Links Technology Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PowerShark EQR Release 1.3.2. This software release is freely available to existing customers at no additional cost.

This is a FERC compliance release to align PowerShark EQR with updated Balancing Authorities posted by FERC at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eqr/balancing.xls on July 1, 2015. Starting with Q2 2015 EQRs, the following Balancing Authority is valid:

• EMBA: Entergy Mississippi, Inc.

Enterprise customers…

• If you are already running Release 1.3 or Release 1.3.1, you need only run the PowerShark EQR Database Installer to upgrade your current PowerShark EQR database.
• If you are running Release 1.2 or prior, log into the PowerShark EQR website and consult the upgrade guides.

Hosted customers…

• If you are already running Release 1.3 or Release 1.3.1, you don’t need to do anything. Links Technology will take care of upgrading your PowerShark EQR database.
• If you are running Release 1.2 or prior, the upgrade includes an updated desktop client application. Please contact PowerShark EQR Support to initiate the upgrade process.

If you have any questions or need assistance upgrading, contact Links Technology’s helpful, knowledgeable, and friendly PowerShark EQR Support team.

Links Technology Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PowerShark EQR Release 1.3.1. This software release is freely available to existing customers at no additional cost.

This is a FERC compliance release to align PowerShark EQR with updated Balancing Authorities posted by FERC at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eqr/balancing.xls on April 1, 2015. Starting with Q2 2015 EQRs, the following Balancing Authorities are no longer valid:

• AEWC: AESC, LLC – Wheatland CIN
• BBA: Batesville Balancing Authority
• BCTC: British Columbia Transmission Corporation
• BRAZ: CECD, LLC
• BUBA: Constellation Energy Control and Dispatch – City of Benton, Arkansas
• CFEN: Comision Federal de Electricidad
• CNWY: Constellation Energy Control and Dispatch – Conway, Arkansas
• CSTO: CECD, LLC
• CSWS: Central and Southwest
• DENL: Constellation Energy Control and Dispatch – North Little Rock, AK
• DERS: Constellation Energy Control and Dispatch – City of Ruston, LA
• EDE: Empire District Electric Co., The
• EKPC: East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.
• FE: American Transmission Systems, Inc.
• GA: GridAmerica
• GRDA: Grand River Dam Authority
• IPRV: Illinois Power Co.
• LES: Lincoln Electric System
• MOWR: Westar Energy – MoPEP Cities
• NPPD: Nebraska Public Power District
• OKGE: Oklahoma Gas and Electric
• OMLP: Constellation Energy Control and Dispatch – Osceola Municipal Light an
• PLUM: Constellation Energy Control and Dispatch – Plum Point
• PUPP: Constellation Energy Control and Dispatch – Arkansas
• RC: Reedy Creek Improvement District
• SMUD: Sacramento Municipal Utility District
• SPPC: Sierra Pacific Power Co. – Transmission
• SPS: Southwestern Public Service Company
• TLKN: TRANSLink Management Company
• WMUC: Constellation Energy Control and Dispatch – West Memphis, Arkansas
• WPEC: Aquila Networks – West Plains Dispatch
• WPEK: Aquila Networks – Kansas
• WR: Western Resources dba Westar Energy

Enterprise customers…

• If you are already running Release 1.3, you need only run the PowerShark EQR Database Installer to upgrade your current PowerShark EQR database.
• If you are running Release 1.2 or prior, log into the PowerShark EQR website and consult the upgrade guides.

Hosted customers…

• If you are already running Release 1.3, you don’t need to do anything. Links Technology will take care of upgrading your PowerShark EQR database well in advance of the Q2 2015 EQR filing deadline.
• If you are running Release 1.2 or prior, a PowerShark EQR Support team member will reach out to you to initiate the upgrade process.

If you have any questions or need assistance upgrading, contact Links Technology’s helpful, knowledgeable, and friendly PowerShark EQR Support team.

Since its initial release in August 2013, PowerShark EQR has quickly been adopted by many utilities who were looking for a simple yet powerful and affordable FERC EQR solution. Today, many companies across the country are running PowerShark EQR as an Enterprise solution or as a Hosted solution in our SSAE 16 SOC II certified data center.

New PowerShark EQR Release Available

Links Technology Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PowerShark EQR Release 1.3. This software release is freely available to existing customers at no additional cost. Upgrade today to gain all of these benefits.

New Features

• PowerShark EQR Viewer
• Save Multiple Copies of EQRs
• Export in FERC CSV Format
• Transaction Metrics
• Enter Contact Details More Easily
• Import and Validation Report Clean-Up

Improvements and Enhancements

• Enhanced FERC Compliance
• New and Improved Validations
• Smarter Import with Better Feedback
• More Flexible and Faster Export
• Additional Bulk Update Tools
• Streamlined Client Installation
• And More…

If you haven’t seen PowerShark EQR in action or it’s been a while since you last saw a demo, then maybe it’s time you took another look at our product and see what many are saying is the most complete and affordable EQR solution available!  Please contact Bob VanValkenburg at sales@powersharkeqr.com or call 847-252-7286 to schedule a demo or free trial of PowerShark EQR today!

Since its initial release in August 2013, PowerShark EQR has quickly been adopted by many utilities who were looking for a simple yet powerful and affordable solution.  Today, many companies across the country are running PowerShark EQR as their chosen EQR solution either as an Enterprise solution or as a Hosted solution in our SSAE 16 SOC II certified data center.  It is important to note that PowerShark EQR has also been successfully testing XML submissions into the FERC Sandbox, so you can experience the full life-cycle of the EQR filing process.

New PowerShark EQR Release Available

Links Technology Solutions, Inc. is excited to announce the immediate availability of PowerShark EQR Release 1.2.  This release is ready for Q3 2013 EQR data to be filed by April 30, 2014.  Upgrade today to gain all of these benefits from the latest release:

New Features

• Redesigned Contract Details view features improved navigation between Contracts and associated Products and Transactions
• Automated client upgrade from PowerShark EQR 1.0 or 1.1 on first run
• Data filters in validation and import reports are remembered for every report
• Improved saving and restoring of application window state

Overall Application and Database Changes

• Latest FERC XML changes support
• Latest FERC lookup values
• Validation rules fixes and additions
• Default import map files support multiple date and date/time formats
• Database performance improvements
• EQR and Transaction validations run 4-5 times faster
• Various application bug fixes, stability and performance improvements
• Improved multi-user experience

If you haven’t seen PowerShark EQR in action or it’s been a while since you last saw a demo, then maybe it’s time you took another look at our product and see what many are saying is the most complete and affordable EQR solution available!  Please contact Bob VanValkenburg at sales@powersharkeqr.com or call (847) 252-7286 to schedule a demo or free trial of PowerShark EQR today!