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Energy company opts for a fresh systems strategy

Move towards nuclear power has led to business overhaul

British Energy is improving its IT infrastructure

British Energy Power & Energy Trading (Bepet) is to align its business processes more closely with its IT systems to improve efficiency and support its move towards nuclear power investment.

The firm, which has a dedicated wholesale energy arm as well as a retail business selling electricity direct to large industrial and commercial customers, has turned to vendor Infosys to move to a process-driven architecture.

Jeremy Lock, IT manager at Bepet, says its new system approach should benefit both areas of the business.

‘The project is part of our three-year programme where we are looking to overhaul or replace the majority of the applications that are running in our business,’ he said.

‘What we are trying to do is make sure the energy trading and retail part of the business is ready to move quickly to take on new business opportunities, and hopefully support investment in new power stations which will eventually be built in the UK.’

Lock says the architecture will be used by the trading side of the business to improve its screen-based trading systems, risk analysis and settlements processes.

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