A review of high performance technical computing in Midwest ISO

Author

Zhang, Li ; Hoyt, Alan ; Gribik, Paul ; Calson, Brian

Author_Institution

Midwest Indep. Transm. Syst. Operator, INC., Carmel, IN, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

25-29 July 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper reviews the high performance technical computing (HPTC) applications in Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator INC (Midwest ISO or MISO) various operation functions. The paper briefly describes the day ahead market, real time market and FTR market. Its ancillary service market design is presented as an example of the application of the high performance technical computing. The paper stresses that the following three are very important to the success of a power grid operator: IT infrastructure upgrade, computing methodologies advancement and business process improvement. The paper finally describes the several directions that HPTC may help the industry to tackle its challenges.

Keywords

power engineering computing; power markets; power system management; power transmission economics; FTR market; HPTC; IT infrastructure upgrade; business process improvement; high-performance technical computing; market operation; midwest ISO; midwest independent transmission system operator INC; power grid computing methodologies advancement; power grid operation; FERC; High performance technical computing; NERC; market operation; power system operation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6549-1

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2010.5590180

Filename

5590180