Real-time Operations Process – Operating Entity Capabilities Sample Clauses

Real-time Operations Process – Operating Entity Capabilities. Operating Entities’ real-time EMSs have very detailed state estimator and security analysis packages that are able to monitor both thermal and voltage contingencies every few minutes. State estimation models will be at least as detailed as the IDC model for all the Coordinated and Reciprocal Coordinated Flowgates. Additionally, Reciprocal Entities will be continually working to ensure the models used in their calculation of Market Flow are kept up to date. The Market-Based Operating Entities’ state estimators and Unit Dispatch Systems (UDS) will utilize these real-time internal flows and generator outputs to calculate both the actual and projected hour ahead flows (i.e., total Market Flows, Non-Firm Market Flows, and Firm Market Flows) on the Coordinated Flowgates. Using real-time modeling, the Market-Based Operating Entity’s internal systems will be able to more reliably determine the impact on Flowgates created by dispatch than the NERC IDC. The reason for this difference in accuracy is that the IDC uses static SDX data that is not updated in real-time. In contrast to the SDX data, the Market-Based Operating Entity’s calculations of system flows will utilize each unit’s actual output, updated at least every 15 minutes on an established schedule.