PowerSIMM provides the actionable intelligence to jointly maximize value and mitigate risk. With PowerSIMM, portfolio management decisions increase cash flow certainty, improve position analysis, and optimize hedge design across physical, financial, and REC portfolios. By integrating physical dimensions of weather and asset operations concurrently with market price dynamics, PowerSIMM captures both market expectations and fundamental variables of demand, supply, and transmission flows to determine optimal hedge strategies.
PowerSIMM leverages the native position of each portfolio's physical attributes (e.g., load, generation, or RECs) to maximize returns and minimize risk realizing budget and carbon free goals.
PowerSIMM unlocks the potential to perform complex analysis with an easy to master user interface combined with market data through Ascend Market Intelligence.
PowerSIMM combines an easy-to-use platform supported by a depth of expertise, including:
PowerSIMM provides the insights to tilt portfolios away from undesirable risks toward acceptable risks. The payoff diagram and gross margin distributions show a portfolio of renewable generation reducing risk through layering on a series of hedges.
PowerSIMM provides the risk mitigation impacts of hedges to evaluate portfolio management decisions and hedging strategies. PowerSIMM’s Position Reporting allows for quick views of physical, delta and gamma positions. Green reporting provides both carbon neutral and carbon free hourly REC reporting.
PowerSIMM answers the key question for merchant developers: Should I enter a PPA at the node or sell a standard power block (e.g., 7x16)? PowerSIMM’s determines the risk return value of basis risks to the hub, volumetric uncertainty, and state-of-charge management.
Ascend offers a wide range of support and advisory services.
"Ready to Roll" analytics and preconfigured models for any region or node
Critical insights for portfolio management in a high renewables future
Our expertise includes planning, valuation, risk management & ISO operations