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www.ivara.com - Ivara Corporation Anna Da Costa, PR Communications Specialist, (905) 632-8000 ext. 246 anna.dacosta@ivara.com Ivara Corporation, the industry leader and innovator in asset performance management solutions, today announced that ScottishPower, a major utility company operating across the United Kingdom, selected Ivara EXP Enterprise asset performance management software to ensure the availability of the

company's generation equipment. The solution will be implemented at ScottishPower's portfolio of Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) and Coal Fired Generation facilities within its Energy Wholesale business unit. EXP Enterprise will be a key enabler of ScottishPower's Operations and Maintenance Strategy (OMS) focused on the development and implementation of a standard and integrated reliability process.

As an RCM2(TM) customer, the Energy Wholesale business of ScottishPower was introduced to Ivara through The Aladon Network. Owned and operated by Ivara, The Aladon Network is a global network of reliability experts who are the exclusive providers of the leading application of Reliability Centered Maintenance, Ivara RCM2(TM). ScottishPower conducted many RCM2 analyses within its power stations, and were searching for an effective solution to improve reliability program implementation. The company first piloted the project at its Longannet Power Station with the objective to implement the results of an RCM2 analysis using EXP Enterprise.

The EXP Enterprise pilot was successful and proved that leveraging Ivara's technology and practices would not just implement RCM2 analysis results quickly, it would also support their emerging Operations and Maintenance Strategy (OMS) initiative. Following an extensive evaluation of competitive offerings, ScottishPower selected Ivara EXP Enterprise asset performance software.

"The Longannet pilot demonstrated the depth of Ivara's offering. EXP is a powerful combination of technology and practices that enables a standard and integrated asset reliability process which is perfectly aligned with our OMS initiative," says Martin Sedgwick, Head of Asset Management, ScottishPower. "We are also impressed with the Ivara Work Smart(R) delivery approach as it leverages the knowledge of both our operations and maintenance workers in the development of the new operations and maintenance strategy. Equally important, it supports the culture change required to transition us towards a more proactive environment."

EXP Enterprise provides a cohesive and integrated platform to develop, implement and manage a living equipment reliability program. EXP, supported by advanced reliability practices, enables Ivara's renowned proactive asset reliability process. The process is developed and sustained with the Ivara Work Smart(TM) delivery methodology, which builds and implements asset reliability programs one asset at a time.

EXP Enterprise will address several challenges at ScottishPower. Currently the company's equipment data resides in separate systems representing islands of data. EXP will act as one of the main repositories of ScottishPower's equipment data ensuring that it is visible to all and monitored in real-time. In addition, EXP will capture the knowledge of their experienced maintenance and operations workforce to ensure valuable equipment expertise is captured for the future benefit of the business.

Ivara EXP Enterprise integrates seamlessly with ScottishPower's CMMS, the IBM Maximo Asset Management solution. Ivara is an IBM Independent Software Vendor partner and the EXP Enterprise - Maximo interface has received IBM's Ready for Tivoli Software Validation. In addition, Ivara has achieved the Industry Optimized status within the IBM PartnerWorld Industry Network Program for the energy and utilities industry.

While ScottishPower has conducted several RCM2 projects that have delivered significant benefits, they required a faster, less resource intensive analysis approach that is suitable for less critical assets. To address this need, ScottishPower will leverage Ivara's Maintenance Task Analysis - a new reliability strategy development methodology that complements RCM2. MTA draws from the strengths of RCM2 thinking, but provides a less rigorous approach ideal for rapid analysis of less critical assets.

"An important success factor for companies operating in the UK energy generation sector is having reliable power available when it is needed. With generating plants, the need to ensure optimized equipment performance is greater than ever," says Ron Hunter, Business Services Director, Energy Wholesale, ScottishPower. "We consider EXP Enterprise a critical part of our integrated operations and maintenance strategy and we anticipate a standardized proactive reliability process will result in higher plant availability."

"With an established RCM foundation in place, ScottishPower is clearly advanced in its understanding of technically-based asset care," says Gerry Bleau, president and CEO, Ivara Corporation. "We are pleased that they have selected Ivara EXP Enterprise to not only build on these previous efforts but to also implement a new proactive process that ensures optimal asset performance."

About Ivara:

Ivara is the leader in asset performance management software, Ivara EXP Enterprise, and services including Ivara RCM2(TM), the leading reliability strategy development methodology. RCM2 is delivered exclusively by The Aladon Network, Ivara's global network of reliability experts. Ivara EXP prevents industrial equipment failure, increases production and lowers costs for better business performance. EXP transforms data into real-time intelligence and helps plant and operations management make fast and accurate business decisions. Customers worldwide, representing a cross section of asset intensive industries, realize the benefits of EXP every day. For more information, visit www.ivara.com.

About ScottishPower

Scottish Power Limited is a subsidiary of Iberdrola SA. It is an energy business that provides electricity transmission and distribution services, supplies more than 5 million electricity and gas services to homes and businesses across Great Britain (GB), and operates electricity generation, gas storage facilities and associated energy management activities in the UK. ScottishPower Renewable Energy Limited (the UK's largest onshore wind developer) is part of Iberdrola Renovables, which is 80% owned by Iberdrola SA. Iberdrola Renovables is the largest developer of renewables globally.

Ivara's Asset Performance Management Software to Support
ScottishPower's Maintenance & Operations Strategy