Differences between Past, Present, and Future

This morning, I am thinking of the difference in product description between an offer, an execution, and a call/delivery.

Flow rates:

Looking forward, I may be seeking, or offering, a power source able to offer kW,

At the end, I need to have bought kWh.

Looking forward, I may be specifying that my call option requires a response of 12 seconds or less.

At the end, I may report that I ramped up in 4.5 seconds.

If I am buying a blended product, I may specify at least 70% renewable and 50% wind.

At the end, I may report back, perhaps in [hourly] intervals, that I was 83% renewable, including 54% wind.

At the end, I may report back, perhaps in [hourly] intervals, that I was 64% renewable, including 54% wind.

If the latter, a discount/rebate/penalty may be applied for any hour with renewables less than 70%

Note: I know that the discount/rebate is out of scope, I am thinking only of the information exchanges necessary to support it.

Power spikes and maximum loads need to be priced. Many markets today have a ratchet price, that if the consumer uses more than a [3x base load] for more than [5 minutes][ever], the price charged for the next year [doubles]. Future markets may see me contracting for fixed load, with a different price for the instantaneous excess. There is no problem if all customers are on committed energy purchases, and the excess is on the spot market. Congestion may make the spot market infinitely expensive. How do we report actual purchase of power peaks?

My goals are clean slate. I am not interested in how it was packed into last year’s meters, nor in expressing the complexity of a tariff. I am assuming that EMIX delivered over the internet is all, and that no special or historical knowledge is required of the system behind the ESI.

"Energy and persistence conquer all things." -- Benjamin Franklin

Toby Considine
TC9, Inc

OASIS Technical Advisory Board
TC Chair: oBIX & WS-Calendar

TC Editor: EMIX, EnergyInterop

Email: Toby.Considine@gmail.com

Phone: (919)619-2104

http://www.tcnine.com/

blog: www.NewDaedalus.com

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