TUNet possesses MultiSpeak® Version 3 certification for interoperability with NISC iVUE outage management system (OMS).

NISC's iVUE OMS is tailor-made for the needs of electric cooperatives. It provides the reliable information needed to help a cooperative quickly gauge the severity of a power outage and remotely manage restoration procedures.

The NISC outage application uses the interface to identify Tantalus endpoints and confirm the power status for meters that have failed to respond to a “ping.” Through the interface, the Tantalus AMI system can also actively detect outages and restorations as they occur and relay those notifications to the iVUE system in real time so that the location of service interruptions can be identified and repaired more quickly.

Complete situational awareness helps a utility discover the root cause of an outage and prioritize response to critical locations. This can go a long way toward minimizing the impact of an outage as well as the inconvenience that these events cause customers.

Continual data exchange between TUNet and iVUE provides up-to-the-minute condition status and restoration verification so that progress can be closely monitored. It also allows engineering and customer service activities to be tightly coordinated. Meters equipped with Tantalus modules also maintain historical data on board so there are no gaps in the meter reads after power is restored, and the utility possesses a time-stamped record of the extent, duration and other outage statistics required for regulatory reporting purposes.

When used in conjunction with a mapping tool such as NISC's Visual Utility MapView, utility staff get a bird’s eye view of outage impact and can pinpoint affected customers and distribution equipment anywhere in the service area, which is invaluable information during storms and other dynamically changing events. The result is faster power restoration and more efficient use of field crews, equipment, and other resources.