Open Systems International (OSI) was selected to provide a new SCADA/EMS to Cross Texas Transmission (CTT) based on OSI's monarch platform. CTT is a new Texas electric transmission utility selected by the Public Utility Commission of Texas to design, build and own transmission facilities for the interconnection of renewable generation in the Panhandle of Texas, one of the areas in which the Public Utility Commission designated Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ). CTT's new SCADA/EMS system is set to include next-generation graphical user interface (GUI) and advanced alarm management system. In addition, the system will include OSI's CHRONUS next generation historian, a data warehousing and business intelligence application suite.