Company

Medium-size energy provider that serves customers in West Texas and Southern New Mexico.

Challenge

Optimize short-term operating plan for next 5-7 days including unit commitment, economic dispatch, outage planning, fuel management, and short-term trading.

SATURN

• Provided improved modeling of operational constraints that lower operating costs.
• Enabled rapid setup, comprehensive what-if scenario modeling, and extensive sensitivity analysis.
• Established cross-department collaboration and enabled online coordination.

Impact

• Reduced operating costs by 3 to 5% across several months.
• Improved staff productivity and empowered team with on-demand solutions.
• Facilitated coordination with trading team and enabled more effective trading.

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