Tag: Retail Management

  • Trading Management for Large Retailer

    Trading Management for Large Retailer

    Company

    Trading subsidiary that procures power supply for a multinational retail company with supermarkets across the US and UK.

    Challenge

    Streamline straight-through solutions for pre-trade valuation, trade capture, mark-to-market, value-at-risk, position management, settlement, and scheduling.

    SATURN

    • Enabled trading subsidiary of a multinational retailer to capture, evaluate, and schedule power trades in the US and UK.
    • Facilitated advanced trade valuation, effective risk management, and on-demand position management and reporting.
    • Streamlined trading, data management, reporting, scheduling, and reporting and integrated end-to-end solutions.

    Impact

    • Saved staff time and empowered team with on-demand solutions – in minutes.
    • Integrated US and UK operations and enabled trading and risk management with a global view.
    • Automated reporting, data visualization, workflows, and documentation with comprehensive integration.

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  • Model the Italian Power System

    Model the Italian Power System

    Company

    Energy company operating a set of diverse generation units in Italy.

    Challenge

    Model the operation of Italy’s generation plants interconnected by a complex system of transmission network including cross-border transfers with neighboring countries.

    SATURN

    • Modeled optimized operations of Italy’s generation plants and interregional and cross-border energy transfers.
    • Enabled detailed generation and transmission modeling, fast simulation, and advanced optimization.
    • Empowered integrated generation-transmission modeling for operation planning and long-term planning.

    Impact

    • Developed optimized generation framework including inter-regional and cross-border transfers.
    • Enabled detailed modeling of a fleet of diverse generation plants and complex inter-regional transmission.
    • Provided regional and inter-regional metrics that enable fast vetting of optimized solutions.

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  • Forecasting and Position Management

    Forecasting and Position Management

    Company

    Integrated company operating a fleet of diverse generation assets in eastern Texas.

    Challenge

    Develop short and long-term operating plans to meet customer demand subject to state and federal regulations including FERC, NERC, and Texas PUC.

    SATURN

    • Implemented market calibration that derives simulation parameters and enables reliable market price forecasts.
    • Integrated market price simulation, generation optimization, load analysis, trading, and position management.
    • Empowered advanced stochastic simulation of generation production, costs, and margins.

    Impact

    • Empowered same-day analysis of management requests and enabled decision-making with confidence.
    • Automated customized daily reports for analysts, managers, and executives.
    • Streamlined data setup, reports visualization, and cross-departments collaboration.

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