Patent Document ID: 20030023466
Application ID: 09916548
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A decision support system for use in supporting business units including electricity energy production operations, electricity energy contract sales, management, and supplies, said system comprising: a contract valuation model for determining a value of existing and potential electrical energy contracts; a financial position management model for supporting purchases and sales of energy related financial instruments; a potential action valuation model for providing a value of potential short term electrical energy sales opportunities; a forecasting and planning model for providing forecasts of commodity prices utilized by said contract valuation model and said financial position model; a risk management model to provide risk tolerance factors for utilizing said forecasts; a supply chain optimizer model for optimizing supply routing and schedules; and a data delivery engine for supplying data to said contract valuation model, said financial position management model, said potential action valuation model, said forecasting and planning model, said risk management model, and said supply chain optimizer model.