Integ is pleased to announce that Dominion Energy has decided to expand the currently installed PowerSuite system to include numerous additional modules.  These additions will enable Dominion to streamline data flow, eliminates redundancy and be able to respond quickly to market changes.

Integ is in the process of preparing PowerGADS to estimate carbon emissions as federal policies are predicted to increase in stringency in the near future. According to the EPA, the current adminsitraton is seeking to cut carbon emission from the power sector by 30 percent nationwide below 2005 levels with the implementation of its Clean Power Plan.

Calculations based on fuel characteristics and heat content will allow PowerGADS to estimate carbon emissions and other green house gases in addition to the ISO/NERC-GADS requirements currently in place. For pending legislation regarding alternative energy, PowerGADS also currently has a Wind Module available for clients who have or plan to add wind power into their generation portfolio.

Analysts at Integ will continue to proactively monitor regulatory changes and will swiftly update our software to assist our clients in meeting new business challenges as they arise.

As deregulation continues to spread throughout the nation, the utility industry in the United States is becoming more competitive. The changing business environment demands higher operational efficiency that requires effective and strategic decision making. Very often the right course of action taken by management depends largely on having access to precise and up-to-date information. It is for this reason that the need for a Real-Time and Continuously Updated Profit and Loss (P&L) system has become critical.

The key to producing timely and accurate Profit and Loss information is dependent on the system’s ability to gather:

• Operating characteristics and cost components for each generating units
• Day-Ahead and/or Real-Time bids sent to the market
• LMP, clearing prices and market result from the ISO
• Real-Time operating data from the Pi Historian system
• Day-After meter readings
• Settlement Reports from the ISO or settlement data from third-party systems

Integ’s PowerP&L is designed to deliver vital operational and financial information continuously from the day-ahead perspective to the final ISO-settlement perspective; therefore the interface data are collected as soon as they become available and are update continuously as the data quality improves.

PowerP&L provides the user a 5 minute and Hourly Graphical Dispatch View, Hourly Performance View, and Daily/MTD/YTD P&L View. Additionally a Metric Dashboard allows users to perform Ad-Hoc Reporting for any data item collected. A series of screen captions are displayed in subsequent sections to provide a sense of what the system can provid

NRG, a Fortune 500 company with 47,000 megawatts of capacity across multitudes of ISOs nationwide, is using Margin Analyzer to perform commercial availability analysis in terms of actual margins and lost opportunity margins.  The system helps NRG in gaining insight into lost margin per generator outage as well as lost margin per equipment component across the fleet. It is envisioned that the product will be further customized to provide additional benefits to the Risk Analysis group and Outage Planning group.

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The Integrated Marketplace program is the latest – but most complex – incremental step in SPP's approach to improving service to members and the region. The Integrated Marketplace will determine which generating units should run the next day for maximum cost-effectiveness, provide participants with greater access to reserve electricity, improve regional balancing of supply and demand, and facilitate the integration of renewable resources.


The Integrated Marketplace will include:

• A Day-Ahead Market with Transmission Congestion Rights.
• A Reliability Unit Commitment process.
• A Real-Time Balancing Market (replacing the current Energy Imbalance Service Market).
• The incorporation of price-based Operating Reserves procurement.
• In addition, the current Balancing Authorities within the SPP footprint will combine to form a Consolidated Balancing Authority.

Integ Enterprise Consulting is now working with Salt River Project (SRP) and one other new client out West to implement a PowerSuite solution for its generation division.
SRP is two entities: the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District, a political subdivision of the state of Arizona; and the Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, a private corporation.
The District provides electricity to 2 million people living in central Arizona. It operates or participates in 11 major power plants and numerous other generating stations, including coal, nuclear, natural gas and renewable sources, such as hydroelectric, solar, wind and geothermal.
The Association delivers nearly 1 million acre-feet of water annually to a service area in central Arizona. An extensive water delivery system is maintained and operated by the Association, including reservoirs, wells, canals and irrigation laterals.

In accordance with General Order 156, Integ Enterprise Consulting has successfully been certified as a Minority Owned Business. Integ will now be recognized by the Joint Utilities as a Minority Owned Business (MBE) and be considered accordingly for procurements by public utilities participating in the Utility Supplier Diversity Program. In May 1988, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued General Order 156 (GO 156). Under GO 156, the CPUC required all investor-owned electric, gas, water and telecommunication utility companies with gross annual revenues in excess of $25 million and their regulated subsidiaries and affiliates, to develop and implement programs to increase the utilization of WMBES. Procurement goals of 5% for women and 15% for minorities were initially established, and later expanded to include a goal of 1.5% for service-disabled veterans.