Overview
Over the past several years, electrical generation companies have begun to join
electric markets including MISO, PJM, NYISO, etc. Every day the generating units
of these utilities are bid into the Real-Time and Day-Ahead markets. To avoid
substantial penalties, electric companies must accurately bid the capability of
every unit. In addition, the result of every unit forced derate and forced
outage must be reported to markets in a timely manner.
The Unit Capacity Framework software system has been developed to organize and
track the unit constraints for an entire generation fleet. This software system
consists of a database and a website which can be integrated into any company
portal. The COMPASS Application is designed to manually record equipment
failures and scheduled outages into an electronic database. The results of this
system can be automatically transmitted to the markets.
For the purpose of streamlining the process for plant personnel, input into the
corporate databases utilized to track NERC events, as well as real-time events
dispatch applications, can now be made using the COMPASS website.
The final results of this system, which include a capability timeline for each
unit as well as the unit constraint details, are made available to all corporate
enterprise users through the use of a standard web browser, PDA or smartphone.
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