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One Platform, Many Markets |
| The technologies of the ISO energy markets are rapidly changing. XML has revolutionized the standards for data communication and transfer is these markets and has significantly raised the level of consistency and uniformity. With XML, other related technologies such as SOAP and Web Services, are also altering the data landscape. |
| The Market Data Services suite provides a flexible, simple, and affordable way of transferring data between your desktop and your ISO market system. We provide applications and components that give you the ability to communicate with your market using the tool most appropriate for the job. The suite includes an Excel add-in for on-demand market data transfer, a Windows service for unattended execution, a web service to parse and store information to your database, and a notification server for market-initiated data updates. |
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Key Benefits
Connect Marketing to Operations (and Vice-Versa)By storing the ISO energy market data into your PI database, you can now link the critical information of your energy marketing teams with the operational data of your plant operations teams. Blending real-time operational data (such as fuel flows, tank levels, and power output) with current and future market data (such as market generation indicators, energy prices, and asset costing) bridges this information gap. The Market Data Services is the perfect software solution to unify the different domains of energy data across your entire organization.
Handles the Complexities of Your MarketXML is an open document standard that can be used to store and order data into just about any format imaginable. This flexibility is very powerful, but can also be very complex – especially in the case of the ISO market systems. By using the Market Data Services for your market, you no longer require knowledge of the market interface specifications, low-level programming skills, or knowledge of XML related services and technologies. In many cases, only a basic understanding of Excel is required.
Simple Data Transfer With ExcelThrough a very simple and intuitive Excel add-in and only a few clicks of your mouse you can upload and download from the market using your Excel workbook. The add-in contains the intelligence to transform columns and rows of your spreadsheet into the rich document formats required by the markets.
One Core Applied to All MarketsThe applications and services included in the Market Data Services suite are built using a common set of components that are utilized for all ISO market systems. As a result, the configuration and interfaces for all of the markets are similar in concept and usability, but differ only according to the unique capabilities of each market. This allows you to expand your automation requirements to new markets without incurring the learning curve of an entirely new application.
Store Your Market InformationWhether you use PI, SQL Server, Oracle, or another relational database, the information downloaded from the ISO market system can be automatically downloaded and stored to your data source. This allows you to store a history of the market data downloads for use in ProcessBook, RtPortal, Excel, or any other analytic or display application.
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