PCI GenTrader Standard Training
Norman, Oklahoma
September 12 – 14
PCI GenTrader is the analytical engine that optimizes a portfolio of generation units with detailed physical characteristics together with load obligations, forward and option power contracts, fuel positions, and transportation constraints.
TOPICS TO BE COVERED:
PCI GenTrader Concepts
- Average Heat Rate vs. Incremental Heat Rate
- Economic Dispatch
- Unit Commitment
PCI GenTrader Special Applications
- Risk Modeling
- Stochastic Analysis
- Hedging Strategies
PCI GenTrader Business Applications
- Market-based Portfolio Optimization
- Obligation-based Portfolio Optimization
- Fuel Constrained Portfolio Optimization
- Ancillary Services Modeling
- Block Pricing Analysis
- Stress Testing
BENEFITS AND KEY FEATURES
- Model representation for combined-cycle and pumped storage units
- Simultaneous local and global emission optimization for NOx and SO2
- Multi-tier fuel constraint optimizations
- Multi-area and multi-commodity capabilities for arbitrage decisions and operations
- Integrated platform for deterministic and stochastic simulations
- Optimal portfolio selection based on risk/reward criteria
- Unified modeling for short-term and long-term studies with recursive adaptation
