Tennessee Valley Authority, Procurement, 1101 Market Street, Chattanooga, TN 37402

70 -- ENERGY MARKETING SOFTWARE SYSTEM(S) DUE 070298 POC Edward E. Lawrence REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: The Tennessee Valley Authority is requesting information on a system or systems to provide information services for energy marketing/trading, risk management, transmission, and accounting business functions and associated training, implementation, and support services for the system(s). If a proposed system does not provide all the request services, it must provide means to share or transfer data to other system(s). The software should be a commercially available packaged program and currently operational in a minimum of 3 utilities or power marketing organizations. The desired software product should directly support or provide a means to conduct the following: 1. Energy marketing/trading Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly trading Controls to implement trading policies Standard and future products (forward sales/purchases, call and puts) OASIS reservations, confirmation, inquiries, etc. NERC tag generation, receipt, management, etc. Contract administration Operational and ad-hoc reporting Audit trails for operational activities Dual tracking and confirmation: Finance and trading Interface to accounting (sharing of data) Interface to risk management (sharing of data) Interface with TVA's energy management system (currently a Harris mainframe) 2. Risk management Portfolio management (physical/financial tracking, realized/unrealized gains/losses, net positions, etc.) VAR analysis Sensitivity analysis Operational and ad-hoc reporting Interface with marketing/trading operations (sharing of data) Audit trails for operational activity 3. Transmission OASIS inquiries, updates, etc. Contract management NERC tag receipt, management, etc. Interface with TVA's energy management system Transmission service schedule management (prioritization, curtailment, etc.) Interface to accounting (sharing of data) Controls to implement transmission policies 4. Accounting Customer account settlement Management of customer and account history Controls to implement accounting policies Interface to trading (sharing of data) Interface to transmission (sharing of data) Interface to TVA's accounts receivable/payable system In addition to the above, the system should provide audit trails for operational activities, user and group based security for system and data, fault tolerant operation (7x24), and ad-hoc reporting capabilities. Vendor services concerning system implementation, training, and other support will also be requested. Interested vendors should respond with a brief product(s) description, best estimated costs, and information concerning the company, years experience, similar contracts, and financial reports. The vendor shall identify all proprietary information. All responses to this REQUEST FOR INFORMATION need to be received by July 2nd 1998 at the following address: Edward Lawrence, Contract Manager Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, WR 3H-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801 (0163)

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