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Imbalance Cashout & Settlement Disputes
Reconciles each settlement run against expected volumes and prices, traces cashout exposure to forecast error, and lists disputable volumes.
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The Challenge
Imbalance charges get paid as they land because checking a run by hand costs more than most disputes recover. Metered volumes, notifications and settlement files arrive in different formats on each run.
How It Works
- Reads half-hourly metered volumes, notifications, settlement run files and imbalance prices.
- Matches each charged volume to the expected one and attributes the gap to its forecast cause.
- Gives the settlements analyst a ranked dispute list before the reconciliation window closes.
What It Removes
- Hand-checking settlement runs line by line
- Writing off small unexplained cashout charges
- Rebuilding forecast error analysis each month
Input Data RequirementsHalf-hourly metered volumes, physical notifications, settlement run files, imbalance and cashout prices, generation and demand forecasts, trades
Output FormatPer-run reconciliation with a ranked disputable volume list, a forecast error attribution report, and a rolling cashout exposure trend by portfolio
“We pay the cashout because reconciling the run costs more in analyst days than the dispute is worth”