Plant Optimizer also integrates with third-party interfaces:
- Log shipping for rapid technical support.
- Accuweather and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Data Online (CDO) web service API's, which are a third-party interfaces, for 7-day weather forecasts.
- Optional: Multiple electricity grid Independent System Operator (ISO) third-party APIs, for day ahead or real-time electricity market prices, for example, PJM and CAISO.
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Optional: Multiple Curtailment Service
Provider (CSP) third-party APIs for participation in economic demand response or
capacity-based demand response programs. The types of data that may be
transmitted through this integration include:
- Demand Response Bid submissions, which include bid offer price and MW of curtailment.
- Receipt of bid award status, to inform the customer of whether bids were accepted.
- Submission of historic, and day of event, meter data, to measure baselines and confirm that the curtailment did occur.
Plant Simulator is a cloud-based application that integrates with:
- Plant Optimizer, an on-premises application.
- Accuweather, a third-party API, for historic dry bulb and wet bulb temperature data.