Fuel Demand Management for Power Generation – SEC | 2025
- Challenge
- Fuel consumption calculations varied across plants, leading to inconsistent and manual reporting
- Difficulty in meeting Energy Conversion Agreement (ECA) and Saudi Electricity Code requirements
- Limited transparency between SEC and SPPC on fuel demand, conversion efficiency, and billing
- Older power plants lacked digital metering, performance charts, and integrated fuel analytics
- AIGC Solution
- Deployed a standardized Fuel Demand Management (FDM) system across SEC power plants
- Automated fuel consumption calculations aligned with ECA and regulatory standards
- Integrated plant-level PI systems with a centralized FDM platform at SEC data center
- Enabled secure, auditable fuel data flow for SPPC online review
- Introduced digital metering, performance dashboards, and unified reporting across plants
- Realized Value
- Accurate, automated, and auditable fuel billing across SEC fleet
- Single, reliable source of fuel demand and efficiency data
- Improved transparency and trust between SEC and SPPC
- Reduced manual effort and reporting inconsistencies
- Extended digital fuel management capabilities to older generation assets