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SOLUTION DELIVERY

EXECUTIVE GENERATION

FORECAST DASHBOARD

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

Our consultant reviewed several off-the-shelf products provided by Power Costs, Inc. (PCI) and CXL as well as custom
solutions. Based on the time to deliver and the desire for a visual solution, Visual Studio toolset was selected to build the
dashboard and PCI’s data APIs was selected as the data delivery system. A number of data query validators were developed
to ensure unit outage data integrity and enhance the presentation. A one-page dashboard containing trend lines and
cumulative outage visuals was built within three weeks and presented to the client.

RESULT
The dashboard was an overwhelming success and exceeded expectations in both presentation and time to complete. The new
dashboard has undergone several refinement and enhancement versions based on management usage requests. Per the
client’s request, the system was made available to trading management and the real-time trading desk.

“It was amazing to us that you had a team on stand-by, the weekend of our
upgrade, just in case we needed you. We never have to ask you for that level of

support, you just provide it.”
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Director of ETRM Applications
Power Company

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