The purpose of trading in any bidding environment is to maximize overall corporate profits. One part of this equation requires not only the receipt of revenue, but the receipt of all revenue due from market awards and scheduled unit operations. The ABB EIS gimsplus™ system helps to achieve this by better enabling coordination of operational activities of generation units; management of the bidding process; and management of the settlement process. The gimsplus™ system can be fully integrated with trading systems, power plant systems and accounting systems. Tom Jansen, Vice President of IT at Sithe Energies, states, “Sithe Energies sells power and does settlement in two regions now. The ABB product, gimsplus™, allows us to assure we get paid for the power we deliver by monitoring the process all month long in parallel with the ISOs and then uses the same rules to determine what we get paid.” The gimsplus™ system resolves many settlement uncertainties including: Is the data as published the same as the data as settled? What is the quality of the load and generation measurement? What is the quality of individual ISO settlement calculations? Can the settlement quantities be verified? Are performance penalties correct? Dave Felzien, ABB EIS Product Manager for gimsplus™ asserts, “gimsplus™ represents the most complete solution to all requirements needed to manage interactions for exchange markets and management of trading physical assets across all ISO markets.” For Sithe Energies, gimsplus™ is a continuation of solutions provided by ABB Energy Information Systems, including gatewayplus™ for ISO communication and tagmasterplus™ for addressing NERC tagging requirements. The unique architectural fit was considered an added benefit for Sithe Energies. Christine Wenz, Director of Applications states, “Compatibility with our other products and systems is important at Sithe. We process a lot of data at Sithe as we deal with two ISOs. The ABB gimsplus™ product integrates our generation information, aids in the preparation of the bid into the ISOs and then retrieves the schedules and settlement data back from the ISOs in a usable format.” At the onset of 2000, Sithe Energies had approximately 28,000 MW of generating capacity worldwide in operation or under development. Much of its generation in the U. S. is concentrated in competitive regional energy markets such as New York, New England and California. ABB Background: With offices in Germany, England, Australia and the United States, ABB Energy Information Systems offers software solutions for Generation, Transmission, and Energy Trading. The company is an industry leader in solutions for the new deregulated electric power industry. ABB, with U.S. headquarters in Norwalk, Conn., serves customers in automation; power transmission and distribution; oil, gas and petrochemicals; building technologies; and financial services. U.S. operations employ over 16,000 people at manufacturing and other facilities in 40 states. Worldwide, ABB Group reported revenues of $25 billion in 1999. With novel IT applications, tailored software solutions, growing eBusiness, and a fast-expanding knowledge and service base, ABB is building links to the new economy. The Group employs about 165,000 people in more than 100 countries.