Free Power Tools

EDC

This utility demonstrates the Economic Dispatch Calculator (EDC) for Locational Marginal Price (LMP) operation.  The LMP value is paired to a MW delivery value and all online unit schedules can be viewed from the selected column.

Curve Fit

This utility that helps a plant engineer convert generation fuel use into a Piece-Wise Linear curve suitable for submission to any market as an offer.

NERC-Snooper 

Software utility that shows the NERC Registry information for CA, PSE, TP, POR/POD, and Source/Sink.  Use it to troubleshoot E-Tag authorship issues.

Transmission Bumping-Market Game

Software demonstration game that shows an obsolete method proposed by engineers at Bonneville Power Administration to auction capacity on the BigEddy to NOB transmission line.  The program, before it was abandoned, was to help users understand and visualize the process.  It is useful now only as a visualization tool, which, after correction and modification, could show the final process.

Trig Pad 

Software utility that helps solve trigonometry problems.  Using any 3 known facts about a triangle, will enable the user to solve for the other 3 facts.

Blocks

Mental agility and speed test.  Use this to pre-qualify job candidates.

Electric Power Consulting sells consultation and services.  The Tools listed here are software programs that are sometimes useful for teaching scheduling and marketing of electric energy.  From time to time, we have written these simple software tools to teach a point or demonstrate a concept.  These tools may be useful to you as they exist, and they are yours to use.  As far as we are concerned, they are appendages to our resume.  You may download and run them without cost or obligation other than these: 1) leave them unaltered, 2) maintain the name and/or logo intact, and 3) hold EPC harmless for any errors or deficiencies that may exist.