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Operability

The operability It represents the heart of daily profitability and technical continuity, both for Market Participants (Generators and Suppliers) and for Large Users (Qualified Load Centers).

Operating in the Wholesale Electricity Market (MEM) requires strict control of financial transactions and compliance with the dispatch rules issued by CENACE. Operations are no longer a static process; they are a daily strategy of optimizing technical and economic data.

Dispatch Offer Management and Daily Operation (Generators)

Services aimed at maximizing the revenue of Power Plants through efficient participation in the Day-for-Date Market (DfD) and the Real-Time Market (RTM).

  • Energy Offer Strategy and Modeling: Daily preparation of sales offers (price-quantity curves) parameterized according to the opportunity costs of the plant (fuels, water, technical restrictions) and the new provisions for Cogeneration and combined cycle power plants.
  • Economic Dispatch Limit Management: Operational configuration before CENACE of the minimum and maximum blocks of dispatchable energy, coordinating the physical variables of the plant with the mandatory stability requirements of the National Transmission Network (RNT).
  • Monitoring of Local Marginal Prices (LMP): Real-time analysis of PML variations by connectivity node to identify windows of opportunity or risks of losses due to congestion in the SEN.

Management and Settlement in the Wholesale Electricity Market (MEM)

Essential “Back Office” services to audit and ensure that every Megawatt-hour (MWh) injected or withdrawn is billed correctly.

  • Audit and Reconciliation of Settlement Statements (ECL): Thorough review of daily, weekly, and monthly account statements issued by CENACE. Detection and correction of discrepancies in charges/payments for energy, power, Ancillary Services, and Financial Transmission Rights (DFT).
  • Dispute and Claim Management before CENACE: Preparation of technical-mathematical support and formal representation in the clarification processes before the market operator in the face of measurement errors, incorrect price assignments or undue charges for deviations.
  • Commercial Transaction Measurement System (SMTC) Administration: Operational assurance that the meters at the Connection Point transmit data in real time to CENACE without interruptions, coordinating the mandatory periodic calibrations.

Procurement and Operational Optimization Strategy for Load Centers

Services designed to help Large Industrial Consumers mitigate market volatility and reduce their operating costs.

  • Operational Management of Electricity Coverage Contracts (PPAs): Continuous monitoring of compliance with bilateral energy purchase contracts, evaluating the behavior of the supplier (e.g., CFE Qualified or private) against the conditions indexed to the PML or regulated tariffs.
  • Load Shifting Strategies (Demand Response): Analysis of the hourly consumption profiles of industrial plants to design operational strategies that move high-demand processes out of peak hours, drastically reducing billable demand charges.
  • Scenario Simulation and Demand Forecasting (Mathematical Models): Implementation of predictive analytics tools to estimate the plant's weekly and monthly consumption, allowing the Qualified Supplier to nominate the exact energy and avoid penalties for energy deviations before CENACE.

Operational Management of Associated Products and Related Services

Maximize asset value by marketing non-energy electrical attributes.

  • Power Market Operation (Pre-MIE): Operational management for the allocation and sale of capacity (Power) of power plants during the Critical Evaluation Hours determined by CENACE, guaranteeing fixed annual income for reliability.
  • Monitoring and Transaction of Clean Energy Certificates (CELs): Management of the CEL portfolio for clean generators (registration and validation) or compliance with annual operational obligations for the Responsible Load Entities (Qualified Suppliers and Users).
  • Monitoring of Related Services Not Included in the MEM (SCNMEM): Operational optimization for plants capable of providing frequency regulation, voltage support (reactive power) or black start, charging the regulated rates authorized by the CNE.

Operational Migration and Legacy Contract Transition

Critical support for companies that must abandon old schemes due to expiration or changes in the regulatory framework.

  • Migration Engineering from Self-Supply to MEM: Managing the operational exit process of Legacy Self-Supply Permits towards the competitive model of the MEM or new on-site Self-Consumption modalities, minimizing the impact on electricity transmission costs and avoiding disconnection periods.
  • Operational Behavior Testing (Market Commissioning): Technical coordination of the real-time tests required by CENACE for a new generation plant or a large load center to receive the “Commercial Operation Declaration” (COD).