Improve Integrated Resource Planning
Company
Large Investor-Owned Utility with multi-state operations.
Challenge
Replace legacy modeling system and develop advanced Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) including optimized production costing for a diversified generation portfolio.
SATURN
- Provided detailed modeling of diverse generation technologies including thermal, renewable, and storage.
- Enabled fast simulation, advanced optimization, and streamlined data configuration and visualization.
- Established seamless coordination between production costing and integrated resource planning teams.
Impact
- Achieved breakthrough simulation speeds – over 25 times faster than previous legacy system.
- Enabled unprecedented multiple simulations within a few hours – with improved solutions and detailed modeling.
- Reduced setup and reporting time and improved cross-departmental coordination and analytical depth.