PJM Economic in the CPower App

Curtailment Planning

A curtailment scenario describes:

• The action(s) the customer would take to implement and the expected load drop from each action.
• The days of the week on which the customer is willing to do this type of curtailment.
• The hours during which the customer is willing to do this type of curtailment.
• The minimum and maximum number of hours the customer is willing to continue the curtailment.
• Condition under which the customer wishes to be notified of an opportunity
  • Because the prices is high enough.
  • Because the expected earnings are high enough.

1. Under your existing scenarios, start a new scenario by clicking on the +ADD SCENARIO link.
2. Type an identifier for the scenario in the Name field.

   Note: You may switch the Scenario from Active to Inactive using the toggle next tho the Name field.. This is useful for turning on and off seasonal curtailment scenarios, as inactive scenarios aren't considered for earning opportunities.
   

3. You may enter more detail about the scenario in the Description field. Text entry is this field is not required.
4. The Days Available toggles indicate which days a scenario may be used. This allows for scenarios that are best applied during the work week, weekends, or any other configuration that best fits your usage patterns and ability to curtail.
5. To add or edit actions, select the + Create / Edit Actions link.

   Note: Curtailment actions may be shared by your facility curtailment scenarios. Each action contains a descriptive title, a general category, and a kilowatt value that roughly represents how much the action curtails.

6. In Edit mode, you may change the title, category, or kW value of any action.
7. You may delete unused actions by selecting the X to the right of the action's kW value field.
8. To add a new action, select the + Create New Action button. 
9. Type an identifier in the Title field. 
10. Click on the Category dropdown.
11. Click on the appropriate category for the action to select it.
12. Type a kilowatt value to be be associated with the action.

    Note: The kilowatt value of a curtailment action is identified by your facility management along with CPower's energy engineers. It is an approximate value that can be affected by seasonal conditions as well as other curtailment actions occurring concurrently.

13. When you're finished with your changes to actions, exit Edit mode by clicking on the Save Actions button.
14. If you prefer to exit without saving your changes, click on the Cancel button.
15. To add the action to a scenario, click on the action to select it.
16. Once the scenario is created and actions added to it, enter a value in the Estimated Scenario Load Drop field.

    Note: The Estimated Load Drop Value is the value used to determine the size of your earning opportunity based on energy market prices and your curtailment. This kilowatt value is the estimated curtailment of all the selected actions combined; it is not necessarily the sum of each of the action values, as some actions may impact others.

17. The Time Available sliders allow you limit what hours of the day a scenario could be used.
18. Move the left slider to set a beginning hour.
19. Move the right slider to set an ending hour.
20. The Duration sliders allow you set the minimum and maximum duration for a scenario.
21. Move the left slider to set a minimum duration value.
22. Move the right slider to set a maximum duration value.
23. You may be notified via e-mail based on an Earnings daily estimated earnings threshold. Enter a value (in dollars) for a daily earnings minimum in the field.
24. Click on the radio button to activate this notification threshold.
25. You may be notified via e-mail when energy Price is above the Net Benefit Threshold (NBT) for economic earning. Enter a value (in cents) in the field.

    Note: NBT is simply the minimum value per kilowatt that must be attained to make economic market participation viable.
    

26. Click on the radio button to activate this notification threshold.
27. Once you're satisfied with your scenario, select the Save Changes button to save your work. The new Curtailment Scenario is now available for further editing and use on the Scheduling page.
28. If you prefer to back out of changes you've made to a scenario, click on the Cancel Changes button.
29. At the top of the Scenario section of the page, click on the Delete link to remove an unused scenario.
30. Click on the Duplicate link to employ a current scenario as a template for a new scenario.

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Economic Scheduling

Scheduling Overview 

Scheduling is your interface for economic product participation. 

You have prepared a set of scenarios on the Curtailment Planning page. The scheduling engine analyzes your scenarios daily to determine which may be most profitable and notifies you via e-mail of these opportunities. You may use the Scheduling page to indicate planned participation and to track revenue estimates as the day progresses. 

The day prior you will receive a Price Responsive Scheduling (PRS) notification via e-mail if participation is recommended. This calculation and communication occurs following the PJM open at 1:30PM Eastern. The notification includes a table of hourly estimated prices, forecast temperatures, your preliminary CBL, and scenario load drop; multiple scenarios may be shown as profitable. It includes a link that enables you to submit a schedule for a curtailment scenario for the opportunity hours via the app’s Scheduling page. 

Estimated earnings are compared against your notification thresholds selected on their Curtailment Scenarios. Scenario hours that exceed the threshold are marked as recommended Opportunity Hours for scheduling.

Chart Elements

X-Axis: 24 hour intervals
Y-Axis (left): kW
Y-Axis (right): Price

• Customer Baseline (preliminary) – Displayed when actual CBL is not available.  For SAA CBLs, non- adjusted CBL when not enough data available to show the actual CBL.
• Customer Baseline (actual) - Displayed when enough meter data is available to generated CBL
• Hourly usage – This line is based on facility actual meter data and drawn using the hourly load.
• Sub-hourly usage - This line is based on their real-time meter data. This line is drawn based on the sub hourly meter data. The data could be 1-min, 5-min, 15-min or 30-min real-time meter data.
• Sub-hourly usage –Displays smallest interval usage data (can be toggled on/off)
• Scenario drop – This xxx dotted line is displayed when hours are checked for any particular scenario is selected. This line is based on load drop committed from you baseline. Each scenario has a different load drop and can be configured in planning screens.
• Curtailment – Range area between CBL and Scenario Drop when scheduling day-ahead, or CBL and usage for scheduled hours. The scenario load drop is filled with xxx color. The range may change later based on actual performance.  When submitting schedule, the range is based on the committed load drop in the scenario.
• Forecast Prices – Hourly Price Bars, color of each bar determined by customer threshold for earnings and price. Hours below threshold are xxx, hours above threshold are tiered between xxx, xxx, xxx, based on price. Size intended to show variance in real-world pricing while pinned to whole values. (can be toggled on/off)
• Real-time Prices – Hourly price bars, overlaid on forecast prices once available. (can be toggled on/off)

Actions

1. You may filter the chart to show only hours identified as “Opportunity Hours,” hours that meet the earnings/pricing threshold you set for that curtailment scenario. When the Opportunity Hours filter is selected, the range of the chart is the earliest hour identified as an opportunity for the scenario or earliest hour already scheduled to the latest hour identified as an opportunity for the scenario or earliest hour already scheduled. 
2. You may also toggle the Calculation Data table. This table, which appears above the scheduling chart, shows a table of numeric values of all data sources presented on the chart and other relevant figures when available. 
3. Data displayed on the chart is accompanied by an interactive chart legend below the chart. The legend will label each of the data sources on the current display. Data sources that may be toggled are controlled via the legend. 
4. While the Scheduling page automatically selects the most favorable scenario, you may switch to another scenario using the radio buttons under the My Selected Scenario section.

   Note: When a scenario is selected, a Scenario Potential Earnings (= Estimated Earnings for participation in all recommended hours) value is displayed on the UI next to the Scenario selector. If a scenario is displayed when the page opens, the recommended opportunity hours for scheduling are already selected. 

5. If a schedule changes from the hours previously selected or recommended when the scenario was chosen, the Current Estimated Earnings field is replaced with the Re-Calculate button.  Click on this button to recalculate the earnings estimate based on the new schedule. This displays the new values on the chart and a new Current Estimated Earnings total. 
6. 24 Hour interval checkbox toggles may be toggled to indicate hours scheduled/to-be-scheduled. Hours that can be scheduled can be toggled.

   Note: Past hours are disabled but reflect whether the hours were scheduled. Each of the toggles uses color to indicate status of the hour. Opportunity hours are shaded xxx, while scheduled hours are shaded xxx. Past/disabled hours are grayed-out. If Opportunity Hours are filtered on the chart, only the displayed hours are available on the hourly toggles.

Submission

1. To submit, select a set of hours by clicking the associated checkboxes.
2. Click on the Submit Schedule button. Once submitted, the page displays the associated totals. The value of the submitted hours is displayed. The checkboxes for the submitted hours turn xxx.

   Note: You may select hours and submit at any point between receiving the PRS email and the expiration of the hours three hours before the hour being submitted. After initial submit, you may continue to change and re-submit any hours which are not expired. 

When reviewing performance, the scheduled scenario is displayed via the Scenario selector. Estimated Earnings are displayed next to the selector.

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