The dynamic nature of trading around generation assets requires quick decisions to support unit commitment and economic dispatch strategies. Adding to the complexity of handling the physical operating constraints of generation assets are market designs with opportunities in multiple ancillary service markets. Whether operating in markets that require submission of a resource plan and balanced schedule or markets that require bid submittals, PCI has the solution to ensure maximum value extraction.

PCI delivers solutions in this area that allow:

	Operations/Trade Decision Support
		Establishing portfolio incremental & decremental pricing for energy and ancillary services allowing traders and dispatchers to react quickly to offers and market prices.
		Optimizing unit commitment and economic dispatch strategy while considering market opportunities, fuel constraints, and emission limits.
		Determining whether to sell ancillary services (Regulation-up, Regulation-down, Spin, Non-spin, or Balancing energy) versus energy.
		Fuel scheduling
		Cross-commodity arbitrage support and guidance
		Reacting to unit trips and portfolio rebalancing to accommodate unexpected events
	ISO/RTO Bidding with analytics
		Easily create and communicate bid/offer strategies.
		Systematically analyze the forecast two-settlement profits for each strategy.
		Submit and revise bids and offers with the ISO.
		Readily scale historical LMPs to create multiple forecasts for strategy analysis.