Utilicast is providing Power Marketing support to a large Midwestern U.S. utility, focused on Ion Endur and SPP market changes.
Utilicast is providing project management and business analysis for a large Midwestern U.S. utility in support of a CTRM product upgrade.
Utilicast was hired by a Southwestern Transmission Operator to provide subject matter expertise and project leadership for the entity’s integration into the Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM). The support includes direction for software requirements, system implementation, business area process development, testing, and general WEIM readiness support.
Utilicast facilitates a scope analysis and assessment effort for an International renewable power and energy solutions provider’s transition of their scheduling operations from a third-party service provider to their internal operations groups. The intent is to completely define the organizational and system changes needed to bring scheduling and related functions in-house.
January 11, 2021
Generation
A Western U.S. municipal utility hired Utilicast to update their OATT to conform with existing and future FERC pro forma OATT reforms, to perform OATT implementation related activities, and conduct related studies.
Utilicast is providing executive quality assurance and risk management services to a Southwestern U.S. utility for the implementation of the MOD-30 Flowgate Project. Such services include independent assessment and analysis throughout all phases of the program plan.
Utilicast was hired by a major generation and transmission entity in the Northwestern U.S. to provide Scrum Master management to achieve the objectives of two internal initiatives. The first initiative is on improving data as it pertains to power generation dispatch and targets data quality, accuracy, precision to optimize systems and processes and to improve efficiency and data reliability. The second initiative is to determine a systematic analytical process for quantifying opportunity costs that reflect appropriate economic signals in all planning and marketing decisions, resulting in optimal dispatch and marketing strategies, reduced manual processes, and limited unrecorded decision making.
Utilicast is performing an evaluation of a Western U.S. Transmission Operator’ s internal EMS requirements and translating that into a Request for Information (RFI). Utilicast will work with internal stakeholders, peer utilities and EMS vendors to best align EMS products available with the utility’s operational and support needs.
Utilicast was retained by a Southeastern utility to help it achieve the objectives Utilicast helped to develop as part of a 2020 Data Analytics Roadmap. This effort includes defining, building, testing and deploying tools to support automation of their PI system. It also includes the creation of value add dashboard templates to provide visualization of key equipment monitoring, breaker enhancements, plant and planning data.
Utilicast is supporting a large Grid Operator with its resettlement capability. Utilicast’s work included: problem resolution, software releases and staff training. Utilicast also provided support services related to FERC and/or non-FERC ordered resettlements.
