The PowerSIMM™ Suite is an Energy Analytics Platform that captures the new dynamics of electricity markets to optimize your operational & planning needs. Used by utilities, public power entities, renewable companies and community choice aggregators, PowerSIMM provides the robust analytics needed for optimal energy portfolio management, resource planning and optimization.
Better models to make better decisions.
By incorporating physical and market uncertainty into the decision making process, PowerSIMM provides the insights necessary to reduce uncertainty in future cash flows. PowerSIMM enhances resource planning and term portfolio management through stochastic analytics that add "meaningful uncertainty" to improved decision analysis. A hosted solution with automated process flows, data integration, validations and close client support, Ascend provides a framework for streamlined energy portfolio decision making.
- Continuously optimize profit maximizing strategies for generation and load
- Optimize ISO bidding for day ahead and real-time markets
- Integrate predictive analytics with optimization
- Manage forecast error, market exposure, and gas nominations
- Determine short-term trade strategies and track profitability
Predict & Optimize Generation
- Optimize portfolio and hedge strategies
- Assess position and gross margin risk to variability in prices, load, gen, and weather
- Conduct full risk reporting: including CFaR, VaR, MtM, P&L
- Manage physical and financials of wholesale and retail portfolios
- Determine market transactions, valuations and retail pricing
Evaluate Risk & Return
- Optimize capacity expansion planning and resource selection
- Evaluate reliability of renewables and storage
- Incorporate "meaningful uncertainty" with stochastics
- Value sub-hourly dynamics of battery storage, non-wires alternatives and EV planning
- Fundamental modeling of transmission, demand and supply
Select Optimal Resource Plan
Renewable integration creates opportunity for better models, and better decisions
Distinguishing the Ascend Software Suite
from the Competition
Specialized PowerSIMM™ Modules
- Determines impact of wind and solar on flexible resource requirements
- Calculates flexible resource requirements to maintain CPS2 and RBC as a function of renewables
- Assess the impact of spatial diversity on flexibility requirements
- Provides strong visuals of system conditions
- Supports determination of integration resources and costs
LEARN MORE- Calculates resource adequacy: loss of load probability (LOLP), MW Short, unserved energy, and required reserve margin
- Determines impact of extreme weather on resource adequacy and renewable capacity credit
- Account for joint relationship of weather on load and renewable generation
- Detailed simulation of thermal generation outages
LEARN MORE- Management of counter party agreements and deal details
- Contract management approval and tracking
- Notification of key deal dates and credit limits
- Capture master agreement details and netting rules
- Manage counter party exposure and collateral requirements
LEARN MORE- Continuously optimize profit maximizing strategies for generation and load
- Optimize ISO bidding for day-ahead and real-time markets
- Integrate predictive analytics with optimization
- Manage forecast error, market exposure and gas nominations
- Determine short-term strategies and track profitability
LEARN MOREThe Ascend Advantage
Ready Analytics
"Ready to Roll" analytics and preconfigured models for any power market and PNode.
Insights & Market Reports
Anticipate and plan for the impact of changing market dynamics on portfolio management.
Expertise
Ascend expertise ranges from basic application support to enhancing decision analysis with risk to expert testimony.
