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Mirant Adapts ATI's AWARE Product to Improve Outage Planning and Documentation of Outage Inspections

SAN JOSE, CA - 7/1/2002 - Automation Technology, Inc. (ATI), a supplier of Collaborative Asset Management solutions for the energy industries, is pleased to announce that Mirant Corporation has acquired ATI's AWARE product with ALSTOM Power Inc.'s Outage & Boiler Dockit modules. This move was driven by a need to improve documentation and management of knowledge pertaining to the condition of boilers, and easily utilize that knowledge to plan for future outages.

Mirant Corporation has installed the web-based AWARE product in a central office with access provided to multiple plant sites in the Philippines. Boiler inspections that are performed during outages are documented in AWARE, and the information is immediately accessible from personnel at the central office as well as throughout the plant. Consolidated daily work lists can be viewed online or printed as hard copy report. At the conclusion of the outage, a consolidated report of all boiler equipment inspected is generated that includes as found conditions, recommendations, digital photographs, drawings, tables, charts, etc.

Forced outages that occur due to tube failures are also documented in AWARE. This enables Mirant the ability to centralize knowledge pertaining to tube failures across multiple plants, enabling engineers to analyze failure trends. By doing this, regulatory reporting is streamlined and standardized from one central location as well.

To prepare for subsequent outages, the AWARE system is utilized to review and track recommendations that have not been implemented yet, and identify critical components that need attention during the coming outage.


About Mirant Corporation

Mirant is one of the world's largest competitive providers of electricity and energy-related products and services, with operations worldwide. The company operates some 22,000 MW of generating capacity in the Asia/Pacific region, Europe, the Americas, and the Caribbean. It markets electricity, natural gas, and other commodities and offers risk management services.


About ALSTOM SA

ALSTOM SA, the parent of ALSTOM Power Inc., is the global specialist in energy and transport infrastructure. ALSTOM serves the energy market through its activities in power generation and power transmission and distribution, and transport through its activities in rail and marine. ALSTOM designs, supplies and services a complete range of technologically advanced products and systems for their customers, and possess a unique expertise in systems integration and through-life maintenance and service. In fiscal year 2001/02, ALSTOM had annual sales in excess of €23 billion and employed more than 118,000 people in over 70 countries. ALSTOM is listed on the Paris, London and New York stock exchanges.

About Automation Technology Inc.
ATI is a leading provider of Collaborative Asset Management solutions for high value equipment. ATI's products help capture failure, inspection and repair knowledge and retain it for these assets throughout its life cycle. ATI’s product have been applied to various types of assets including, boilers, HRSGs, high energy piping lines, steam turbines, pulverizer mills, high voltage underground cables, and transformer equipment.

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