PowerSIMM Planner™ develops optimal resource expansion plans with automatic resource selection, determining the cost of supply, revenue requirements, reliability, power flows, and emissions.
PowerSIMM Planner provides a complete analytics platform for power planning, capacity expansion, and reliability analysis. By incorporating "meaningful" uncertainty, PowerSIMM determines least cost and least risk supply portfolios. The PowerSIMM framework captures the new dynamics of resource selection: variability in generation from weather, highly volatile hourly and sub-hourly prices, and concern about greenhouse gas emissions.
Proven in the regulatory arena across a dozen states, PowerSIMM planner satisfies the highest standards of regulatory prudency. Legacy models tend to lead to legacy decisions. PowerSIMM overcomes "model limited choice" by capturing the variability in supply and market conditions of increasing renewables to realize value of flexible capacity, where legacy models fall short.
PowerSimm provides resource planners with the advanced analytic tools they need to create a modern, defendable, and compelling integrated resource plan. Easy to use by modelers and easy to understand outputs for managers, regulators, and stakeholders.
Figure 1 - PowerSIMM Planner supports integrated resource planning (IRP) with automated resource selection by rank order. Dynamic simulations representing realistic future states generate least cost, least risk plans.
Figure 2 - Risk vs Cost trade-offs by portfolio combination and scenario
Figure 3 – Emissions reductions by potential portfolio solutions
Figure 4 – Loss of Load Probability (LOLP) through Stochastic Simulation extending to many other standard and customizable metrics
Figure 5 – Renewable Integration Analysis for system, regulation, and ramp
"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