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Navigating SPP Markets+ with Confidence—Achieving Operational Certainty in an Emerging Market
Your Markets+ Bid-to-bill Readiness Engine
PowerCore™ is designed for complex wholesale power markets like SPP Markets+, unifying every workflow into a single, purpose-built, bid-to-bill platform.
Unlike shared-schema systems, PowerCore uses dedicated Markets+ environments where rules are isolated, fully validated before release, and never tested on customer data—eliminating manual reconciliation, fragile system stitching, and beta risk while providing full charge-level traceability.
Front Office
- Automated bidding, scheduling, tagging, and validation
- Real-time visibility into awards, dispatch, congestion, and uplift
- Faster reaction to forecast, outage, and constraint changes
- Reduced reliance on ISO portals and manual submissions
▶ Results:Cleaner execution, fewer errors, and stronger market performance
Middle Office
- Unified exposure across SPP Markets+, bilateral contracts, and power purchase agreements (PPAs)
- Real-time profit and loss, congestion, and uplift attribution
- Pre-settlement and “what-if” analysis for decision support
- Automatic rule updates reduce compliance and modeling risk
▶ Results:Better position management and fewer financial surprises
Back Office
- Automated shadow settlements and charge validation
- Transparent transmission and uplift allocations
- Contract and PPA billing handled in one system
- Full audit trails and simplified dispute workflows
▶ Results:Faster close cycles, reduced audit risk, and accelerated time-to-cash
Yes Energy has extensive experience with SPP, supporting nearly 200 customers since the RTO’s inception. PowerCore is live with close to 50 customers in western electricity markets, automating high-volume ISO settlements, complex transmission invoices, multi-cost allocations, and intricate PPA and bilateral billing workflows. Markets+ may be new—but PowerCore’s ability to operationalize complex markets is proven.
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Explore SPP Markets+ Resources
While many energy organizations are still determining which developing day-ahead and real-time market to join, our team has been documenting the journey. Discover the history and potential impacts of these western energy markets.
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SPP Markets+ Is Entering Its Execution Phase—Here’s What That Means
SPP Markets+ Is Entering Its Execution Phase—Here’s What That Means
Recently, SPP released a wave of Markets+ documentation, including technical APIs
11 Questions to Ask Your SPP Markets+ Vendor
11 Questions to Ask Your SPP Markets+ Vendor
These questions can help you determine whether a prospective software vendor can support your participation in SPP’s Markets+
PowerCore Advances in SPP Markets+
PowerCore Advances in SPP Markets+
Major market participant has selected PowerCore to support SPP Markets+ participation ahead of launch
The Future of SPP Markets+
Overview of how SPP Markets+ is structured and what it means for Western market participants
Why PowerCore Was Chosen for SPP Markets+
Why PowerCore Was Chosen for SPP Markets+
How a market participant evaluated bid-to-bill solutions ahead of Markets+ launch
BPA's Role
Bonneville Power Administration’s Role in EDAM and Markets+
Why BPA’s participation matters for western market coordination
Make SPP Markets+ Cost-positive from Day One
Our Bid-to-bill Solutions
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PowerCore™
PowerCore serves as an advanced power market bidding, scheduling, and settlements tool with ETRM, contract management, e-Tagging, and analytics capabilities.
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EnCompass™
EnCompass helps you produce market price forecasts, analyze generation and transmission development, and make informed decisions in Markets+.
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Demand Forecasts
Demand Forecasts enable you to make the most informed decisions possible when buying and selling in Markets+.
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