Address an array of challenges that impact thermal generation power plants
Transformation of RTO/ ISO market policies and increased NERC and FERC regulations have forced utilities, power plant owners, and non-utility generators to place greater focus on availability, performance and the variable dispatch cost of generating power. Get focused, expert support for an array of thermal generating resource technologies.
Resource planning expertise includes:
Power plant project development assistance and owners’ engineer services
Construction and operational monitoring programs
NERC and RTO/ISO compliance program development and management
Operating budget and benchmarking analysis
Market dispatch analysis and plant optimization
Implementation of market/ISO communications requirements
Plant appraisals and feasibility studies
Power plant asset management
Distributed generation options
Licensing, construction, and operational analysis
Regulatory support
Engineer’s reports for project bond issuance
Litigation support and expert testimony
Fuel procurement services and contracting
NERC-GADS compliance filing assistance
Determine the best generating options
Base your power generation decisions on thorough market analysis. GDS provides comprehensive analysis of available generating technologies as well as design and permitting oversight and fuel procurement services.
Manage power generating assets and monitor plant operations
Effectively manage generating assets while achieving comprehensive oversight of plant dispatch, fuel supply, cost allocation, and NERC/ISO/RTO reliability and regulatory compliance. The GDS team applies decades of power generation expertise to power plant management activities.
The challenges facing power generating entities are far from insurmountable
To effectively address those challenges, expert guidance is essential. In a landscape where stricter regulations and increased competition require generators to exert control over costs, usable intelligence and management expertise have never been more essential. The GDS team offers comprehensive power generation consulting that impacts everything from feasibility and resource identification to plant management.
Improve power plant performance and fuel supply
Ensure effective emissions compliance
Make decisions based on market and economic analysis
Manage, optimize, and monitor generation assets
Expert testimony for regulatory proceedings
NERC and RTO/ISO compliance program development and management
Generation interconnection process management
New generation location studies
