Planning artifact
The visible diagram shows the capstone's data flow from assumptions and hourly grid conditions to portfolio economics.
Pablo Zavala · AI Safety Evaluation · Research Engineering
DemFlex: ERCOT Demand-Response Planning Tool
A Streamlit planning tool for ERCOT demand response. It compares thermostat, solar, and battery portfolios hour by hour through benefit-cost cash-flow analysis.
Hour-by-hour cashflow model with thermostat, solar, and battery portfolio search
The public artifact shows the function flow; full capstone materials are private.
Role: Capstone builder: data flow, impact model, optimization search, and Streamlit interface.
How to Inspect This Work
Modeling claim
The tool compares thermostat, solar, and battery options through hour-by-hour benefit-cost cash-flow analysis.
Access limit
Detailed capstone materials are private, so this project is labeled as request-only evidence rather than a public benchmark.
Case Study
Problem
Demand-response programs need economic evidence, not just engineering potential, before planners can compare portfolios.
Setup
DemFlex focuses on ERCOT and models thermostat, solar, and battery options against hourly grid and price conditions.
Method
The Streamlit tool runs hour-by-hour benefit-cost cash-flow analysis and uses Optuna to search candidate portfolios.
Result
The capstone produces a planning workflow that compares portfolio economics under explicit assumptions.
Limitation
The full capstone materials are not public on the site, so the page presents the pipeline and offers detailed materials by request.
Evidence
The displayed function-flow diagram comes from internal capstone materials.
Key Outcomes
- Hour-by-hour benefit-cost cashflow analysis for the ERCOT grid
- Optuna-driven portfolio search over thermostat, solar, and battery options
Methods
- Benefit-cost cashflow analysis
- Optuna portfolio search
- Streamlit