City of Covington completes CIS implementation with Advanced Utility Systems

On-budget and on-schedule, multi-service utility goes live on CIS Infinity®

Covington, GA and Toronto, Canada. July 20, 2005

In July 2004, the City of Covington selected Advanced Utility Systems as the vendor for their new CIS solution. Advanced is pleased to announce that the implementation has been completed and the City of Covington is now live with CIS Infinity.

What drew the City to Advanced originally was the flexibility available in CIS Infinity for multi-service organizations. Jim Adams, MIS Manager for the City, explains. "We are known locally as the "Full Service City", and for good reason. We provide our customers with every utility service available at the City, from electric to sanitation. CIS Infinity makes it possible for us to bill all of our services, and easily add new ones should the need arise."

The City has a customer base of 10,000, and provides electric, natural gas, water, sewer, sanitation and stormwater services. Consequently, the ability to bill for multiple services on one account is a huge bonus for the City's administration.

Another important feature for the City is CIS Infinity's powerful rate engine, which uses extensive normalization of the rate structure to allow for virtually unlimited rate configuration. Organizations gain more control over their rate structure, even its most complex elements, without any customization.

Kathryn McKay, Vice President of Client Services at Advanced, says, "We are very proud of the configurable nature of our software, and know how important flexibility is to our clients. Our job is to provide that flexibility, and to continually search for new ways to enable our clients to provide exceptional customer service."

More about Advanced: Advanced Utility Systems Corporation is a privately owned and operated software and services company in Toronto, Canada. The company has grown from its 1997 start-up to serve more than 60 North American and Caribbean water, electric, and natural gas utilities with its billing and customer information solution, CIS Infinity®.

For more information, contact:
Philip Playfair
Chief Marketing Officer
Advanced Utility Systems Corporation
(416) 496-0149 x229

Jim Adams
MIS Managerr
City of Covington
(770) 385-2068

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"Our customers needed a seamless upgrade. We had more confidence in the Advanced strategy than any other vendor's -- their implementation and conversion process were designed to flex for a unique situation like ours."

City of Bellevue:
"Throughout the 10-month conversion and implementation project, Advanced brought excellent people to the table, and we've arrived at the end of the project with all our requirements met."