Energias de Portugal (EDP), a leading gas and electricity utility in Spain and Portugal, has selected Oracle to assess and update its ageing SAP infrastructure.

The move comes in light of recent energy deregulation in the Iberian peninsula and in anticipation of the creation of the Internal Electricity Market in Europe. The ongoing process of integrating Spanish and Portuguese electricity markets has required EDP to make its existing SAP-based customer information system (CIS) more efficient in order to enhance relationships with its business customers.