Market Monitor for Generators (MMg)

Overview

Market Monitor for Generators is a lightweight monitoring solution designed to quantify the financial impact of curtailment on a generator. It gives owners real-time visibility into revenue losses caused by not being able to inject available power into the grid. This tool serves as a low-effort starting point for generators to evaluate whether deploying a Dynamic Contingency Manager (DCM) would unlock substantial financial upside.

By tracking active power and available active power at the generator level, the Market Monitor provides a real-time dashboard with historical breakdowns of curtailed energy, estimated revenue loss, and pricing forecasts at the generator’s node. Its goal is to help operators realize how much revenue is being left on the table — and whether that curtailment can be monetized or mitigated through control solutions like DCM or co-located battery systems.

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Required Inputs

Real-Time Input Attributes

For the generator

Attribute	Description	Required?	Example
active_power	Real-time power being injected into the grid (in MW)	Yes	43.2
available_active_power	Real-time available generation capacity (in MW)	Yes	58.7

Metadata Requirements

For the generator

Metadata	Description	Required?	Example
technology_type	Wind, Solar, Hydro, etc	Yes	"wind"
installed_power	Size of the power plant in MW	Yes	222

For the bus

Metadata	Description	Required?	Example
node_id	Key of the node in the market where the generator is located	Yes	"BR5LKT4"
nominal_voltage	Substation voltage	Yes	120

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Features

• Real-time estimated revenue loss from curtailment

• Historical revenue loss grouped by:

  • Hour

  • Day

  • Week

  • Month

  • Year

• Curtailment analysis across multiple timeframes

• Price forecast at the generator’s market node

• Real-time and historical curtailment visualization

• Intuitive dashboard to support business case for deploying DCM

• Optional API export of curtailment and revenue data

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Control Capabilities

This solution is monitoring-only. It does not issue control commands but is designed to build the case for enabling control via Splight’s DCM or BESS optimization solutions.

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Operating Constraints

• Accuracy of the features depends on:

  • Market price data quality in the particular country

  • Correct mapping between generator and pricing node

• Does not consider ancillary market services or PPA constraints

• Limited to real-time and historical analysis; no direct dispatch integration

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Deployment Notes

• No hardware or on-site installation required

• Can be deployed in <72 hours with proper input telemetry

• Can be used as a standalone UI or embedded in existing Splight dashboards

• Requires integration with market pricing data (Splight provides this)

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Support

For setup guidance or integration questions, reach out to your Implementation Manager or email [email protected].

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