SOFTWARE

Power Catalyst pre-builds specialized energy data software in a modular manner, to deploy complete solutions rapidly.

At the heart of most energy software projects lies a large core of repeatable requirements, almost all related to data management and enterprise readiness. We are not like providers who treat your project as a custom software effort from scratch. In contrast, we pre-build core modules and software products that are ready to be configured for your needs, and which speed your project to deliver value quickly and with less risk.

Here are some visionary goals that become attainable with our approach:

• Key business intelligence is available in real-time.
• New data sources are unshackled from labyrinthine, proprietary schemas in days.
• Business data is easily visible across all authorized users in the enterprise, not just the application operators.
• Disparate data from many applications are collated and browsable in a single solution.
• Sophisticated analytical tools can plug-and-play into a standardized data framework.
• Data archives are highly automated and restorable with ease.
• The data platform is compliant with emerging audit requirements.
• Functional software lives in a service oriented architecture.

Since its inception, Power Catalyst has been refining technology prototypes and implementations that embody this competence. The resulting software modules, blueprints, and data schemas address hundreds of traditionally problematic areas in the maintenance and operation of legacy scheduling and settlements systems. Specific functional drivers for the blueprints have included:

• Integrate existing and legacy solutions
• Present management information concisely to support decision making
• Warehouse all operations and settlements data for integrated reporting and analysis
• Provide a foundation for market analysis, monitoring and compliance reporting
• Validate data sources, computations, settlements and generate custom exception reports
• Version data and computations for 'as-of' functionality and many resettlement cycles
• Support dispute investigation and resolution
• Leverage web-based, SOA-aware, and EAI-capable paradigms
• Support the integrated management of 'what if' scenarios

Energy Data Software and Systems have included:

• Key Components of a non-stop Service Oriented Architecture
• Major Business Repository with archive, data marts, and reporting schema
• Full integration deployment with specialized energy source system adapters
• Major Operational Data Store for RTO
• Fully extensible, lightweight ETL Framework
• Functional EII Proof of Concept Test Framework
• Data Warehouse Indexing and Partitioning Strategies
• Data Warehouse Management Scripts
• OASIS Data Marts for ISO
• Library of Information Objects (as Oracle views)
• Prototype Integrated Energy Data Warehouse
• Prototype Data Navigation Framework and Implementation