Electronic
Tagging Portal Suite (ETPS)
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The Electronic Tagging Portal Suite
(ETPS) enables all entities (Control Area Operators,
Purchasing/Selling Entities, and Transmission Providers)
involved in energy delivery transactions to create,
verify, approve, and manage transactions electronically,
using the Internet as its platform. The E-Tagging
Portal Suite includes three components: e-Agent,
e-Authority and e-Approval, and is designed in compliance
with the North American Electric Reliability Council
(NERC) Electronic Tagging specifications.
e-Agent
- NERC
1.8 Compliant functionality including:
- Create/Submit Tags
- Correct Tags
- Adjust Energy and
Allocation Profiles
- Print Fax forms
- Receive Tags, Corrections,
Adjustments, and Notifications from Tag Authorities
- Keep
Tags in “Hold” Status
for Later Submission
- Create Tag Templates
to Speed Later Tag Submissions
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e-Approval
- NERC 1.8
Compliant functionality including:
- Receive Tags
for Evaluation
- Receive and Automatically
Incorporates Tag Corrections
- Receive Profile
Adjustments for Evaluation
- Receive Notifications
From Tag Authorities
- Respond to Tag
Creation and Adjustment Requests
- Send Reliability
Limit Profile Adjustments
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e-Authority
- Supports Override
Capabilities
- Allows Manual
Entry of Faxed Tags
- NERC 1.8 Compliant
functionality including
- Receive and
Store Tags, Tag Corrections, and Profile
Adjustments
- Manage Approvals
and Denials
- Notify other
Entities of Changes
- Allows re-sends
of Missed messages
- Print Fax forms
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Automatic Tag creation
The ETPS software supports integration
with your scheduling system to allow for automatic
tag creation, thereby streamlining the process, avoiding
double entries and potential errors. With our e-Link API
we provide an XML framework that enables you to seamlessly
integrate back-office systems by deploying business
adapters.
E-Tags vs Schedule
One big difference between an E-Tag
and a schedule is ownership. An E-Tag is owned
by the authority service for the load control
area. All changes to the E-Tag are made by that
service, and it is the source of record for any
information about the E-Tag.
A schedule, on the other hand, is owned by the entity that is managing it.
It may or may not be associated with one or several E-Tags. It can be changed
independently of the E-Tag, because it represents what is supposed to happen
in the local electrical system. Also, Schedules exist whenever electricity
is being transmitted. E-Tags exist only when there is a need to communicate
interchange information between parties. In other words, a scheduling system
will contain information about all of the business that is being done by an
electric industry entity. A tagging system will contain some subset of that
information.
It is very useful to have
a scheduling system tightly integrated with
a tagging system, as SoftSmiths has done with
its e-Merchant and e-Wheel applications, because
tagging is a critical communication mechanism.
However, companies should avoid treating a
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Performance
With an on-site solution you have
access 24 hours/day, even if your external network
connection is down. Because it connects at internal
network speeds, an on-site installation will outperform
an on-line service.
Scalable
ETPS provides virtually limitless
scalability to accommodate increasing transaction
volumes. See below a press release about one of our
customers, Bonneville Power Administration Transmission
Business Line.
Unmatched User Interface
The User Interface has been laid
out based on the requirements, practices and processes
of business users and therefore is highly intuitive
to operate.
Deployment
SoftSmiths is able to offer a turn-key
solution by providing both the software as well as
the computer hardware, installed and configured at
its premises for shipment and fast-track deployment
at your facility.
ETPS
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