Document ID: FERC-2010-0759-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agenda and Procedures for the Staff Technical Conference: Improving Market and Planning Efficiency Through Improved Software
Posted Date: 2010-06-01T04:00Z

[Federal Register: June 1, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 104)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD10-12-000]

 
Improving Market and Planning Efficiency Through Improved 
Software; Notice of Agenda and Procedures for Staff Technical 
Conference

May 24, 2010.
    This notice establishes the agenda and procedures for the staff 
technical conference to be held on June 9, 2010 and June 10, 2010 to 
discuss issues related to power system expansion planning models and 
software. The technical conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 5:30 
p.m. (EDT) on June 9, 2010, and from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (EDT) on June 
10, 2010 at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, 
NE., Washington, DC 20426, in the Commission Meeting Room. All 
interested persons are invited to attend, and registration is not 
required.
    The agenda for this conference is attached. The presentations will 
be technical in nature, and approximately 20 minutes in length with 5 
to 10 minutes for questions. Equipment will be available for computer 
presentations. Presenters who wish to include comments, presentations, 
or handouts in the record for this proceeding should file their 
comments with the Commission. Comments may either be filed on paper or 
electronically via the eFiling link on the Commission's Web site at 
http://www.ferc.gov.
    A free Webcast of this event is available through http://
www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires to view this 
event can do so by navigating to http://www.ferc.gov's Calendar of 
Events and locating this event in the calendar. The event will contain 
a link to its Webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical 
support for the free Webcasts. It also offers access to this event via 
television in the DC area and via phone bridge for a fee. If you have 
any questions, visit http://www.CapitolConnection.org or call (703) 
993-3100.
    FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the 
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please 
send an e-mail to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 1-866-208-
3372 (voice) or 202-208-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with 
the required accommodations.
    For further information about this conference, please contact:
    Eric Krall (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and 
Innovation, (202) 502-6214, Eric.Krall@ferc.gov.
    Tom Dautel (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and 
Innovation, (202) 502-6196, Thomas.Dautel@ferc.gov.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.

Agenda for AD10-12 Staff Technical Conference on Planning Models and 
Software Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

    June 9, 2010

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                              June 9, 2010
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8 a.m........................  Richard O'Neill, FERC--Welcome and
                                Introduction.
                               Session A: Current Approaches to
                                Planning.
8:20 a.m.....................  Henry Chao, NYISO.
                               Brad Nickell, Western Electricity
                                Coordinating Council.
                               John Lawhorn, Midwest ISO.
                               Steve Herling, PJM.
                               Lisa Barton, American Electric Power.
                               Kip Sikes, Idaho Power and Northern Tier
                                Transmission Group.
11:30 a.m....................  Session B: Existing Planning Model
                                Software.
                               Jinxiang Zhu, ABB.
                               Devin Van Zandt, GE.
12:30 p.m....................  Lunch.
1:30 p.m.....................  Norm Richardson, Ventyx.
                               John Condren, PowerGEM.
2:45 p.m.....................  Session C: Computational Approaches.
                               Jean-Paul Watson, Sandia National
                                Laboratory.
                               Robert Bixby, Gurobi Optimization.
3:45 p.m.....................  Session D: Special Topics in Planning
                                Models.
                               Bryan Palmintier, Massachusetts Institute
                                of Technology.
                               Marija Ilic, Carnegie Mellon.
                               Feng Zhao, ISO-NE.
5:30 p.m.....................  Richard O'Neill, FERC--Day 1 Conclusion.
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                              June 10, 2010
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8 a.m........................  Richard O'Neill, FERC--Day 2 Welcome.
8:05 a.m.....................  Session E: Variable Energy Resources in
                                Planning Models.
                               Walter Short, National Renewable Energy
                                Laboratory.
                               Loren Toole, Los Alamos National
                                Laboratory.
                               Vladimir Koritarov, Argonne National
                                Laboratory.
11:30 a.m....................  Lunch.
12:30 p.m....................  Ross Guttromson, Pacific Northwest
                                National Laboratory.
1 p.m........................  Session F: Current Approaches to
                                Planning.
                               Gaurav Karandikar, Eastern
                                Interconnection Reliability Assessment
                                Group.
                               (ERAG)--Multiregional Modeling Working
                                Group (MMWG).
1:30 p.m.....................  Session G: Special Topics in Planning
                                Models.
                               Alex Rudkevich, Charles River Associates.
                               Vladimir Koritarov, Argonne National
                                Laboratory.
                               Sarah Ryan, Iowa State University.
                               Stephen S. Miller, Commonwealth
                                Associates Inc.
                               Ira Shavel, Barclay Gibbs, and Ralph
                                Luciani, Charles River Associates.

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4:30 p.m.....................  Richard O'Neill, FERC--Conclusion and
                                Next Steps.
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