# Presentation: 551487

## U.S. Energy Collaborative Analysis Leadership CommitteeDiscussion Issues – Meeting #1 

- Ron Benioff, Karlynn Cory,
- and Gail Mosey NREL
- 1/30/07

##       Agenda & Goals

- U.S. Energy Collaborative Analysis Initiative (ECAI) Goals and Leadership Committee Roles
- ECAI Workshop #2 Preparation – Strategy and Topics
**GOAL: Select topics and identify list of invitees**
- Discuss ECAI Web Forum – Topics and Speakers
**GOAL: Select topics for next Web Forums**
- Updates on Analysis Activities
- Next Steps*    *

## Collaborative Analysis Goals

- Develop and maintain a collective multi-year vision for addressing key energy analysis issues over the next 5 years.
- Identify specific opportunities for analysis collaboration (in next 1-2 years)
- Leverage common energy analysis through a shared strategy

## The Concept

- We all have energy analysis activities
-       we are conducting & planning

- For common analysis areas, we can:
- 1) Collaborate on analysis scope
- 2) Leverage resources and capabilities
- 3) Share analysis results and  outreach

## ECAI Approach

- Identify organizations with energy analysis as a primary interest and research common analysis needs and interests
- Convene Energy Collaborative Analysis Workshop #1  (June  2006)
- Launch Ongoing Collaboration (July 2006)
- Collaborate on energy analysis activities (ongoing)
- Hold web forums to share data, methodologies (Jan 07)
- Organize and launch newsletter and website (Jan 07)
- Establish Leadership Committee, Refine Approach (Jan 07)
- Convene Energy Collaborative Analysis Workshop #2  (June 2007)

## Leadership Committee Roles

- Provide Guidance on:
- Collaborative Analysis Approach and Scope
- Workshop #2 Topics, Agenda, Participants, and Preparatory and Follow-Up Work
- Web Forums Topics and Speakers
- Communication Activities (Newsletter, website)
- Serve as Leaders for the U.S. Energy Collaborative Analysis Initiative
***Questions and Comments***

## Workshop Structure 

**Attachment #1**
- _Length_: 1.5 days?
- _Timing_: June?
- _Location_:  Washington, DC?
- _Participants:_ 50-60?  (80-90 invitees?)
- _Guest lunch speaker_: None?
- _Informal dinner on Day 1_:  Organize?
- Paid for by each participant
- _Recommended Format:_  Collaboration - share analysis data, methodologies and results
- _Cost_:  Free for all participants
- _Funding_:  DOE as lead sponsor – are others willing to provide co-funding?

## Workshop Format

***Feedback request*** – Introduce ECAI Vision to participants, or have separate session to discuss?
- Focus on **six analysis topics**
**Concurrent sessions** to hear presentations on current analysis activities and discuss potential collaboration opportunities:
- 3 presentations on energy analysis assumptions, methodology and results by participants;
- During second half of each session:
- Hold a broader discussion to identify gaps in analysis and potential improvements to existing data, information and tools
- Identify opportunities for collaborating on this topic
- Identify concrete steps and leaders for follow-on activities.

## Draft Workshop Agenda 

| Times | Plenary | Break out Groups  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Day 1, 8:30 | Plenary | Welcome – Objectives, Agenda, Simple Introductions
Review Initiative Vision and Update on Analysis Activities |
| 10:30 |  | Breakout Sessions on Workshop Topics #1 and #2
1 hour: presentations;  1 hour; discussion on collaboration opps. |
| 2:00 |  | Breakout Sessions on Workshop Topics #3 and #4 |
| 4:15 | Plenary | Present results/discussion from Topics #1-4 |
| Day 2, 8:30 |  | Breakout Sessions on Workshop Topics #5 and #6 |
| 10:45 | Plenary | Present results/discussion from Topics #5-6 |
| 11:05 | Plenary | Identify Additional Energy Analysis Topics of Importance |
| 12:00 | Plenary | Next Steps (improve sharing of info/methods) & Wrap-Up |

***Questions and Comments***

## Workshop Topics Selection Criteria

- Start with topics from first workshop
- Identify top 5 topics, based on three criteria:
- Energy analysis collaboration is _moving forward_
- Data, methodologies and results are being shared
- Identify topics with a _committed champion_
- Topics where _further collaboration_ would be beneficial to multiple organizations
- Secondary focus (i.e. one topic) on a critical energy analysis issue not yet being addressed

## Top 5 Recommended Workshop Topics

| Topic | Activity Lead & Activities |
| --- | --- |
| B.  Improve Deployment Partnerships between Industry and Government | NYSERDA, CESA; Nov. call, compiling a "guidebook" of state R&D program models, looking for federal participation |
| D.  Better Representation of Regional Technology Characterizations and Transmission Improvements in Energy Models | NREL, EIA, NETL; looking to share GIS data on coal, hydrogen and RE; improving regionality and transmission modeling in SEDS, NEMS |
| E.  Improve Impact Evaluation Tools: Economics, Environment and Security | ACEEE; Nov workshop; goal to fund a complete model inventory; paper on improving economic models for oil transition and GCC mitigation policies |
| G.  Enhance Biofuel Resource Potential and Infrastructure Analysis | DOE-EERE; Jul meeting, vetting supply curves, sharing information |
| H.  Improve Behavioral Factors in Market/Choice Models and Tools | DOE-OSc.; surveyed existing models; would like to ID best practices; identified funding |

## Other Potential New Topics

_***Recommended***__ 6__th__ Topic for Workshop_
- Impact of a **carbon-driven **energy market
- _Other Potential Topics_
- Analysis to support decisions on **federal and state policy scenarios** (e.g. RPS, RFS, etc.)
- Integrated **energy and environmental scenarios **(RE, EE penetration under various scenarios)
- Maintain accurate **energy and electricity market data**, make it publicly available
**Policy analysis tool**s on policy impacts, lessons learned and best practices
- Integrate analysis of costs and development of **new transportation technologies and infrastructure**

## Workshop Topics

- Decision on Workshop Topics

## Workshop Invitees

| Federal | State | Univ./Research Orgs. |
| --- | --- | --- |
| DOD – Army, OSD  | State Energy Offices – TX, CA, NY, IA, HI | Universities - UC Berkeley, Stanford, MIT |
| DOE –EERE, EIA, FE, OE, OS, PI, Labs  | National – NASEO, NCSL, NGA, CESA, ASERTTI, STAC, RAP  | Research - ACEEE, EPRI, RFF, etc. |
| DOI - BLM | Regional –WGA, NE Governors | National Labs - ANL, LBL, NETL, NREL, ORNL, PNNL |
| DOT – OS, OES, FHWA | State other - NARUC |  |
| EPA – OAP, OPAR, ORD, OTAQ, NCEE |  |  |
| FERC |  |  |
| HUD |  |  |
| USDA – Rural Dev., USFS |  |  |

***Your Comments***

_***Goal***_***: 90 invitees, 60 participants***
***Missing anyone?***
_***Also include***_***: private sector?  Utilities? NGOs? Other?***

## Workshop Invitees

_***Input Requests***_***:***
- Identify Experts
- (to help with session structures and speakers)
- Identify Invitee Organizations

## Web Forum Update

- _Goals_
- Assist with energy analysis collaboration on data, methodologies and tools
- Identify specific needs for info and analysis
- Identify areas for potential collaboration
- First Web Forum
- Successfully held on January 23, 2007
- _Topic_:  GIS Deployment Analysis Tools
- 19 lines connected (multiple people on some lines)
- Strong participation by Western Governor’s Assn, California Energy Commission, national laboratories and DOE (active GIS users)

## Potential Web Forum Topics

- Benefits estimation metrics (economic, environmental, E security and E savings)
- Improve regionality and transmission in electric sector modeling (SEDS, NEMS)
- Role of biofuels in transportation modeling
- Modeling of a peak oil/high penetration scenarios
- Portfolio analysis methods (impacts on R&D)
- Improvements to behavioral factor modeling
- Others?

## Input Requests:- Discussion on Topics - Select Top 2 (show of hands/voices)Recommendations for Speakers...

- Future Web Forums

## Analysis Activity Updates - 1

**Purpose:** Increase intra-organization coordination on energy data and analysis activities
**Basic Idea:** In 2 minutes or less, volunteers discuss (1) progress on ECAI analysis activity OR (2) an energy data/analysis activity ripe for collaboration
**Process:**
- 3 minutes for everyone to collect their thoughts
- 2 minutes per person to discuss:
- Activity title and one-sentence description
- Most recent activities (teleconference, workshop, etc.)
- Next steps

## Sharing and Discussion

- Analysis Activity Updates - 2

## ECAI Communication Activities

- Web site released – Jan 25, 2007
- www.nrel.gov/analysis/collab_analysis
- Newsletter released – Jan 25, 2007
- Sent to: 1st workshop participants, planning committee, leadership committee, etc.
- Others can sign up to be on mailing list
***Please review to ensure these are useful communication tools for ECAI!***
- All comments on content and structure welcome to Gail Mosey (gail_mosey@nrel.gov)

## Next Steps

- Revise ECAI Workshop #2 Approach to Reflect Leadership Committee Feedback
- Finalize workshop topics and identify potential speakers
- Finalize invitation list and issue invitations
- Draft workshop agenda
- Plan Next Web Forum – invite speakers, set date
- Second Leadership Committee Meeting (March)
- Finalize agenda, speakers and invitees for Workshop #2
- Address future web forums
- Finalize Workshop Logistics (late spring)
- Confirm attendees
- Prepare guidance for facilitators
- Finalize workshop logistics
***Your Suggestions***

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Supplemental Slides

- Supplemental Slides

## Workshop #1 Topics

**Topics from First Workshop**
- Enhance Research, Development and Deployment Portfolio Analysis Tools
- Improve Deployment Partnerships between Industry and Government
- Augment Energy Technologies and Demand Response Representation in Energy Models
- Better Representation of Regional Technology Characterizations and Transmission Constraints in Energy Models
- Improve Impact Evaluation Tools: Economic Development, Energy Security, Environmental Impacts
- Improve Policy Analysis Tools and Integration of Data and Tools at State and Federal Levels
- Enhance Biofuel Resource Potential and Infrastructure Analysis
- Improve Behavioral Factors in Market/Choice Models and Tools