Utilicast will provide consulting services for a flexible fuel generation technology company to help them understand the technical and operational requirements of non-energy system reliability services that their generation may qualify to offer in the ERCOT market.
Engagements
January 1, 2023
Utilicast will plan, coordinate, and oversee Resource Interconnection study cycles for a US Independent System Operator (ISO). Utilicast will assemble project teams, assign responsibilities, identify resources, and develop schedules for timely completion of study cycles. In addition, Utilicast will work with team members to develop and implement process efficiencies and ensure process compliance with the ISO’s Tariff and Business Practices.
January 1, 2023
Utilicast will continue to support new projects in the Operations Technology, Energy Management System (EMS), and Business Intelligence area of a large Western investor-owned utility. These projects facilitate transmission system operations tools and processes at the utility.
January 1, 2023
Utilicast will facilitate an assessment for a Northwestern regulated utility to determine and evaluate the impacts on the utility’s staff, processes, and technologies from California ISO (CAISO)’s Extended Day-Ahead Markets (EDAM) proposal.
January 1, 2023
Utilicast is serving as the System Integrator for a Northwestern mid-size electric utility’s OMS implementation and will continue to provide consulting services to support the model build, configuration/integration build, and system testing.
January 1, 2023
A US Independent System Operator (ISO) is pursuing a vision for an ‘Operations of the Future’ to meet the changing grid and the anticipated challenges in maintain reliability. One of the areas of focus is Situational Awareness and the applications that support RT Operations, specifically operator display and visual techniques. Utilicast will provide subject matter expertise with PI, integration, and data modeling for the requirements phase to transform their current Real Time Display (RTD).
December 27, 2022
Utilicast will provide consulting services to support a Northeastern mid-size electric utility investigate a SCADA system event that caused a loss of monitoring and control, impacting their operations. Utilicast services include assessing the SCADA incident, identifying possible causes, supporting testing, and providing a report with suggested recommendations. It also includes supporting the utility’s architecture assessment of their T&D SCADA system along with facilitating industry benchmarking.
December 9, 2022
Utilicast will collaborate with a large Canadian energy marketing and trading organization to review their detailed project scope and generation modeling assumptions for a commercial transmission access study.
December 9, 2022
Utilicast will perform consulting services to a Southwestern regulated utility to assist in developing their customer centric Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Strategy that can start with limited participation program/demonstration projects and be expanded to overall DER programs that support the utility’s transition to 100% carbon-free grid.
December 5, 2022
Utilicast will provide project management services in support of a Pacific Northwest publicly owned water and electric utility’s Energy Trading & Risk Management (ETRM) re-implementation and upgrade.