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Press Release
For Immediate Distribution
UmmelGroup International, Inc. Wins Security Architecture Contract
(September 1, 2003) UmmelGroup International, Inc. has been awarded a contract to enhance computer network security Intrusion Detection System (IDS) capabilities for Kansas Electric Power Cooperative (KEPCo).
Kansas Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. (KEPCo), headquartered at Topeka, Kansas, was incorporated in 1975 as a not-for-profit generation and transmission cooperative (G&T). It is KEPCo's responsibility to procure an adequate and reliable power supply for its 19 distribution rural electric cooperative members at a reasonable cost. Through their combined resources, KEPCo members support a wide range of other services such as rural economic development, marketing and diversification opportunities, power requirement and engineering studies, and rate design.
KEPCo's power supply resources consist of: 70 MW of owned generation; the 20 MW Sharpe Generating Station in Coffey County; hydropower purchases of an equivalent 100 MW from the Southwestern Power Administration, and 14 MW from the Western Area Power Administration; plus partial requirement power purchases from regional utilities. See their web site at www.kepco.org.
“We’re excited to be able to apply our company’s broad security services offerings along with our industry experience in the utility sector, for this company.” says Mitchell Ummel, President of UmmelGroup International, Inc.
UmmelGroup International, Inc. (www.UmmelGroup.com) is a privately held Kansas corporation offering IT management consulting services for federal/state/local government and private sector organizations around the world.
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