Fort Collins Utilities SCADA Upgrade with GENESIS32 HMI

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Fort Collins Utilities SCADA Upgrade with GENESIS32 HMI

Case study of Fort Collins Utilities replacing legacy SCADA with ICONICS GENESIS32 to monitor five substations and 2,600 points using OPC standards.

Published

June 4, 2026

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3 min read

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Fort Collins Utilities upgraded its SCADA system to support five substations, 2,600 data points, and OPC communications across RTUs, power quality meters, and security systems. The utility deployed GENESIS32 HMI/SCADA with ODBC connectivity, Ethernet fiber loops, and UPS-backed infrastructure. The project enabled manual load shedding, proactive power quality event notification, and unified monitoring of substation data, alarms, and cameras.

Key takeaways

Replaced 1979/1998 SCADA with OPC-based GENESIS32 for five substations

Supports 2,600 points with standard OPC client/server architecture

Enables manual load shedding and power quality event paging

Integrates RTUs, meters, cameras, and security into single HMI

Uses Ethernet fiber loops and UPS for high-availability communications

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