North America's gas market is under pressure. AI datacenter demand growth, electrification, LNG exports, emissions policies, and extreme weather are reshaping the supply-demand landscape. Meanwhile, traditional planning tools are slow, fragmented, and struggle to deliver the transparency regulators demand.
The stakes are high: procurement risk, infrastructure investment, long-term planning, and operational reliability. Planners, regulators, and commercial teams all need to ask more complex questions and get credible, traceable answers fast.
This is not the time to rely on old assumptions. When price volatility hits weekly and regulators expect scenario-backed evidence, you need solutions that are ready now.
That’s why teams are turning to PLEXOS® Gas.
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The gas system across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico is interconnected, volatile, and evolving rapidly:
These forces demand more than curve-fitting forecasts. They require scenario-driven models that reflect the physical and economic behavior of the gas system.
PLEXOS® is a simulation platform trusted by energy decision-makers worldwide to model, forecast, and optimize complex systems. It provides a unified environment to:
When the accuracy of a forecast affects billions in capital or customer rates, PLEXOS® is the platform decision-makers rely on.
In North America’s gas landscape, this capability isn’t theoretical; it’s essential. PLEXOS® isn’t just powering national planning models; it’s enabling hands-on analysis of how gas contracts, infrastructure, and market behavior intersect across timeframes. From regulators preparing for IRPs to procurement teams navigating LNG volatility, PLEXOS® adapts to real use cases. Here’s how teams are applying it in practice.
Model and operate a gas portfolio, contracts, pipeline entitlements, storage, across seasons and stress conditions. With PLEXOS®, portfolio optimization allows teams to:
Plan and operate across:
Use cases include seasonal procurement, hedging strategy, and market exposure assessment.
Fundamental market simulation models the physical behavior of gas markets based on infrastructure, demand, supply, and policy, not just statistical trends. It reflects how prices form, and flows respond under real-world conditions like congestion, storage dynamics, and cross-border activity.
In PLEXOS®, this means simulating:
It enables planners and regulators to build credible long-term outlooks, test infrastructure feasibility, and support defensible regulatory filings grounded in transparent system logic.
Analyze and explain:
Build credible forecasts that support filings, procurement, and planning.
PLEXOS® delivers what gas planners need through integrated solutions designed to support fast, defensible decisions across planning, procurement, and regulation.
A web-based forecasting service:
Delivered via dashboard, API, or CSV, no setup required
Editable scenario templates:
Ideal for IRPs, regulatory filings, and internal alignment across stakeholders.
A Simulation Ready Dataset covering:
Editable and integrated into both PLEXOS® Insights and PLEXOS® Playbooks for consistency.
Gas planning isn’t about guesswork. It’s about clear, defensible logic
PLEXOS® Gas equips teams with the tools to:
As scrutiny grows and timeframes shrink, teams need a platform that delivers clarity at pace. PLEXOS® Gas does just that, and it's trusted globally to do it right.