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Since 1987, more than 75% of all generating companies reporting to NERC and NYISO have used the GADS data collection and reporting software our software developers created, equating to approximately 1,050 users and 155 companies reporting GADS data on more than 1,700 generating units. With GADS NxL, our developers have raised the bar and taken GADS software tools to the next level. We guarantee that you will not find a more comprehensive or user-friendly GADS software suite anywhere.

"The new software is AWESOME!  Really a time-saver," remarked a first-time user from Calpine.

Using the most current industry-standard Microsoft® Visual Basic.NET, ASP.NET, and C#.NET languages and software development tools with the corporate standard database management systems of Microsoft Access, Microsoft SQL Server™ 7/2000, and Oracle 8i/9i enables our software to provide reliable and scalable solutions regardless of current or future operating systems—including the 64-bit Windows operating systems.

Each software application ships on a single installation CD and includes a complete printed manual:

  • GADS NxL Data Entry

    GADS NxL Data Entry allows you to collect and report validated GADS performance data and event data (including outage, derating, non-curtailing, and reserve shutdown events) in standard formats required by NERC GADS and all major ISOs.

    GADS data is collected for all major generating unit components—such as the boiler, nuclear reactor, heat recovery steam generator (HRSG), combustion turbine/jet engine, steam turbine, and generator—and other plant systems, subsystems, and components.

  • GADS NxL Analysis & Reporting

    GADS NxL Analysis & Reporting allows you to calculate industry-standard performance measures for reliability, availability, and maintainability (RAM) assessments and key performance indicators (KPIs) using the GADS data for your generating units as the basis for those calculations.

    Measures of generating unit performance—such as Availability Factor (AF), Equivalent Availability Factor (EAF), Forced Outage Rate (FOR), Equivalent Forced Outage Rate (EFOR), and Starting Reliability—have been defined, recorded, and utilized by the electric power industry for more than 50 years.

    Analysis & Reporting not only calculates these important standard measures, but also includes measures such as the Equivalent Demand Forced Outage Rate (EFORd) used in UCAP/ICAP calculations that have been developed to respond to the deregulated capacity and energy markets.

Recommended Implementation

GADS NxL can be installed as either a Windows- or Web-based client application from the same installation CD. You can install just one or both of these implementations depending on your company's individual needs:

NERC Releases New Cause Codes and Changes to GADS Reporting – Effective January 1, 2006

NERC Releases New Cause Codes and Changes to GADS Reporting that Went Into Effect January 1, 2004