Skip to content
  • Solutions
  • Markets
  • Resources
  • About
Set Up A Call
Back

Solutions

The PCI Platform

New

A secure, reliable, high-performance, cloud-native foundation that powers our full-spectrum suite of solutions and natively integrates AI-enabled enterprise analytics

View the platform

AI

New

Insights

Hot

Security

Hot

Technology

Hot

Solutions

Energy Trading

ETRM

PCI ETRM

End-to-end energy trading, risk, and scheduling in one system

  • ETRM
  • Front Office: Gas & Fuels
  • Front Office: Power
  • Middle Office
  • Back Office
  • ETRM
  • Front Office: Gas & Fuels
  • Front Office: Power
  • Middle Office
  • Back Office

Bid-to-Bill

GenManager®

Complete market participation workflow from forecast to final bill

  • Bid-to-Bill
  • Forecasting
  • Market Participation
  • Scheduling & ISO Integration
  • e-Tagging
  • Meter Data Management
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Bid-to-Bill
  • Forecasting
  • Market Participation
  • Scheduling & ISO Integration
  • e-Tagging
  • Meter Data Management
  • Settlements and Billing

Portfolio Optimization

GenTrader®

Maximize portfolio value with integrated optimization

  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Energy Trading Optimization
  • Energy Storage Optimization
  • Forecaster
  • Long-Term Planning
  • Mid-Term Planning
  • Sustainable Energy
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Energy Trading Optimization
  • Energy Storage Optimization
  • Forecaster
  • Long-Term Planning
  • Mid-Term Planning
  • Sustainable Energy

Transmission & Reliability

Transmission

New
Manage transmission rights, congestion, and settlements
  • Transmission
  • Transmission Scheduling
  • e-Tagging
  • Transmission Portfolio Opt.
  • BA Operations
  • Energy Accounting
  • Transmission
  • Transmission Scheduling
  • e-Tagging
  • Transmission Portfolio Opt.
  • BA Operations
  • Energy Accounting

Outage Management

New

Plan and coordinate outages with built-in compliance

  • Outage Management
  • Operator Logging
  • Gen. Outage Management
  • Trans. Outage Management
  • Line Rating Management
  • Outage Management
  • Operator Logging
  • Gen. Outage Management
  • Trans. Outage Management
  • Line Rating Management
Back

Markets

PCI Clients Map

Markets We Serve

A Global Footprint

PCI Energy Solutions serves utility companies, independent power producers, and wholesale power traders. We support customers in every organized market in North America and maintain a global presence across five continents.

Markets

Markets

North America

50%+ of North American power is optimized using the PCI Platform

Latinoamerica

PCI da soporte al 90% de la capacidad de generación eléctrica en México

Europe

HOT

PCI has a foothold in Europe with a growing presence

Australia

HOT

Modern outage management  tailored to Australia’s NEM and WEM utilities

Market Chatbots

ISO Bot

Popular

Ask energy market questions of an AI trained on ISO/RTO manuals

M+ Bot

New

AI assistant dedicated to up-to-date SPP Markets+ documentation

CEN Bot

New

Chatbot de IA sobre el mercado eléctrico CENACE

Back

Resources

INFOCUS Customer Conference

Discover why hundreds attend each year

April 14-16 2026

Learn More

Resources

Thought Leadership

Blog

New

Our industry thought leadership

  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management
  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management

Newsletter

Subscribe

Updates on product launches &more 

  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management
  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management

Webinars & Events

HOT

Live & on-demand discussions 

  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management
  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management

Case Studies

HOT

Real-world customer results

 

  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management
  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management

Customer Portal

INFOCUS Conference

Apr

Connect, learn, and shape our future

  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management
  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management

Product Trainings

New

Hands-on remote training

  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management
  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management

Issue Tracker

New

Track, manage, and resolve issues 

  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management
  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management

Product Documentation

New

Guides, references, and release notes

 

  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management
  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management
Back

About

A trusted partner since 1992

Our Values

Customer Success

Central

We succeed by creating happy customers

Continuous Improvement

New

We continually grow, adapt, and get better

Enlightened Awareness

New

Our character is revealed through our actions

Connectedness

New

Our genuine connections drive shared success

About Us

About

People

Careers

Hiring

Build the future of energy software

  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management
  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management

Leadership

HOT

Meet the leaders driving our vision

 

  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management
  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management

Connect

Contact Us

New

Talk with our experts today

  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management
  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management

Newsroom

New

Company news & announcements

  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management
  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management
Search
Power Planning
Blog
Buck Feng

Advancements in Simulation Software for Energy Risk Management and Long-Term Planning

A new era for long-term energy planning The energy transition has changed what it means to plan for the future. Utilities and IPPs now need energy risk management software capable

October 22, 2025
Blog
Dwarak Varadharajan

Strategies to Maximize Battery ROI in Today’s ISO/RTO Markets

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are playing a critical role in today’s grid, offering unmatched flexibility in balancing supply and demand. But turning that flexibility into profit — without degrading

July 23, 2025
solar power plant
Blog
Dwarak Varadharajan

Introducing PCI Forecaster: Automated, Reliable Forecasts for Wind, Solar, Load & Prices

Forecasting the grid has never been harder—or more essential. As renewables increase and markets grow more dynamic, power providers are under pressure to make faster, better-informed decisions about load, generation,

July 16, 2025
Blog
Javier Martin

Evolving Power Market Structures: Navigating a Hyper-Complex Landscape (Insights From My Energy50 Talk)

The energy landscape is transforming at an unprecedented pace: anticipated growth in electricity demand, expansion of all types of energy sources, including variable energy resources and energy storage technologies, and

February 19, 2025
Blog
Kathy Hitchens

What Is Energy Arbitrage in Battery Storage?

Energy arbitrage plays a crucial role in energy markets, particularly in balancing supply and demand and supporting grid stability. For utilities, using battery storage to perform energy arbitrage is becoming

September 4, 2024
energy storage
Blog
Dwarak Varadharajan

Optimizing CAISO Energy Storage: How PCI BatteryTrader Enhances Market Strategies

In the dynamic and complex landscape of energy markets, particularly within the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), managing energy storage presents unique challenges and opportunities. As these markets evolve and

July 17, 2024
utility-scale battery storage
Blog
Paul Davis

Mastering Utility-Scale Battery Storage Management for a Renewable Future

The expansion of utility-scale battery storage in the U.S. is making headlines. Since 2021, battery storage U.S. capacity has seen a steady increase in its battery storage capacity, and if

March 27, 2024
aerial view of florida beach and ocean view for blog post about florida's electricity generation by source
Blog
Bryan Kelly

Florida’s Electricity Generation by Source: Gas Rules but Solar Gains Ground

With miles of coastline and year-round warmth, Florida is unlike any other state when it comes to electricity. Robust demand stems from booming population centers and an economy expanding beyond

February 6, 2024
solar panels
Blog
Bryan Kelly

Navigating Energy Transition Risks: A Guide to Utility Risk Management

In the ever-evolving landscape of the energy transition, effective utility risk management stands as a linchpin for utilities navigating the complexities of a shifting resource mix.  This blog post delves

January 31, 2024
Blog
Paul Davis

What Is Load Forecasting?

Load forecasting, or more generally energy forecasting, is a core function for utilities, ISOs, and RTOs responsible for ensuring sufficient generation capacity is available to serve load. Energy forecasting can

June 22, 2023
power plant
Blog
Buck Feng

Power Plant Efficiency: Coal, Natural Gas, Nuclear, and More (Updated for 2025!)

Facing both rising costs for fossil fuels and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate climate change, the electric utility industry is transforming itself by integrating more sustainable

April 17, 2023
Blog
Paul Davis

Net Load Forecasting: Predicting the Unpredictable

As renewable energy sources like solar and wind power become increasingly prevalent in power generation, net load forecasting becomes more challenging. Net load forecasting refers to predicting the electricity demand

March 22, 2023
Blog
Miao Cao

Unleashing the Power of Post-Analysis for Portfolio Optimization

Post-analysis is a crucial component of portfolio optimization, specifically within PCI’s energy trading and optimization sector. Post-analysis has four modules: transaction costing, outage costing, operational efficiency, and custom analysis, which

March 15, 2023
Blog
John Bonnin

What You Need to Know About Renewable Energy Optimization Across Day-Ahead and Real-Time Markets

The widespread adoption of renewable energy resources into the worldwide electric power grid has drastically increased the complexity and risks involved in the daily operations of market participants. In previous

July 26, 2022
Blog
Patrick McGarry

Integrated Resource Planning Complexities & How You Can Navigate Them

For decades, Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) has been a foundational cornerstone of the utility outlook for the future.

January 13, 2022
Page1 Page2
PCI Energy Solutions

PCI Energy Solutions

Also known as Power Costs, Inc.

Connect with us

U.S. 1+ 405.447.6933

Sales 1+ 405.701.7301

301 David L. Boren Blvd., Suite 2000
Norman, OK 73072

Contact us

We’re Hiring! 

Linkedin Twitter
  • Platform
  • PCI AI
  • PCI Insights
  • Our Technology
  • Cybersecurity
  • AWS Partnership
  • Solutions
  • ETRM
  • Bid-to-Bill
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Transmission
  • Outage Management
  • Customer Portal
  • INFOCUS Conference
  • Product Trainings
  • Product Documentation
  • Issue Tracker
  • About
  • Careers
  • About Us
  • Leadership
  • Newsroom

Subscribe to our newsletter

Subscribe

© Power Costs, Inc. 2026 | All Rights Reserved.

  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap
Manage Cookie Consent
To provide the best experiences, we use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
View preferences
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}

Request More Information

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Name
I am not a robot 🤖

Solutions

Energy Trading and Optimization

  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management
  • ETRM
  • Market Participation
  • Gas & Fuels Management
  • Portfolio Optimization
  • Settlements and Billing
  • Generation Outage Management

Transmission and Reliability

  • Transmission Outage Management
  • Transmission Scheduling
  • e-Tagging
  • Balancing Authority Operations
  • Energy Accounting and Meter Data Management
  • Transmission Outage Management
  • Transmission Scheduling
  • e-Tagging
  • Balancing Authority Operations
  • Energy Accounting and Meter Data Management

Sustainable Energy

  • Energy Trading Optimization
  • Energy Storage Optimization & Trading
  • Hydrogen
  • Hydropower
  • Carbon Intensity
  • Forecasting
  • Energy Trading Optimization
  • Energy Storage Optimization & Trading
  • Hydrogen
  • Hydropower
  • Carbon Intensity
  • Forecasting

Platform

  • PCI AI
  • PCI Insights
  • Our Technology
  • Cybersecurity
  • AWS Partnership
  • PCI AI
  • PCI Insights
  • Our Technology
  • Cybersecurity
  • AWS Partnership

Markets

  • North America
  • Latinoamerica
  • Europe
  • Australia
  • North America
  • Latinoamerica
  • Europe
  • Australia

Energy Market AI Chatbots

  • ISO Bot (North American Markets)
  • M+ Bot (New Market)
  • CEN Bot (Mexico)
  • ISO Bot (North American Markets)
  • M+ Bot (New Market)
  • CEN Bot (Mexico)

Resources

Thought Leadership

  • Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Webinars & Events
  • Case Studies
  • Blog
  • Newsletter
  • Webinars & Events
  • Case Studies

Customer Portal

  • INFOCUS User Conference
  • Product Trainings
  • Product Documentation
  • Issue Tracker
  • INFOCUS User Conference
  • Product Trainings
  • Product Documentation
  • Issue Tracker

About Us

  • About
  • Leadership
  • Newsroom
  • Contact Us
  • About
  • Leadership
  • Newsroom
  • Contact Us

Careers