e-VERIFILE Strikes the Utilities Market; Signs Two Electric Companies to UtilitySafe
PPL Corporation and The United Illuminating Company to use UtilitySafe to help with NERC CIP-004 compliance .

ATLANTA, GA, August 05, 2010 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Atlanta-based technology company, e-VERIFILE.COM Inc., has signed Pennsylvania's PPL Corporation (PPL) and The United Illuminating Company (UI) of Connecticut to UtilitySafe - a unique service that facilitates routine workforce, resource and compliance management tasks for the public and commercial utilities industry.

Both companies will initially utilize UtilitySafe to comply with NERC CIP-004 which is a series of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards set by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. NERC is a self-regulatory organization, subject to oversight by the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and governmental authorities in Canada. Non-compliance with CIP 004 can result in costly fines from NERC as well as trigger potential legal issues should an unfortunate incident were to occur that could have been prevented or minimized via CIP 004 compliance.

UtilitySafe serves Electric, gas, telecom, and water utilities that seek to streamline routine administrative tasks relative to personnel and Contractor/vendors. the service helps to minimize liabilities arising from potential legal issues involving negligent hiring, retention, supervision and training.

Organizations use the system to assign their employees, contractors and related personnel (participants) to various compliance programs which are administered via the system. These participants are issued login credentials to utilitysafe.com to access the system and complete compliance requirements as per their assigned program.

In addition to training and testing, program requirements can include personnel background checks, issuance of Workplace ID Badges and more. The entire process is managed from one web-based platform and all user activities are documented in the system for future compliance audits. The service requires no additional software or equipment and can be securely accessed from any PC.

For more on information on UtilitySafe please contact Steve Schutz,Managing Client Consultant at: 520-393-8342.

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