What's New - May 2025

Accelerate modeling with structured, ready-to-run content

No one wants to start from scratch. PLEXOS Playbooks give you a fast, confident starting point—bundling simulation-ready models, scenario configurations, pre-run solutions, and built-in tools for analysis. Each Playbook is purpose-built for a specific use case, region, or business role, so you can skip the setup and get straight to strategic decisions.

A Playbook for every kind of user

The PLEXOS Marketplace offers a growing library of Playbooks developed by Energy Exemplar, trusted partners, and leading customers. Each one is designed to solve real-world energy challenges with accuracy, clarity, and efficiency.

• For modelers: Playbooks include validated models, pre-configured sensitivities, and optional stress-testing frameworks—perfect for regional analysis, scenario exploration, or new use case development. No data wrangling required. Just open, run, and analyze.
• For planners, traders, and decision-makers: Playbooks come packaged with browser-based interfaces and Excel-friendly tools—no PLEXOS experience required. You get pre-structured workflows, built-in assumptions, and guidance tailored to your objective, from market analysis to policy compliance.

Built for the way you work—not one-size-fits-all

We don’t believe in generic templates. We believe in Playbooks designed around your workflow, data availability, and business needs. Whether you’re an experienced modeler or just need to extract actionable answers, there’s a Playbook to match your goals.

If you’re a modeler looking to go faster, we have a Playbook for that. Need to analyze a specific region? Explore market behavior? Stress test new scenarios? Playbooks for modelers provide validated, simulation-ready models built by energy market experts—so you can skip the model building and jump straight into analysis.

PLEXOS Playbook for North America – Gas

The PLEXOS Playbook for North America – Gas is a comprehensive, ready-to-run modeling toolkit that supports natural gas market analysis by integrating infrastructure data, supply-demand dynamics, and cross-sectoral insights tailored to North American energy systems.

This simulation-ready playbook includes:

• Curated gas scenarios
• Pre-run solutions
• Dedicated tools for editing
• Tailored analysis reports

Designed for users who need to simulate gas supply, transport, or pricing dynamics without the setup lift.

PLEXOS Playbook for California – IRP

The PLEXOS Playbook for California – IRP is a pre-configured modeling framework designed to streamline Integrated Resource Planning by aligning with California regulatory requirements and providing ready-to-use data, assumptions, and scenarios.

• Helps utilities meet CPUC IRP requirements with fewer manual inputs.
• Comes with regulatory-aligned scenarios and output reports
• Tailored for small and midsize California utilities
• Easily extensible to other U.S. regions

PLEXOS Playbook for Europe – Trading

The PLEXOS Playbook for Europe – Trading is a combination of advanced PLEXOS Capabilities and daily-updated calibrated datasets which allow traders to get actionable insights tailored to European energy markets, while also allowing traders to leverage their own bespoke assumptions.

Supports editable, reusable simulations across Italy, Switzerland, Spain, and Portugal.

• Covers D+1 to D+1000
• Rerun support for proprietary assumptions
• Integration with Excel Add-In and third-party data tools

PLEXOS Playbook for Europe - Gas

The PLEXOS Playbook for Europe – Gas is a simulation-ready toolkit built on the PLEXOS European Gas Dataset. It provides a comprehensive, cross-border view of gas production, infrastructure, and flow dynamics across the continent. Designed for market analysts, planners, and strategy teams, it enables faster analysis without the setup burden.

• Includes detailed modeling of gas production, LNG terminals, storage, and long-term contracts
• Covers all European countries (excluding Cyprus), plus UK, Norway, and major import flows from North Africa, Turkey, and Russia
• Represents each market as a single pricing hub with detailed interconnection modeling
• Visual dashboards and structured outputs support both short-term operations and long-term planning

PLEXOS Playbook for Europe – Hydrogen

This Playbook enables system-level modeling of the emerging European hydrogen economy. Built on the European Hydrogen Dataset, it supports scenario-based evaluation of production, transport, storage, and cross-border trade—helping users assess long-term infrastructure needs and investment potential.

• Includes hydrogen supply and demand modeling across EU27* countries, plus Great Britain, Norway, and Switzerland
• Covers electrolysis, SMR production, cross-border pipelines, liquid hydrogen shipping, and storage facilities
• Built using ENTSOG TYNDP 2022 assumptions for consistency and reliability
• Delivered with two model versions: one in real 2024 euro values and one in nominal terms with inflation adjustment