporation of Philippines and the City of Manila. Both entities collectively operate well over 1,000 substations. MinMax will start a pilot deployment for three of their locations soon. OKUDA learned about SMART from the featured story published in the…
With a successful reception of its initial Substation Maintenance and Asset Repair Tracking (SMART), MinMax conducted an in-depth focus study for its next version called SMARTER (enhanced with Equipment Reliability) by visiting several small to mid-sized public power utilities across the country. In addition to predictive maintenance, SMARTER will include: An extensive repository of all…
As a recognized vendor to public power utilities, MinMax Technologies joins APPA as a corporate associate member with visibility and access to a significant portion of the United States $250 billion electric utility industry and an opportunity to expand its share of the municipal electric market. The American Public Power Association (APPA), which is based…
Transmission & Distribution World is the leading industry magazine for the electric power industry edited for engineers and operating professionals. Feature articles are written primarily by technical editors and industry professionals in the user and manufacturer groups. In its January 2012 issue (pp. 44-48) of the magazine, the editors have profiled SMART, a Substation Maintenance…
Weatherford, a western suburb of Fort Worth, Texas, U.S., is a family centric community with a tradition of planning for the future. To deliver clean, reliable power to this community requires near-flawless substation performance. Accordingly, substations must be rigorously and routinely inspected. However, as is the case with many small utilities, the cost of using…