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Business Need: In the Texas electricity business, it is critical for grid operators to quickly determine how many megawatts are needed for the next couple of hours, ongoing. Unlike a commodity such as oil, excess electricity is difficult to store. Just the right balance of power generation is required for a given amount of consumption. Electricity providers and grid operators are faced with the following challenges:
Therefore, accurate short-term estimation is a key required process to achieve an optimum balance and therefore maximize efficient usage. Solution: Brazos Electric Cooperative required a flexible tool to consolidate data from various existing sources and provide information to assist grid operators to determine and view historical consumption actuals. They named the tool RTLP, for Real-Time Load Projection. They required a Microsoft Based .Net solution, which could easily integrate with legacy and remote systems, seamlessly deploy, and easily upgrade over time. Brazos and MNT discussed the options of forms and browser based solutions. After evaluation of the current system landscape, Brazos ultimately went with a browser based application system. Their internal programmers were already VB Script experts using Excel, Access and Office System programming, so they chose VB.NET as their language of choice. Additionally, they desired a company which could expose the internal Brazos programming staff in effective use of Microsoft .Net technologies and class based object programming. MNT Systems worked in tandem with Brazos to design and create a web-based system to provide:
MNT Systems also provided customized classroom training, as well as project planned on-the-job training in order to help Brazos Electric jumpstart their ongoing .Net initiatives. Technology Applied
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