Eichsfelder Energie- und Wasserversorgungs GmbH (EEW for short) supplies around 43 million kilowatt hours of electricity per year to some 7,000 households and businesses throughout the Eichsfeld region. In addition, EEW supplies the Eichsfeld with regional water of excellent quality including the necessary drinking water treatment. EEW is the operating service provider for the drinking water and wastewater association Obere Hahle as well as for the municipality of Gleichen.

Solution overview: 

• Spectrum Power™ 5 Version 5.80  
• New project in implementation: 02.2023 
• Multi-commodity operations for electricity, water, district heating 
• Fully virtualized, redundant and locally separated multi-computer system 
• System access via web client and zero client 
• Service contract for system service, IT security and patch management with remote access

Telecontrol protocol:   

• IEC 60870-5-104 

System scope:

• Total data points ~ 15,000 
• Remotely reported data points ~ 12,000 
• Commands ~ 200 
• Power stations ~ 400 
• Water stations ~100

SCADA functions: 

• Electrical grid topology
• Temporary network element (TNE)
• Switching sequence management 
• Switching programs 
• Automatic reporting functions 
• Wireless alarming via e-mail

Higher level functions: 

• Leakage monitoring in the pipeline network 
• Optional in planning SIEM (Security Information and Event Management System)  
• Advanced Redispatch 2.0 modules with PSS@SINCAL