Category: New Release

PowerShark EQR Update – Release 1.6

PowerShark EQR Update – Release 1.6

PowerShark EQR Release 1.6 Available Now

Links Technology Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PowerShark EQR Release 1.6. Beyond the addition of new features and performance gains, this software update aligns PowerShark EQR with FERC EQR releases 3.6 through 3.8. The release is freely available to existing customers at no additional cost. Upgrade today to gain all these benefits.

New Features

  • Users may configure which validations run and which don’t
  • Enabled checkbox filtering in all tables/grids

FERC Compliance

Validations

  • Validation performance is greatly improved
  • Many new and improved validations

Tables/Grids

  • Auto Filter Row has been removed from all tables/grids

Performance

  • Data validations run much more quickly
  • Bulk Updates run faster
  • And more

Additional Enhancements and Updates in These Areas

  • Bulk Update Tools
  • Transactions
  • Transaction Batches
  • UI/UX

If you have any questions or need assistance upgrading, contact Links Technology’s helpful, knowledgeable, and friendly PowerShark EQR Support team.

Since its initial release in August 2013, PowerShark EQR has been adopted by many utilities who were looking for a simple yet powerful and affordable FERC EQR solution. Today, many companies across the country are running PowerShark EQR as an Enterprise solution or as a Hosted solution in our SSAE 16 SOC II certified data center.

If you haven’t seen PowerShark EQR in action or it’s been a while since you last saw a demo, then maybe it’s time you took another look at our product and see what many are saying is the most complete and affordable EQR solution available! Please contact Bob VanValkenburg at sales@powersharkeqr.com or call 847-252-7286 to schedule a demo or free trial of PowerShark EQR today!

PowerShark EQR Update – Release 1.5

PowerShark EQR Update – Release 1.5

PowerShark EQR Release 1.5 Available Now

Links Technology Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PowerShark EQR Release 1.5. This software update provides improved software and database performance. The release is freely available to existing customers at no additional cost. Upgrade today to gain all of these benefits.

Performance

  • Importing data, especially Transactions, runs much more quickly.
  • Validations run more quickly.
  • Navigating around the PowerShark EQR client is snapper, especially in the Transactions module.

Validations

  • C011: Adjusted wording of validation message for clarity.
  • C012: Changed to FAIL; no longer a WARNING.
  • F901: Now calculates Transaction duration correctly when a Transaction begins on one day and ends on another.
  • F907: Consistently validates price between -1 and 1 when validating Transactions and Transaction Batches.
  • T908: Now accurately aligned with FERC’s F.25.25 validation. Also adjusted wording of validation message for clarity.

Since its initial release in August 2013, PowerShark EQR has been adopted by many utilities who were looking for a simple yet powerful and affordable FERC EQR solution. Today, many companies across the country are running PowerShark EQR as an Enterprise solution or as a Hosted solution in our SSAE 16 SOC II certified data center.

If you haven’t seen PowerShark EQR in action or it’s been a while since you last saw a demo, then maybe it’s time you took another look at our product and see what many are saying is the most complete and affordable EQR solution available! Please contact Bob VanValkenburg at sales@powersharkeqr.com or call 847-252-7286 to schedule a demo or free trial of PowerShark EQR today!

PowerShark EQR Releases 1.3.3 and 1.4.2 Available Now

Links Technology Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PowerShark EQR Releases 1.3.3 and 1.4.2. These software updates are provided to synchronize PowerShark EQR with FERC’s 2016 EQR activities. The releases are freely available to existing customers at no additional cost. Upgrade today to gain all of these benefits.

FERC Compliance

  1. Add new valid Increment Name (data dictionary field 28) values.
    • “5” – five-minute
    • “15” – fifteen-minute
  2. Add “PRIMARY FREQUENCY RESPONSE” as valid Contract Product Name (data dictionary field 31).
  3. Add “PRIMARY FREQUENCY RESPONSE” as valid Transaction Product Name (data dictionary field 63).
  4. Remove no-longer-valid Time Zone (data dictionary field 56) values.
    • “NA” – Not Applicable
    • “UT” – Universal Time
  5. Synchronize PowerShark EQR’s Balancing Authorities and Hubs with FERC’s list provided at ferc.gov/docs-filing/eqr/allowable-entries.xls.

Enterprise customers…

  • If you are already running Release 1.3.x or 1.4.x, you need only run the PowerShark EQR Database Installer to upgrade your current PowerShark EQR database.
  • If you are running Release 1.2.x or prior, log into the PowerShark EQR website and consult the upgrade guides.

Hosted customers…

  • If you are already running Release 1.3.x or 1.4.x, you don’t need to do anything. Links Technology will take care of upgrading your PowerShark EQR database.
  • If you are running Release 1.2.x or prior, the upgrade includes an updated desktop client application. Please contact PowerShark EQR Support to initiate the upgrade process.

If you have any questions or need assistance upgrading, contact Links Technology’s helpful, knowledgeable, and friendly PowerShark EQR Support team.

PowerShark EQR Update – Release 1.4.1

Links Technology Solutions, Inc. is pleased to announce the immediate availability of PowerShark EQR Release 1.4.1. This software release is freely available to existing customers at no additional cost.

This is a FERC compliance release to align PowerShark EQR with updated Balancing Authorities posted by FERC at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/eqr/allowable-entries.xls on March 31, 2016. Starting with Q1 2016 EQRs, the following Balancing Authority is valid:

  • CEN: Centro Nacional de Control de Energia

Enterprise customers…

  • If you are already running Release 1.4, you need only run the PowerShark EQR Database Installer to upgrade your current PowerShark EQR database.
  • If you are running Release 1.3.x or prior, log into the PowerShark EQR website and consult the upgrade guides.

Hosted customers…

  • If you are already running Release 1.4, you don’t need to do anything. Links Technology will take care of upgrading your PowerShark EQR database.
  • If you are running Release 1.3.x or prior, the upgrade includes an updated desktop client application. Please contact PowerShark EQR Support to initiate the upgrade process.

If you have any questions or need assistance upgrading, contact Links Technology’s helpful, knowledgeable, and friendly PowerShark EQR Support team.