Topic:"Energy Management Information Systems" in M04265

ajor step fonvard in integrated resource planning. More opportunities than ever before can be examined with less front-end work by the user. Demand and supply can be evaluated on a level playing field As policy makers and utilities lam1che...

AI summary PROSCREEN II has evolved as an integrated resource planning tool, incorporating demand-side management (DSM) capabilities and environmental considerations. It allows for evaluating demand and supply on a level playing field, analyzing DSM program impacts, and considering environmental costs in optimization processes.

PROSCREEN II's financial modules for an examination of the financial implications of PROMOD ill study results. PROSCREEN !I's demand-side modules serve as the source load data for PROMOD III. With PROSCREEN Il, utility management can exami...

AI summary PROSCREEN II is a comprehensive utility planning tool that streamlines integrated planning processes, reduces human error, and provides detailed financial and demand-side modules. It supports scenario analysis and produces standard reports, enabling efficient evaluation of multiple planning cases.

PROSCREEN II Data Transfer PROSCREEN Il modules automatically communicate with each other. This means that a user can run the entire system without manually transfening key outputs from one module (e.g., production costs from GAF) to anoth...

AI summary PROSCREEN II is a utility planning tool with automated data transfer between modules, a single database system, and features like scenario analysis and user customization. It allows for efficient data management and flexible analysis through tools like STRATAGEM.

me Costs - Customer Variable Costs - Utility Fixed DSM Expense - Utility New Participants Expense - Utility Variable DSM Expense - New Participants Incentive Payment - Variable Incentive Payment - Fuel Switch Savings (Costs) - New Particip...

AI summary The text discusses the methodology for evaluating the impacts of demand-side management (DSM) programs, including variable and fixed costs, incentives, and external benefits. It highlights the use of PROSCREEN II's DLC algorithm and the integration of load forecasting and generation and fuel modules to assess dispatch decisions.

General Capabilities - The GAF Module uses probabilistic production costing techniques to simulate the effects of forced outages. - Most module calculations are performed seasonally, where seasons are defined by number of seasons and by nu...

AI summary The GAF Module uses probabilistic production costing techniques to simulate forced outages and manage seasonal and annual dispatch of thermal units, pumped hydro projects, and direct load control programs, with considerations for fuel usage, emissions, and environmental externalities.

Output Reports These repons are provided by the GAF Module: - System Repon (includes company repons and multi-company interchange repons) - Seasonal Summary Repon - Capacity Repon - Unit Report - Plant Repon - Hydro Unit Repon - Storage Un...

AI summary The document outlines the output reports generated by the GAF Module, including system reports, seasonal summaries, capacity reports, and various diagnostic reports. These reports provide detailed insights into load, fuel, emissions, and other operational data for utility planning and analysis.

Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory Involved in all aspects of modeling and forecasting electricity supply, demand, and power systems costs. Developed and applied load forecasting, production costing, expansion planning, and financi...

AI summary The Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory is involved in modeling and forecasting electricity supply, demand, and power systems costs. It develops and applies various models, including load forecasting, production costing, expansion planning, and financial analysis, and performs cost-benefit analyses of advanced nuclear systems.

Markets for Electrical Energy - 8. Markets for electrical ·energy are becoming increasingly competitive. Many jurisdictions are moving to open their transmiss~on grids to give electric customers access to a variety of sources of generation...

AI summary The document discusses the increasing competition in electrical energy markets, particularly in the US and Alberta, and the potential for electric-on-electric competition in Atlantic Canada. NSPI highlights its proximity to new natural gas supply as an advantage in the evolving competitive market.