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Purchase UCAP |
Forecast Load |
Purchasing Strategy |
Purchase Energy |
Process Utility Billing Data |
Analyze NYISO Bills |
Purchasing Strategy Effectiveness Report |
Present Savings Reports |
Industry Issues / Opportunities |
Maintain Redundant Systems
Implement a procedure to secure UCAP each month. This will include participation in the NYISO
auctions (Strip, Monthly, Spot) and/or assisting with the solicitation of UCAP proposals from
other sources. Ensure that Your Company has adequate UCAP to meet NYISO requirements.
Utilize the Load Forecasting Model on a weekly basis to predict Your Company's aggregated load
by hour. The forecast will be modified by localized weather conditions, current production
schedules, and other factors which impact energy consumption.
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Develop short term energy purchasing strategy based on current market conditions. We will
utilize our proprietary economic algorithm to analyze current market pricing indicators and
identify potential hours of opportunity for Real Time energy purchases. With Your Company's
approval, we will purchase power in the Real Time market for a portion of the total load in
target hours.
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Communicate Load Forecast and Energy Purchasing decisions to NYISO on behalf of Your Company.
We will forecast load and schedule energy purchases up to two weeks in advance and maintain the
ability to modify our decisions up to the last hour permitted by NYISO.
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Retrieve billing data from the utility company via EDI transactions and translate into a useful
format. Use billing data to produce a mock energy supply bill from the utility company that
reflects what Your Company would have paid for energy if they still purchased the commodity from
the utility company. This represents the "Avoided Cost" mentioned previously.
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Retrieve NYISO billing data and review for correctness. Review bills with Your Company personnel
and act as liaison with NYISO to resolve any billing issues.
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Prepare a monthly report which identifies the cost savings attributable to the Real Time energy
purchasing decisions. Present and discuss this report with Your Company personnel.
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Prepare and present Savings analyses showing the Avoided Cost, Actual Cost, and Net Energy
Savings on a monthly basis. Prepare year-end reports summarizing costs and savings for the
fiscal/calendar year.
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Identify and discuss issues pertaining to the New York energy markets, NYISO Direct Customer status,
changing utility requirements, policy changes within NYISO, and all other energy related issues that
have the potential to impact Your Company and your participation as a NYISO Direct Customer.
Provide guidance and support with respect to risk management and budget forecasting.
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We maintain redundant computer systems in Rochester and Buffalo to ensure continuous operation.
In the event of a system failure at one location, our redundant system is capable of providing
all necessary functions, without interruption. In the highly unlikely event of simultaneous system
failures at both locations, we have disaster recovery ability from a third site. This site will
be up and running within 24 hours of the dual system failure. To further mitigate this risk, it
is our standard practice to schedule power and submit purchasing decisions two weeks in advance.
Although this sometimes requires us to resubmit our purchasing decisions, we feel that the extra
level of security justifies the occasional duplication of effort.
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