SEEM taps Hartigen to build and deploy its new market platform
Hartigen has been tapped by the Southeast Energy Exchange Market (SEEM) to build and deploy the SEEM Market Platform.
Hartigen is a technology solutions company that develops and configures power market software. The company was selected through an RFP process that SEEM initiated earlier in 2021 to provide the electronic platform on which SEEM will function.
“With the selection of Hartigen, SEEM can continue moving forward building an advanced technology platform to deliver on its goals and mission by the third quarter of 2022,” Corey Sellers, general manager of Transmission Policy and Services for Southern Company, a SEEM member, said. “Hartigen is a highly qualified vendor and SEEM members are excited to work with them to develop and implement the software platform on which SEEM will function. Hartigen is well-positioned to provide continued maintenance and support for the platform into the future.”
The new SEEM platform will facilitate sub-hourly, bilateral trading, allowing participants to buy and sell power close to the time the energy is consumed, utilizing available unreserved transmission. Participation in SEEM is open to other entities that meet the appropriate requirements. Southeastern electricity customers will see cost and environmental benefits from the new platform, SEEM officials said.
“Hartigen is excited about our mission to partner with SEEM to build and operate a state-of-the-art SEEM Platform that will deliver on SEEM’s value proposition,” David Potts, president of Hartigen, said. “Hartigen’s modern technology stack, agility and configurability are in close alignment with SEEM’s core values and aspirations for the market.”
Founding members of SEEM include Associated Electric Cooperative, Dalton Utilities, Dominion Energy South Carolina, Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Energy Progress, Georgia System Operations Corporation, Georgia Transmission Corporation, LG&E and KU Energy, MEAG Power, N.C. Municipal Power Agency No. 1, North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation (NCEMC), Oglethorpe Power Corp., PowerSouth, Santee Cooper, Southern Company and TVA. The founding members represent nearly 20 entities from 11 states across two time zones. Combined, the companies serve the energy needs of more than 32 million retail customers.
