PRELIMINARY AGENDA for Electricity Transmission Conference
| DAY 2 |
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2004 |
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8:30 a.m. |
Summary of Issues from Day 1 |
| Lester Lave, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University | |
8:45 a.m. |
Current Electricity Transmission Issues: The National Market Monitoring Perspective |
| Bill Hederman, FERC, Washington DC | |
9:15 a.m. |
Discussion |
9:25 a.m. |
Introduction to Technical Sessions |
Marija Ilic, Depts. of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Engineering & Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University |
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9:30 a.m. |
PLENARY 1 |
Moderator: Sarosh Talukdar, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., Carnegie Mellon |
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A Criticality Approach to Monitoring Cascading Failure Risk and Failure Propagation in Transmission Systems |
| Ian Dobson, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin; | |
| Benjamin A. Carreras, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; | |
| David E. Newman, Physics Dept., University of Alaska | |
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The Impact of Various Upgrade Strategies on the Long-Term Dynamics and Robustness of the Transmission Grid |
| D. E. Newman, Physics Dept., University of Alaska; | |
| B. A. Carreras and V. E. Lynch, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; | |
| Ian Dobson, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univ. of Wisconsin | |
| Cascading Failures in Pseudo-Dynamic Models of Power Systems | |
| Huaiwei Liao, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon; | |
| Jay Apt, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon; | |
| Sarosh Talukdar, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon | |
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10:45 a.m. |
BREAK |
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11 a.m. |
PARALLEL SESSIONS 1 |
| These sessions occur concurrently; choose A, B, or C. | |
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11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. |
1.A. TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF T&D 1 |
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Finding Occam's Razor: Selecting Business Processes and Technology Investments for Grid and Market Operability |
| Brian Bowers, Raytheon | |
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Distributed Intelligent Power Networks - A New Concept for Improving T&D System Utilization and Performance |
| Deepak Divan, Dept. of ECE, Georgia Institute of Technology | |
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Demand Response as a Substitute for Electric Power System Infrastructure Investments |
Jason Black, Engineering Systems Division, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| The Key to Resolving Transmission Gridlock: The Case for Implementing Power Electronics Control Technologies | |
| Gregory Reed, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc., Warrendale, PA; | |
| John Paserba, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc., Warrendale, PA; | |
| Peter Salavantis, Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Washington, DC | |
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11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. |
1.B. TRANSMISSION PRICING |
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Pricing Transmission Congestions in Electric Power Networks |
| Chan S. Park, Industrial & Systems Engineering Dept., Auburn University | |
| Jorge Valenzuela, Industrial & Systems Engineering, Auburn University | |
| Mark Halpin, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Auburn University | |
| A Third Way of Managing and Incenting a Growing Electric Power Supply and Delivery System | |
| Steven T. Lee, Technical Executive, Power Delivery and Markets, EPRI | |
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Coordination for Managing Economies of Scope in the Changing Electric Power Industry |
Marija Ilic, Depts. of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Engineering & Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University; |
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| Zayra Romo, Engineering and Public Policy Dept., Carnegie Mellon University | |
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11 a.m-12:30 p.m. |
1.C. T&D POLICY ISSUES |
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Competing Industry Visions |
| Jay Morrison, NRECA | |
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Reliability @ RiskSM: A New Paradigm for Assessing Reliability |
| Ralph Masiello, John Spare, Al Roark, Sam Brattini, KEMA | |
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Electric Network Reliability as a Public Good: Refining the Analysis |
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L. Kiesling, Economics Dept., Northwestern University; |
M. Giberson, Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, George Mason University |
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12:30 p.m. |
LUNCH |
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1:30 p.m. |
PARALLEL SESSIONS 2 |
| These sessions occur concurrently; choose A, B, or C. | |
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1:30-3 p.m. |
2.A. Technical Aspects of T&D 2 |
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Power Control Center Applications Using Highly Available Distributed RAM (HADRAM) |
| Damian Cieslicki, Computer Engineering, Santa Clara University | |
| Thomas J. E. Schwarz, Computer Engineering, Santa Clara University | |
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Control Approach for Self-Healing Power Systems: A Conceptual Overview |
| Khosrow Moslehi and A. B. Ranjit Kumar, ABB, Inc. | |
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Flexible Windowing Approach for Real-Time Simulation of Electricity Prices |
Edgar L. Moreno-Goytia, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico de Morelia, Mexico; |
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Guillermo Gutierrez-Alcaraz, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico de Morelia, Mexico; |
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Jose H. Tovar-Hernandez, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico de Morelia, Mexico |
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Distributed Model Predictive Control for Electric Grids |
| Paul Hines, Engineering and Public Policy Dept., Carnegie Mellon | |
| Dong Jia, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., Carnegie Mellon | |
| Sarosh Talukdar, Electrical and Computer Engineering , Carnegie Mellon | |
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1:30-3 p.m. |
2.B. T&D Financial Alternatives |
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Completing the Market Design |
| Howard Illian, President, Energy Mark, Inc., Chicago | |
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Justifications for Transmission Investment in the Market |
| Haibin Sun, Georgia Tech. University and GE Energy Intern; | |
| Mark Sanford, GE Energy | |
| Louie Powell, GE Energy | |
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Operational Planning Constrained by Financial Requirements |
| Guillermo Gutierrez-Alcaraz, Gerald B. Sheble, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., Iowa State University | |
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1:30-3 p.m. |
2.C. T&D International Experiences |
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Transmission Allocation Cost Methodologies: Experiences in Latin American Electricity Markets |
Jose H. Tovar-Hernandez, Electrical Engineering Dept., Instituto Tecnologico de Morelia, Mexico |
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Guillermo Gutierrez-Alcaraz, Electrical Engineering Dept., Instituto Tecnologico de Morelia, Mexico |
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Edgar L. Moreno-Goytia, Electrical Engineering Dept., Instituto Tecnologico de Morelia, Mexico |
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Interconnections of Transmission Networks in Southeast Asia: A Preliminary Assessment for Thailand |
Somboon Nuchprayoon, Electrical Engineering Dept., Chiang Mai University, Thailand |
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Summary of the California ISO Transmission Economics Evaluation Methodology |
Ben Hobbs, Depts. of Geography & Environmental Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, Johns Hopkins University |
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3 p.m. |
BREAK |
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3:15 p.m. |
PLENARY 2 |
| Moderator: Paul Kleindorfer, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania | |
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Cluster Computing: A Tool for Looking before Leaping |
Presenter 1: Jim Thorp, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Head, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
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Learning about Power Markets in the Laboratory |
| Presenter 2: Tim Mount, Applied Economics & Management, Cornell University | |
| Robert Thomas, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept., Cornell University | |
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Transmission Pricing and Performance-Based Regulation |
| Presenter 3: Ingo Vogelsang, Economics Dept., Boston University | |
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4:45 p.m. |
Closing Remarks |
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5 p.m. |
Adjourn |