Analyze, Optimize, and Protect the Grid

Balancing load and generation is no small feat, particularly in combination with the ever changing constraints of the power grid. Transmission owner/operators and wholesale power market operators, as well as regulated balancing authorities must achieve this feat 24/7 with unparalleled reliability.

Structure has worked with numerous transmission owner/operators, to assess, procure and implement their Energy Management System (EMS) and SCADA Systems. Structure has also worked with the vast majority of the North American wholesale power market operators to configure, upgrade and support their respective EMS.

How Structure Can Help

Program Design
Visioning your to-be EMS, as well as its role in your overall IT systems roadmap.

Marketplace Intelligence
Staying current with market trends and competing vendor strengths/weaknesses.

• Assisting in the interpretation of wholesale power market requirements of generation owners/operators and scheduling coordinators.
• Providing insight into NERC and regional reliability requirements, including cyber security concerns that are part of NERC CIP standards.

Project Management and Engineering
We provide resources to support all EMS implementation projects (design, requirements, configuration build, testing, training, cutover, support).

• Configuring SCADA hardware and software, including Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) communications, ICCP, and OPC.
• Modeling transmission networks with industry standard model formats like CIM.
• Installing Dispatch Training Simulator (DTS) environment, including development of training scenarios and knowledge sharing with your control room operators.
• Integrating custom interfaces to other systems, including market system bidding, scheduling and settlements interfaces, bridges to market information or reporting systems, and Data Historians.
• Converting legacy displays, SCADA point databases, transmission network and generation resource models and alarms, to new formats when upgrading or replacing systems.
• Execution of advanced network applications such as:
  • State Estimation
  • Optimal Power Flow
  • Reserve Monitoring
  • Unit Commitment
  • Economic Dispatch and LMP Calculation
  • Scheduled Interchange
  • Contingency Analysis
  • Outage Scheduling
  • Voltage or Stability Analysis

How Structure is Different

At Structure we have built up a very strong SCADA team which we believe is unique in the industry.

Depth of Hands-On Experience
Most of us have spent significant time working for vendors and/or utility company’s implementing and maintaining systems.

Breadth of Coverage
We cover the full life system life cycle – Assessment, Procurement, Implementation, Operations.

Level of Expertise
In addition to having experience, our people are also experts with the ability to implement an out of the box solution, or build upon standard offerings to develop a solution that fits your exact needs. We understand your business.

Energy and Commitment
At Structure, we make things happen and get the job done no matter what it takes.

Independence
We have experts that understand the vendor landscape, and we are dedicated to recommend the best solutions for you.