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 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 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 […]
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 […]
