Issue The client is an energy company running separate ETRMs for the front office and for mid/back office. The client wanted to consolidate two ETRMs onto a single platform: One system handled front-office deal entry while another handled risk and settlements. The split arrangement carried excess cost and operational inefficiency. Consolidation promised to save thousands […]
Issue The client is a mid-sized retail power and gas company carrying a $1M+ annual legacy development and support budget. The client questioned whether continuing to develop its in-house systems was justified: Legacy development and support ran in excess of $1 million per year. The systems could not even produce a daily P&L except via […]
Issue Our client’s executive managers viewed power generation forecast data based on a series of daily emails and spreadsheets. The information presented was used to base sound judgements regarding generation/load positions, but was difficult to interpret. This client requested a simple dashboard to present outage information by ISO and region. Solution […]
Issue Our client had a large amount of generation unit data in silos. Unfortunately, there was not any integration in place to review the status of a generation unit over its lifetime. There were questions by the client about the life-cycle performances of some of the combined cycle units. Solution Our consultant […]
Issue The client is a power-market participant whose system admins monitor the ISO's day-ahead processes. System admins needed real-time visibility into the ISO's day-ahead processes and studies: Readings had to be surfaced on an internal website so admins could act proactively. Missing a timely offer to the power market carried direct financial penalties. Manual monitoring […]
Issue A large Midwest retail power and gas company needed a way to monitor and analyze the health of power generation units for the executive level and plant management. The client wanted to determine the current daily, weekly and monthly available generation capacity versus curtailed units. They also wanted to analyze outage types and trends […]
Issue A mid-size Northeast retail power and gas company had the opportunity, as part of their organizational strategic portfolio growth plan, to bid on two books of business that were up for auction. Books included power and gas, residential and commercial contracts, and fixed and variable price volumes. The client wanted to determine whether they […]
Issue The client is a wholesale power and natural gas trading operation replacing two internally built trade-entry systems. Two home-grown deal-entry systems, integrated with SunGard's Aligne, had to be replaced due to technical obsolescence: The client chose Allegro for deal entry, interfaced to Aligne for risk management. The internally built systems limited the business's ability […]
Issue Our client viewed a web dashboard that displayed real time readings of transmission and generation information on a public website. The information was presented graphically to the user through dials and linear gauges. This client requested to provide similar capabilities in-house while maintaining a similar dashboard. Solution Our consultant reviewed several […]
Issue The client is a power generator that had recently moved into MISO South after participating in Entergy pre-merger. Since joining MISO South, Unit Commitment and Economic Dispatch were producing less-than-optimal results: Operating parameters, start-up and no-load costs, and heat-rate settings had not been re-tuned for the new market. Sub-optimal offers cost the client margin […]
