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Quick start guide ABB Ability™ Renewable Insights
— Spatial Awareness tabThe spatial awareness tab displays
geographic information within a 10 mile / ~16 km radius from the
selected Source node. This information includes infrastructure,
ownership, territories, restricted lands and more. This tab
supports the interconnection engineering process for
interconnection analysis and evaluation of infrastructure with
competing projects. Click any map feature to access detailed
descriptions.
Layer options to turn layer on and off, change item opacity
and filter if applicable
Edit map layers to activate filtering, opacity and layer
options
Legend for all active layers in the map
Sub tabs to edit different layers
Map space displaying all features within a 10-mile radius with
custom themes and supporting metadata
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— Historic Prices tabThe Historic Prices tab aims to support
business development and financial assessment for the site. This
tab populates with 5 years of hourly LMP history for the Source and
Sink nodes that were selected. The Source node populates with 5
years of prices and components. The tab also populates with 5 years
of history for the Source LMP versus the Sink LMP to measure hub
basis risk. All information can be filtered for different time
views, can be aggregated for different statistical measures, and
can be aggregated for different time granularities. The bottom row
of visuals is designed to quickly aggregate hourly values for
specific types of analysis such as negative hour congestion, which
may represent curtailments, or basis hours with a positive spread
only. All data can be downloaded to .csv format.
Site LMP components with
Energy, Loss, Congestion and LMP. Includes conditional
formatting and supporting chart
Granularity and Aggregation to measure data by varying time
views and different aggregate statistics
Filters for date, hour of day, month of year, year, peak type
and market.
Site basis versus hub with LMP and spread. Includes
conditional formatting and
supporting chart
Flash cards for all-hours congestion and negative-
hours congestion
Radial to show congestion by hour of day
Flash cards for all-hours hub basis spread and positive-hours
spread
Radial to show spread by hour of day
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— Forecast Prices tab The Forecast Prices tab leverages the
industry-leading fundamental forecast from ABB’s Advisors. This
forecast is unbiased, forecasts market clearing prices for zone
where the Source node resides, and will estimate prices out for 25
years. This is updated every six months (usually in spring and
fall). This tab shows the forecast down to a monthly granularity.
More detailed forecasts for all North American zones, and a
comprehensive report can all be purchased from ABB separately
(details). The forecast includes a base scenario along with other
market scenarios to account for uncertainty in the markets. These
additional scenarios often account for higher than expected or
lower than expected fuel prices or other market influences such as
emissions taxes, stronger generation penetrations, or other
regulatory influences. This data cannot be downloaded, but can be
purchased as part of the North American Power Reference Case.
Corresponding line chart for scenario
prices
Granularity and Aggregation to measure data by varying time
views and different aggregate statistics
Filters for date, month of year, year and peak type
Grid for prices by scenario
with conditional formatting
Flash cards for aggregate prices by scenario
Radial to show spread by hour of day
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— Gross Revenue Projections tab The Gross Revenue Projections
tab is designed to support project assessment with basic, but
detailed, revenue analysis. The tool calculates aggregated
Locational Marginal Price (LMP) data for historic years. It
compares this information to forecast prices to determine how this
location’s pricing differs from the zonal price forecast. Then the
differential is applied to forecast prices and calculated based on
the expected size of the project and modeled NREL generation
profiles that ABB has identified for each area. This allows users
to get estimates for project financials depending on type of
generator placed at this site by time of year and peak type.
Because of the variation in project costs, this is only a gross
projection instead of a net projection. All data can be downloaded
in .csv format.
Corresponding line chart for technology
revenue
Granularity and Aggregation to measure data by varying time
views and different aggregate statistics
Input for project nameplate capacity
Filters for date, month of year, year and peak type
Grid for revenue by technology
with conditional formatting
Flash cards for aggregate revenues by technology type
Radial chart showing revenue by time of year
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— Competition and Permits tab The Competition and Permits tab
allows users to assess the interconnection queue reported by the
Independent System Operator for counties within a 10-mile radius of
their interconnection area. ABB analysts map this information to
specific substations and generator names to enhance the analysis
for end users. This tab also displays potential permits that may be
needed for the project based on the state where it will be built.
Our team researches permits needed by individual power plants while
also researching general permits that may be needed. While this
won’t tell you exactly what permits you need for your project, it
will help you understand what permits other power plants needed,
what permits you still may need, and who to contact to get the
process moving. All data can be downloaded to .csv format.
Grid of permits needed in this state. Includes authority, permit
type, fuel
and county with filtering
Interconnection queue grid for counties in surrounding radius.
Includes queue details, project details, mapping to plant and
substation, dates and statuses. This information varies by
ISO
Map of interconnection queue themed by capacity in county. Click
map features
to see item help to show fuel
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— Power Transactions tab The Power Transactions tab displays the
major purchasers of wholesale power within a 50-mile radius of this
desired location. This data is reported to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission by selling companies who report on the assets
that they operate. The goal of this tab is to allow users to review
purchases made by major load serving entities. This can be the best
representation for the price of power. Users can analyze who is
buying the power, who is selling, how the transaction is
structured, the point and zone of delivery, how much power was
purchased and for what cost. We chose to include this analysis for
the last four quarters of reports, because it adds transparency
into all types of transactions beyond what can be reviewed just in
an Independent System Operator. It also allows users to better
understand how their potential power purchase agreement may compare
to other transactions in this area. NOTE: there are commonly also
separate corporate or industrial purchasers who feed energy to a
specific site. Our goal is to give users data on the largest
purchasers for clarity into most transactions in the area. All data
can be downloaded to .csv format. More detail can be found for all
data points in this tab in the FERC EQR Data Dictionary.
Filters to narrow power transaction data by buyer, seller,
balancing authority, specific delivery location, year-
quarter, product, unit code and increment
Map to see largest
purchasing utilities by total
transaction charge
Tree chart to view largest
buyers and their largest sellers by total transaction
charge
Power transactions grid with details about transacting
companies, locations, prices and quantities
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eqr/order770/data-dictionary.pdf
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