Tower at Night
EIGHTH ANNUAL CARNEGIE MELLON CONFERENCE ON THE ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY
DATA-DRIVEN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS
MONDAY – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12-14 2012

KEYNOTES:

Last updated 1/19/2012

MARIJA ILIC, CMU-ECE
RICHARD SCHULER, CORNELL
BOB HAVEMANN, SRC


    

Preliminary Program


Workshop Date: March 12, 2012, Carnegie Mellon University
Reception Date: March 12, 2012, TBA
Conference Dates: March 13 and 14, 2012, Carnegie Mellon University
Location: Carnegie Mellon University
Distance Learning Room
Hamerschlag Hall 1107, CIT/ECE


RECEPTION

A reception will be held on Monday night, March 12, 2012, which is the night before the conference begins, location to be announced.
Time: 7:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M.

March 13, 2012 Conference Day 1:  
Wind Power Integration, Data Collection: Status and Open Questions

7:30-8am  Breakfast

8-8:30am  Welcome Pradeep Khosla, CIT Dean

8:30-9am  Conference Objectives, Marija Ilic, CMU and Richard Schuler, Cornell

9-10:30am,  D1.A1 Data-Driven Sustainable Energy Systems:
                       Wind Integration: Status and Open Questions (Invited Industry Session)

Session Coordinator:  Charlie Smith, UWIG
Presenters: 
Paul McGlynn, PJM
ISO-NE (speaker TBD)
MISO  (speaker TBD)
ERCOT (speaker  TBC)
NYISO  (speaker TBD)
Southern Company (TBC)
Next Era Energy (speaker TBD)

10:30-11 am Coffee Break

11-12:30pm,  D1.A2 Data-Driven Sustainable Energy Systems:
                         Wind Integration: Status and Open Questions (Invited University Session)

Session Coordinator: Mark O’Malley, University College Dublin  (TBC)
Presenters:  To be confirmed

12:30-1:30pm  Lunch  (Lunch Speaker: Dr Krishna Kant, NSF)

1:30pm-3pm,  D1.P1  Part I—Grid Data: Collection, Communications  and Use ; Status and Open                           Questions
Session Chair: TBC
Presenters: TBC

3:-3:30pm  Coffee Break

3:30-5pm,  D1.P2 Part II—Customer Data: Collection, Communications  and Use;  Status and Open                      Questions
Session Chair: TBC
Presenters: TBC

5-5:30pm  Open Discussion on Day 1 Subjects
6- 9 pm  Graduate Students Posters, Reception and Dinner (Dinner Speaker: Leonard Hyman)

March 14, 2012 Day 2:
Implications of Data on Business and Policy; The Need for Systematic Data Use

7:30-8am Breakfast

8-9am  Richard Schuler,  Rethinking Electricity Markets,  Cornell
9-10:30am, D2.M1 Data-Driven Business Decisions and Policy Design
Session Coordinator: TBC
Presenters: TBC

10:30-11am  Coffee Break

11-12:30am, D2.M2  Data-Based Change of Operating and Planning Industry Paradigm:                         Concensus,  Cooperation, Portfolia and Minimal Coordination

Session Coordinator:  TBC
Presenters:  TBC

12:30-1:30  Lunch Break

1:30-3pm,  D2.A1  Data-Based Methods  for Sustainability
Session Coordinator:  TBC
Presenters: TBC

3-3:30pm  Coffee Break

3:30-5pm,  D2.A2  Real-Time Synchronized Data for Automated Wide-Area Control: The Key Role                      of  Fast Power Electronically Switched Control and Fast Storage

Session Coordinator:  TBC
Presenters: TBC

5-5:30  Next Steps and Adjourn

March 12, 2012
Workshop Tentative Agenda:

1-1:30pm Marija Ilic, SRC SGRC Director, Engineering IT-Enabled Sustainable Electricity Services: DYMONDS-Based Framework.

1:30-2pm Donadee, Jon and Masoud Nazari, Azores Islands Characterization: System Inputs and Electrical System.

2-2:30pm Xie, Le, Texas A&M, DYMONDS-Based Scheduling for Efficient Utilization of Available Resources: The Case of Azores Islands.

2:30-3pm Noha Abdel-Karim, Carnegie Mellon University, Multi-temporal Wind Power Forecasting Models for Operations and Planning: The Case of Azores Islands and NY Control Area.

3-3:30pm Break

3:30-4pm Nipun Popli, Carnegie Mellon University, Intra-dispatch Wind Power Following: The Case of Azores Islands.

4:-4:30pm Qixing Liu, Carnegie Mellon University, Enhanced AGC and AVC to Ensure Frequency Quality during Normal Operations: The Case of Azores Islands.

4:30-5pm Milos Cvetkovic, Power-Electronically Controlled FACTS for Transient Stabilization of Systems with Wind Power Gusts: The Case of Azores Islands.

5:-5:30pm Remco Verzijilbergh, Delft TU, The Role and Value of Electric Vehicles: The Case of Azores Islands.

5:30-6pm Marija Ilic, Carnegie Mellon University, Interactive Planning for Sustainable Electric Energy Services.

6-7pm Marija Ilic, Lessons Learned for Transforming Continental T&D System into an Enabler of Sustainable Electric Energy Services: Illustrations Using IEEE 14 bus and NPCC 36 Equivalent Systems.

References:

[1] Ilic, M., Dynamic Monitoring and Decision Systems for Enabling Sustainable Energy Services, Proc. of the IEEE, 2011, pp. 58-79.

[2] Marija Ilic, Jhi-Young Jho, Le Xie, Marija Prica, Niklas Rotering, A Decision-Making Framework and Simulator for Sustainable Energy Services, IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, vol. 2, NO. 1, January 2011, pp. 37-49.

[3] Marija Ilic and Le Xie (co-editors), Engineering IT-Enabled Electricity Services: The Case of Low-Cost Green Azores Islands, Springer Monograph (to appear, March 2012).