- Scalability, consolidated billing and multi-state capability key to selection
Auckland – 11 December 2000 – Peace Software, a global provider of leading e-business solutions for retail energy
companies, today announced that MidAmerican Energy Company, a supplier of energy in the Midwest’s rapidly deregulating
energy markets, has selected Peace’s Energy™ software suite for rapid entry into multiple deregulated markets.
“First and foremost, Peace’s Energy is a better system for serving our unregulated electric and gas customers since we
now have the capability to bill for multiple fuels, services and locations on a single statement,” said Todd Raba, vice
president of marketing and sales at MidAmerican Energy.
Integral to MidAmerican’s e-business strategy is providing customers with energy usage and billing data online, anytime.
“The benefits are two-fold. First, Energy is a tool to help us quickly deliver on our promise of exceptional customer
service. An important part of that component is convenient and hassle-free bill payment. The new system also gives us
the ability to offer our customers extended self-serve features, including customer enrolment, summary billing, more
flexible due dates and electronic payment options,” continued Raba. “Second, it will benefit MidAmerican financially by
eliminating several automated and manual processes required by our current system.”
Highly scalable and adaptable to various deregulated market models, Energy meets MidAmerican’s multi-state competitive
focus. MidAmerican has sold more than one
billion kilowatt hours in Illinois’ deregulated market since last year and is also competing in the opening of the
electric and natural gas markets in Ohio.
“Deregulation is changing the landscape of possibilities for energy companies, and they must move quickly to take
advantage of emerging opportunities,” said Brian Peace, chairman and CEO of Peace Software. “MidAmerican is joining the
wave of forward-thinking companies who are choosing Energy because of its flexibility, adaptability, scalability and
cost-effectiveness in rapidly entering new markets.”
Peace’s track record of successful installations in numerous deregulated U.S. states also influenced MidAmerican’s
selection decision. Rapid deployment of the system is underway with go live targeted for April 2001.
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About Peace Software
Peace Software International delivers the most comprehensive and cost-effective e-Business solutions to the global
retail energy market. The industry-leading Energy™ suite is being rapidly deployed in 20 deregulating markets spanning
North America and Australasia. Based on industry standards, the innovative and customer-proven Energy suite integrates
comprehensive customer care, e-Commerce and customer self-service, EBPP for C and mass markets, and commodity management. Headquartered in Atlanta and founded in 1984, Peace is a global company
with offices in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Visit us at www.peace.com.
About MidAmerican Energy Company
MidAmerican Energy Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, provides both regulated
and unregulated electric and natural gas service to more than 1.3 million customers in Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Nebraska,
Kentucky and South Dakota. It is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, and is the state’s largest
energy company. Information about MidAmerican is available on the Internet at http://www.midamericanenergy.com.