Patent Document ID: 9558250
Application ID: 12830011
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system, comprising: a processor; and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, the memory having stored therein computer-executable instructions, comprising: a plurality of scheduler engines having respective different look-ahead time periods and respective different time intervals for scheduling within the respective different look-ahead time periods to control generation of electrical power in a power grid, wherein the plurality of schedule engines are configured to generate respective schedules of dispatching of resources for the generation of electrical power in the power grid for the respective different look-ahead time periods and the respective different time intervals; a decision support tool, coupled to the plurality of scheduler engines, configured to: generate a comprehensive schedule from the respective schedules, wherein the comprehensive schedule comprises a plurality of time intervals for dispatching the resources for the generation of electrical power in the power grid; execute the comprehensive schedule to dispatch the resources for the generation of electrical power in the power grid; gather operational data from the execution of the comprehensive schedule; perform an after-the-fact analysis of the operational data from the execution of the comprehensive schedule against at least one reference use-case scenario against respective actual costs of the execution of the comprehensive schedule over the plurality of time intervals, comprising for each reference use-case scenario: simulate respective impact factors of a plurality of distinct impact factors in the reference use-case scenario for each time interval of the comprehensive schedule to identify impact factors that produce respective additional costs over a reference use-case scenario cost associated with the reference use-case scenario for the time interval that contributed to a difference between the reference use-case scenario cost and an actual cost of the execution of the comprehensive schedule during the time interval; and display, on a display device, a graph comprising: a first curve representing the reference use-case scenario costs over the plurality of time intervals of the comprehensive schedule, a second curve representing the actual costs over the plurality of time intervals of the comprehensive schedule, and respective curves for each of the identified impact factors representing the respective additional costs over the plurality of time intervals of the comprehensive schedule, wherein one curve associated with an identified impact factor indicates an additional cost over the reference use-case scenario cost and each of other curves associated with identified impact factors indicate another additional cost over another distinct impact factor; and update the comprehensive schedule based upon the after-the-fact analysis resulting in an updated comprehensive schedule; and a general control application configured to control dispatch of the resources for the generation of electrical power in the power grid according to the updated comprehensive schedule.