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Transactive Energy article in Metering International magazine Fall 2013. Provides practical explanation of transactive energy in an evolutionary context.
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Storage prices are dropping much faster than anyone expected, due to the growing market for consumer electronics and demand for electric vehicles (EVs). Major players in Asia, Europe, and the United States are all scaling up lithium-ion manufacturing to serve EV and other power applications. No surprise, then, that battery-pack costs are down to less than $230 per kilowatt-hour in 2016, compared with almost $1,000 per kilowatt-hour in 2010.
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Presence of a robust distribution network is vital to achieve ‘affordable power to all by 2019’. At present, the distribution network in the country comprises of a total of 8,603,136 circuit kilometers of distribution lines catering to nearly 200 million consumers.
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Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) Mechanism issued by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy of India to facilitate interstate transactions of Renewable Energy and to promote RE based projects. This report covers all the basic aspects of REC Mechanism along with the Operational Framewokr of the same.
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Have you ever considered purchasing an electric vehicle? Want to find out what all the hype is about? Join us for an evening of information and updates on the rollout of electric vehicles in Michigan and the United States.
Battery storage: The next disruptive technology in the power sectorCluster TWEED
Storage prices are dropping much faster than anyone expected, due to the growing market for consumer electronics and demand for electric vehicles (EVs). Major players in Asia, Europe, and the United States are all scaling up lithium-ion manufacturing to serve EV and other power applications. No surprise, then, that battery-pack costs are down to less than $230 per kilowatt-hour in 2016, compared with almost $1,000 per kilowatt-hour in 2010.
Affordable 24x7 Power To All @2019 - Key Strategies (Improve and Enhance Dist...Resurgent India
Affordable 24x7 Power To All @2019 - Key Strategies (Improve and Enhance Distribution Network ) - Part - 4
Presence of a robust distribution network is vital to achieve ‘affordable power to all by 2019’. At present, the distribution network in the country comprises of a total of 8,603,136 circuit kilometers of distribution lines catering to nearly 200 million consumers.
Introduction to the Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) MechanismSpark Network
Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) Mechanism issued by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy of India to facilitate interstate transactions of Renewable Energy and to promote RE based projects. This report covers all the basic aspects of REC Mechanism along with the Operational Framewokr of the same.
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CTRM - The Next Generation - ComTechAdvisory Vendor Technical UpdateCTRM Center
There is no doubt that technology has undergone a sea-change over the last decade or so potentially making it possible to build and deploy software faster and more cost-effectively while offering a host of features that help users to work smarter, faster and with less opportunity for error. Additionally, the way that applications are designed and built has also changed to take better advantage of these technologies. While arguably there is no single technology that facilitates a paradigm shift in Commodity Trading and Risk Management (CTRM) software, when you combine advances in all areas of solution development and deployment technology, then such a leap forward is both likely and desirable.
Nowhere is the gap between the possibilities offered by these leaps in technology and what is available as commercial solutions more apparent than in the commodity trading and risk management software category. There are many aging, legacy, solutions still being utilized, marketed, and deployed and yet, this is an industry that is experiencing unprecedented demands and change, which in turn, are placing increasing demands on the software it utilizes. What most commodity firms are seeking is more agile software platforms that can allow them to adapt and evolve through these changes. This growing demand is also accentuated by the younger, more tech-savvy people entering the business whose expectations are not being met by many existing solutions.
Managing Supply Chain Complexity and ExposuresCTRM Center
The supply chains for bulk commodities, including agricultural, metals/ores and some energies, are complex – usually necessitating transportation and storage using trucks, trains, ships, barges, pipelines, and terminals/storage facilities. These movements, and the assets utilized to make them, introduce and accumulate both cost and risk to the commodities owners with each step in the chain.
Additionally, as these commodities transit the supply chain, they may undergo changes that will impact their value, both as traded commodities and as a stock or inventory. These events can include transformations to finished products (such as refining crude oil into numerous petroleum products or grains milled into flour) and repackaging from bulk loads into smaller containers such as bags for wholesale or retail sales.
Global Sugar - A Complex Market that Requires a Fit for Purpose CTRM SolutionCTRM Center
Sugar is a global commodity, with almost 180 million metric tons being produced in more than 120 countries each year. Though much of the sugar produced by these countries is consumed locally in food products or, increasingly, for ethanol production, the largest producing countries are often exporters as well and in total contribute 60-70 million metric tons delivered into the global market each year.
Putting Data at the Heart of Energy TradingCTRM Center
In a digital world, data is King, and while energy and commodities have been going through a period of digitalizing for the last several years, there can be no doubt that coming up with data management strategies has also played an important, if not critical, role in those strategies as well. Indeed, this was strongly emphasized in Commodity Technology Advisory’s disruptive technologies research over the last few years, where more than half of all of those questioned in the industry.
US Dairy Markets – Digitalizing to address complexity and volatilityCTRM Center
US dairy markets are one of, if not the most, unique and complex commodity markets. Dairy production has unique physical characteristics not found in any other agricultural commodities, including continuous production, rapidly spoiling milk inventories, and multiple derivative products with a varying ability to store over time (i.e., fresh milk vs. cheese products).
Diversifying Into Renewable Energy: Challenges And OpportunitiesCTRM Center
The energy transition is the move away from fossil fuels towards renewable and sustainable forms of production and generation, in combination with increasing decarbonization (net zero) and electrification. The motivations behind the energy transition are primarily political, environmental, and increasingly, financial. Mostly, it is driven by Governments and international bodies (like the EU, which also sees renewables to increase its’ energy independence) through goal setting, provision of incentives, and legislation such as the US’s Inflation Reduction Act.
The push for decarbonization and ESG is also now being championed by large banks and financial institutions like Barclays Bank, who recently announced that it had tightened its financing rules and abandoned financing for oil exploration altogether. Over the last 12-months or so, geopolitics has played an ever-greater role in shaping the energy industry and the energy transition, as the fall-out from the Russia-Ukraine war has interfered with the energy transition agenda, resulting in soaring power and natural gas prices. This has wrought havoc with consumers and suppliers alike and stalled, or temporarily reversed, certain net zero initiatives, and encouraged the specter of market intervention.
The integration of trade and risk management solutions with the corporate accounting solution has long been an area of focus for commodity companies and software vendors alike. There are many apocryphal stories in the industry regarding trading profits that entitled trader’s to be paid large bonuses. Those trading profits then seem to evaporate when accounted for in the enterprise accounting system. These stories are symptomatic of a broader but important issue – that of integrating two sets of solutions to provide timely and accurate auditable results. Over the last three decades, many different approaches have been tried out and mooted to address and solve the problems. This paper will examine the problem and discuss potential solutions including highlighting the approach taken by Enuit.
How can your ETRM / CTRM solution help with creditCTRM Center
Current market conditions are forcing many firms exposed to commodities to perform a re-evaluation of their credit risk systems and business processes. As most commodity prices are extremely volatile and progressively rising through time due to issues like shortages, supply chain disruptions of various types including most importantly, political sanctions, increased demand and so on, default by a counterparty is seen as increasingly likely. Indeed, were it not for Government intervention, a few high-profile firms would already have defaulted. However, the need to manage cash more effectively is also driving an enhanced focus on credit risk as many commodity firms face huge margin calls from various exchanges and increased scrutiny by lenders. Importantly, the rapid emergence of regulations around ESG and carbon, whether planned or actual, are also having a huge impact on counterparty credit worthiness. As firms review their credit solutions, they are scrutinizing their ETRM / CTRM solutions and their role in managing credit risk as well.
In an era that is likely to be dominated by the energy transition, metals are set to become the new foundation of modern society. As more of everything is powered by clean electricity, demand for metals will pick up with everything from greater quantities of base metals needed to make batteries to store it all the way through to copper for the cables to carry it.
Other metals like iron in the form of steel, along with rare earth elements and speciality metals, will all also be needed in ever greater quantities to support electrification and construction. Metals like Lithium, Cobalt, Manganese, Zinc, Mercury, Silver, Cadmium are the key components of many types of battery along with Graphite in some instance.
Global Renewables Transition Requires Dedicated ETRM CapabilitiesCTRM Center
Renewable energy resource development is accelerating around the globe as the push to reduce carbon emissions continues to gain momentum.
As the pace of renewable energy expansion quickens, market participants will continue to adjust to the commercial and financial implications as well as production variability and intermittency, reliability, and grid stability. In this white paper we will explore the changing nature of power markets, the complexities that will challenge utilities, power off-takers and traders, and the critical ETRM systems they rely on to ensure profitability.
Global LNG Navigating Risks in a Dynamic MarketCTRM Center
Liquified natural gas (LNG) has been a traded commodity for more than a century. But only in the last couple of decades has the market expanded to meet the ever-increasing demand for energy, through low carbon emissions energy sources. With the development of the massive Qatar LNG facilities in the mid-1990s and the increasing demand for imported gas, global LNG trading has grown from about 50 MTPA in 1990 to more than 350 MTPA in 2020.
Most energy commodities struggled with lower trade and consumption volumes under the pandemic-induced industrial shutdowns in 2020. LNG trade was, however, up slightly at 0.4% during the year, continuing its uninterrupted streak of year-over-year growth since 1996. However, that growth was far below rates in the preceding years which averaged 7% since 2004.
Disruptive Technologies – A 2021 UpdateCTRM Center
In 2021, Commodity Technology Advisory LLC (ComTech) published its first Disruptive Technologies research report (that version kindly sponsored by FIS). Technologies covered in the study scope included cloud/SaaS, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), big data, automation and blockchain, amongst others. The findings were supported by an industry survey that led to the broad conclusions that cloud/SaaS and data management initiatives were in flight. AI, ML and automation seemed to be prepping for an explosion of use while blockchain was overhyped and lagging. Over the last couple of years, our general market observations as analysts have largely confirmed the results of the research.
In all of its forms, risk management is rapidly growing in importance within the commodity asset class. It will only become even more critical and complex in the future. Driven by unprecedented levels of change in the industry ranging from geopolitics to carbon, effective risk management is shifting for many commodity firms from just another activity to be managed to a critical component of business strategy that helps drive and inform brand, gain financing and trust, and demonstrates proper controls.
Over the years, there has been a growing realization that building a commodity trading and risk management (CTRM) solution is not a trivial task. Indeed, quite the opposite. It is a hugely complex piece of software that can never seem to meet all the varied needs of all the different types of companies buying and selling commodities around the globe.
Reimagining Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) With Advanced Delivery ...CTRM Center
ETRM systems are, by their nature, complex software products as the software must mirror the full complexity of the commodities industries, markets, and assets that they serve. Spanning from contract administration through invoicing and settlement, the business processes involved in commodity trading varies greatly. This variation is created by the unique combinations and nature of the physical or financial commodity or commodities traded, as well as by the industry segment (power generation/trading, gas production/trading, agricultural production/trading, etc.), the assets employed in the supply chain(s) and geographic differences (North American power vs. European vs. Japan, for example).
Risk and Compliance – Lessons learned and looking beyond the COVID-19 EraCTRM Center
While it is commonly believed that the pandemic was a black swan event, according to most risk experts it wasn’t. As they point out, the COVID Pandemic was an event that was foreseeable in its occurrence, though perhaps not in its timing. Despite being (thankfully) rare, these types of events do occur and bring with them an increased awareness of the importance of proper and holistic risk management practices, not only as it applies to external risks (as the pandemic was), but also commercial and internal risks as well.
2021 Trends in Agricultural and Soft Commodities TradingCTRM Center
Arguably, all commodity and commodity-exposed businesses are facing unprecedented change and disruption. These numerous challenges range from climate and carbon to COVID lockdowns and work from home, to managing geopolitical and operational risks through supply chains while seeking to digitalise, automate and increase efficiencies across the business.
While talk of a new commodities supercycle may be premature, global population growth and the resulting increased demand suggest rising prices and volatilities, especially in agricultural commodities. Companies need enhanced agility in such markets. It starts with a modern software platform that provides adequate visibility and control over the business, from managing physical movements to limiting risks and exposure.
Achieving Digitalization in a Document Intensive Energy MarketCTRM Center
As energy companies seek to become more efficient and agile in a rapidly changing marketplace fraught with risks, digitalization - the process of evolving from manual or analog processes to more efficient and cost effective digital processes by reducing the number of times data is touched and ensuring greater accuracy and more rapid movement of data and information throughout the enterprise – continues to attract attention from CIOs across the energy value chain.
The global market for CTRM (Commodity Trading and Risk Management) software solutions that cater specifically for metals and ores trading and risk management is the third largest among the major commodity groupings of energy, ags & softs, and metals, at an estimated $174m in expenditures in 2019 according to ComTech’s most recent market sizing report. It is also among the most complex of these markets in terms of its functional requirements, especially in areas like concentrates and ores. Complexity is also found throughout the supply chain. Perhaps these are just some of the reasons why the metals market for CTRM and CM (Commodity Management) software have been underserved by commercially available solutions in the past.
For most raw materials and commodities, the supply chain is both long and complex. Increasingly, firms have been focusing on these supply chains in an effort to better control operational risks and exposures, but increased geopolitical and other risks have now served to sharpened that focus even further.
Issues like COVID-19 lockdowns and trade wars, for example, have meant that managing sourcing, movements, processing, production, procurement, contracts, storage and other activities along complex supply chains more effectively not only reduces costs and improves profitability, but also helps ensure business continuity. Meanwhile, although CTRM (Commodity Trading and Risk Management) software applications that help manage trades and the risks associated with trading are seen as critical, the broader commodity management aspects around managing the supply chain more effectively are rightly gaining in importance.
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalità di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Enhancing Performance with Globus and the Science DMZGlobus
ESnet has led the way in helping national facilities—and many other institutions in the research community—configure Science DMZs and troubleshoot network issues to maximize data transfer performance. In this talk we will present a summary of approaches and tips for getting the most out of your network infrastructure using Globus Connect Server.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...
RPS and RECs – Managing an Increasing Regulatory Burden
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WHITE PAPER
RPS and RECs – Managing an
Increasing Regulatory Burden
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Introduction
Renewable energy certificates or ‘RECs’ have become the currency of the renewable or green power industry,
allowing power providers to expand their product offerings and offer ‘green’ power irrespective of whether or not
they can physically generate it. Consumers can also be assured that should they choose to buy renewable power, in
support of the renewables suppliers servicing the market, that the power they use has either come directly from a
renewable generator, or if a renewable generator is not servicing their facility, that it is offset in the market by power
from a renewable source, such as wind, solar or hydro, in another geographic area.
Essentially, as described by the US EPA, a “REC represents the property rights to the environmental, social, and other
nonpower qualities of renewable electricity generation. A REC, and its associated attributes and benefits, can be sold
separately from the underlying physical electricity associated with a renewable-based generation source.”1
It is the
separatability from the underlying physical electricity that actually creates the value and benefits for both the
producer of green power, whose investment is supported by selling RECs, and consumers who wish to enjoy the
benefits of green power but who may not have direct access to renewable power due to their physical locations.
The driving force behind the development of the REC and its underlying market has been the development of state
level renewable portfolio standards or RPS. These either 1) mandate a certain level of electricity servicing the
markets in that adopting state be from renewable sources, or 2) set voluntary goals for electricity sold in the states
1
http://www.epa.gov/greenpower/gpmarket/rec.htm
“While the use of Renewable Energy Certificates, or RECs, is an effective
method of allocating the cost of Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS)
across the breadth of the market, the tracking and administration of those
certificates places a significant burden on power suppliers, particularly
smaller utilities such as municipals and cooperatives. As these standards
increase in scope and amount of renewables mandated, the burdens
increase proportionally, leaving many of these companies unable to
effectively manage their business and regulatory requirements on
spreadsheets.”
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from renewable sources. As
of early 2012, 30 States and
the District of Columbia had
either RPS or similar
mandated renewable
programs; in addition, a
further seven states had
established voluntary goals
(Figure 1)2
.
Under the current mandatory
RPS programs, it’s estimated
that the current market
requirements are for up to
140 MWh of renewable
power, which by some
estimates is expected to grow to over 200 MWh within a couple of years. Much of the demand for meeting these
renewable portfolio standards will be met by the renewable generation resources within the states; however, even
within those state boundaries, physical renewable power may not be available on the gird for a particular marketer
or utility due to geographic constraints. By utilizing RECs, that marketer can still offer consumers the option of
certifiable green energy, or the regulated load serving utility in that state or region can meet their mandated
renewable obligations.
How do RECs work?
Renewable power generators produce two separate products - physical power and flows to the grid and RECs. With
every 1,000 kwh produced, a new REC is created by that generator, and once created, the generator can bundle
transfer the REC with the produced power, essentially certifying that power as a renewable product and receiving
the premium that accompanies that designation. Alternatively, they may have chosen to separate the two products,
selling their generated power without the certificate and receiving the rates that would be applicable for non-green
electricity. They can then sell that REC in the secondary market, allowing generators or marketers without access to
physical renewable power to sell a green energy product to their customers.
Each REC produced is effectively an accounting of the power generated, and will generally contain the following
information:
2
http://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.cfm?id=4850
Figure 1
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The type of renewable generator that produced the power
The date it was created (its vintage)
The date the generator was first put into service or its vintage
The physical location of that generation unit
Once created, that REC becomes a tradable commodity and can, as previously noted, can be sold with the physical
power or separated for sale in the RECs trading markets. Some states do allow RECs that were produced in other
states to be utilized tomeet their RPS programs requirements, though the eligibility will vary greatly and does impact
the growth of liquidity in the RECs markets. While there is some exchange-based trading of RECs occurring, primarily
on the Intercontinental Exchange, most RECs are traded bilaterally or over the counter (OTC), and generally on a
periodic basis. In fact, most RECs are purchased in bulk, with the regulated load serving utilities purchasing the
majority directly from renewable energy generators in order to meet their RPS requirements. Other RECs are
purchased by electric cooperatives; smaller utilities that operate primarily in rural areas. Brokers and aggregators
also operate in this market, servicing utilities, industrial consumers and power marketers who purchase the
certificates to service their green energy programs.
A Look at one State’s Program
North Carolina established a mandatory renewable standard in 2008, becoming the first (and still the only) state in
the Southeast to adopt a Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS). Under the new law,
investor-owned, load serving utilities in North Carolina are required to meet up to 12.5% of their energy needs
through renewable energy resources or energy efficiency measures. The smaller rural electric cooperatives and
municipal electric suppliers are subject to a 10% REPS requirement.
In order to ensure compliance and proper management of the REPS, the North Carolina Utility Commission
established the Renewable Energy Certificate Tracking System or NC-RETS in 2010. The NC-RETS function is to issue
and track renewable energy certificates and energy efficiency certificates (EECs) created within the state. Registered
renewable energy producers use NC-RETS to create RECs (in digital form) that meet the requirements of North
Carolina’s portfolio standard; and the state’s electric utilities use the system track their activities related to, and
demonstrate compliance with, the renewable energy portfolio standard. Ultimately, the NC-RETS will integrate with
all other renewable energy certificate tracking systems in the United States to allow for the import and export of
RECs to and from North Carolina.
Meeting the Compliance and Tracking Challenge
With the new renewables standards, North Carolina power utilities and cooperatives were faced with a significant
compliance burden – a burden that the cooperatives were particularly unprepared and understaffed to meet. In
response, the board of directors of 23 of the state’s electric cooperatives formed a green services company, GreenCo
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Solutions, Inc., in April 2008, to help them meet their energy efficiency and renewable energy goals and obligation
under the new regulations.
Today, GreenCo Solutions helps the electric cooperatives develop energy efficiency programs, evaluate renewable
energy projects, and meet regulatory and compliance obligation and milestones, including the purchasing and
management of RECs for each of its current 22 member cooperatives.
Like many of the other electric suppliers operating in states with RPS, GreenCo Solutions is faced with managing a
complex array of tasks and issues, from helping the electric cooperatives develop energy efficiency programs to
evaluating renewable energy projects and meeting regulatory and compliance milestones, including the purchasing
and management of the RECs that are vital in ensuring each member cooperative can meet their REPS mandates.
Unlike the larger utilities operating in the state, GreenCo faced some unique challenges in managing their business.
The largest of these was the requirement to manage their operations at two separate levels:
1. the purchase of RECs for the whole of GreenCo’s membership and then the management, tracking and
valuation of that inventory on an aggregated basis, and
2. the need to disaggregate and allocate that portfolio of RECs to each member based on their needs, ensuring
that each individual member is sufficiently covered and positioned to meet their state obligations.
Beyond many large long-term purchases of RECs for GreenCo’s full membership, the firm is also occasionally tasked
with purchasing certificates at the request of its individual members, necessitating the tracking of those individual
purchases, including the specific assignment of the RECs to member companies within their respective aggregated
portfolios. Further, once allocated to those members, the certificates must be managed as part of the combined
portfolio for retirement in the state’s tracking system and in reporting to the Utilities Commission.
According to Jay Nemeth, director of business operations for GreenCo Solutions, when the company first began
operations, they were utilizing spreadsheet to track the acquisition, accounting and allocation of certificates to the
member cooperatives. However, within a couple of years, the company knew it would inevitably outgrow the ability
to use those spreadsheets to manage the complex tasks and analysis involved in their business. In order to address
the company’s needs, they began a market search for a vendor supplied and supported REC portfolio management
solution.
After undertaking an extended search for a solution, the company discovered that most of the energy trading and
risk management (ETRM) solutions from the largest vendors had little or no ability to address their particularly
complex requirements mandated by under the NC-REPS. They did, however, find that Pioneer Solutions, a global
ETRM & CTRM solutions and environmental management system (EMIS) software provider, did have the specialized
solutions that addressed a majority of their needs and a technical infrastructure that could be customized to address
GreenCo’s unique requirements.
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Mr. Nemeth described the process of selecting Pioneer as follows, “They demonstrated a system that allowed
customization to capture the deal and the intent….it allowed us to take the aggregated deal apart for allocation to
our member companies and then re-aggregate the RECs for reporting and retirement purposes. Pioneer’s REC
Tracker system, once fully implemented, allowed us to not only capture and manage the processes involved in
working with 22 member companies, it also allowed us to optimize our portfolio and ensure we were best able to
meet our obligations to those members.”
The implementation of REC Tracker was started in late March 2013, and once live on Sept 1, 2013, “the system did
what it needed to do,” according to Mr. Nemeth. “The implementation went well. Pioneer developed the detailed
specs prior to building out new capabilities or trying to populate data. The company consistently provided quick
responses to issues or questions that arose, ensuring the project stayed on plan.” In addition to deploying and
implementing the software, the team of GreenCo and Pioneer also worked to develop and implement a
programmatic interface from RECTracker to the NC-RETS system, the first such interface to that system that allowed
the automated sending and receiving of REC data to an external solution.
In highlighting additional advantages they found in using the RECTracker system, Mr. Nemeth points to the ability
for users to produce ad hoc reports, giving those users and the company’s leadership deep access to the data and
information contained within the system.
Summary
State level Renewable Portfolio Standards do serve a positive social function, helping to support the growth of
renewable energy and reducing the US’s dependency on finite hydrocarbon fuels for power generation. However,
these standards are not without a cost either for the power consumers or the utilities that service those consumers.
While the use of Renewable Energy Certificates, or RECs is an effective method of allocating those costs across the
breadth of the market, the tracking and administration of those certificates places a significant burden on power
suppliers, particularly the smaller utilities such as municipals and cooperatives. As these standards increase in scope
and amount of renewables mandated, the burdens increase proportionally, leaving many of these companies unable
to effectively manage their business and their regulatory requirements on spreadsheets. Even for those with an
effective and modern ETRM solution, the unique nature of emissions programs and renewables standards are
extremely difficult to model and generally require additional capabilities outside of those core systems. Fortunately
for these companies, there are a limited number of providers, such as Pioneer Solutions, that have focused on these
issues and can deploy a system that will address the unique needs of this market.
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