[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 103 (Friday, May 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30010-30012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12851]
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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 20, 2010.
This notice establishes the agenda and procedures for the staff
technical conference to be held on June 2, 2010 and June 3, 2010, to
discuss issues related to unit commitment software. The technical
conference will be held from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (EDT) on June 2, 2010,
and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (EDT) on June 3, 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
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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 [email protected] 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, [email protected];
Tom Dautel (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and
Innovation, (202) 502-6196, [email protected].
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Agenda for AD10-12 Staff Technical Conference on Unit Commitment
Software Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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June 2, 2010
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8 a.m............................. Richard O'Neill, FERC--Welcome and
Introduction
8:20 a.m.......................... Session A--Unit Commitment Models in
ISO Markets
Andy Ott, PJM
Mark Rothleder, California ISO
Rana Mukerji, NYISO
9:25 a.m.......................... Session B--Experience, Challenges,
and Future Directions in Unit
Commitment Models
Art Cohen and Chien-Ning Yu, ABB
William Hogan, Harvard
11:40 a.m......................... Lunch
12:40 p.m......................... Boris Gisin, PowerGEM
1:50 p.m.......................... Session C--Advances in Hardware and
Software
Jeremy Bloom and John Gregory,
IBM
Alkis Vazacopoulos, FICO
3 p.m............................. Session D--New Designs and Advanced
Unit Commitment Models
Kory Hedman, Arizona State
University
Jianhui Wang, Argonne National
Laboratory
Eugene Litvinov, J. Zhao, and T.
Zheng ISO-NE
4:55 p.m.......................... Session E--Test Model Data Sets
Avnaesh Jayantilal, Areva and Jim
Waight, Siemens
Richard O'Neill and Eric Krall,
FERC
5:30 p.m.......................... Richard O'Neill, FERC--Day 1
Conclusion
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June 3, 2010
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8 a.m............................. Richard O'Neill, FERC--Day 2
Welcome
8:05 a.m.......................... Session F--Special Topics
Paul Gribik and Li Zhang, Midwest
ISO
Gary Stern, Southern California
Edison
9:25 a.m.......................... Session G--Variable Energy Resources
and Demand Resources in Unit
Commitment Models
Erik Ela, National Renewable
Energy Laboratory
Jayant Kalagnanam, IBM
Marija Ilic, Carnegie Mellon
Dhiman Chatterjee, Midwest ISO
11:55 a.m......................... Session H--Modeling Uncertainty and
Flexibility in Unit Commitment
Models
David Sun, Alstom
12:30 p.m......................... Lunch
1:20 p.m.......................... Jianhui Wang and Audun Botterud,
Argonne National Laboratory
Mohammad Shahidehpour, Illinois
Institute of Technology
Pablo Ruiz, CRA
Avnaesh Jayantilal, Areva T&D
3:50 p.m.......................... Session I--Forecasting for Market
Operations
Audun Botterud, Argonne National
Laboratory
Victor M. Zavala, Emil
Constantinescu, and Mihai
Anitescu, Argonne National
Laboratory
5 p.m............................. Richard O'Neill, FERC--Conclusion
and Next Steps
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