Case Study: Colorado-Based Utility Firm achieves FERC 717 compliance and scalable eDiscovery with ZL Technologies

Colorado-Based Utility Firm - Customer Case Study

Colorado-Based Utility Firm, a 2,500-employee public utility headquartered in Colorado Springs, was struggling with rapid email and digital data growth that increased legal exposure, compliance gaps, and data management costs. The firm also needed to meet FERC Order 717 requirements while improving eDiscovery, litigation support, and preservation workflows. To address these challenges, the company turned to ZL Technologies and its ZL UA platform.

ZL Technologies implemented ZL UA with Discovery Manager, Compliance Manager, and File Archiving to create a unified information governance environment for compliance and eDiscovery across email, file shares, and SharePoint. The solution delivered ethical wall monitoring for FERC 717 compliance, targeted search and preservation capabilities, and fast, scalable processing; the firm was managing 55+ million messages, ingesting 43 GB per hour, and achieving search speeds of 30 seconds per 11 million messages. ZL Technologies also positioned the customer for future growth, including support for Office 365 archiving and encrypted email handling.