When the nation of Bermuda decided to implement smart grid technology, they determined that only one company could BRIDGE the gap between old and new practices. BELCO (Bermuda Electric Light Company), the lone provider of electricity to the island nation for the past 100 years, has chosen the BRIDGE Energy Group, a self-proclaimed trusted advisor and implementation partner, as its sole aide in smart grid integration.

As part of the agreement, BRIDGE will work on the first phase of the Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) project, helping BELCO define its information technology and operations technology plan for the future, focusing on smart grid applications.

 “We were impressed by the breadth of BRIDGE's experience in Integration as it relates to Transmission and Distribution for Electric companies, as well as their deep understanding of the Utility domain,” Christian Blais, Vice President of Technology at BELCO, said in a release. “In particular, we are pleased to see that BRIDGE has been able to right-size its approach to meet BELCO's specific needs and processes.”

To create a smarter utility for Bermuda, BRIDGE plans on using knowledge of standards like CIM and IEC61850 to create sustainable, scalable and future proof integration architecture, according to officials. In the first part of their plan, BRIDGE will take a look at BELCO’s business processes to determine how best to integrate two applications: their asset management system and geographic information system.

“BRIDGE is pleased to work with the team at BELCO in adopting a standard approach to integration that supports a future state of massive technological and business change,” Tony Giroti, CEO of BRIDGE Energy Group, said in the release. “BRIDGE will leverage its eFAME methodology to gain a holistic end-to-end view of how cross functional business processes, such as asset management and GIS, are tied together.”