[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 117 (Friday, June 18, 2010)]
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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
June 10, 2010.
This notice establishes the agenda and procedures for the staff
technical conference to be held on June 23 and June 24, 2010 to discuss
issues related to enhanced optimal power flow models and software. The
technical conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. e.d.t. on June
23, 2010, and from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. e.d.t. on June 24, 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 the session times shown on the agenda
include approximately 10 minutes for questions or discussion after each
presentation. 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 [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:
Tom Dautel (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and
Innovation, (202) 502-6196, [email protected].
Eric Krall (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and
Innovation, (202) 502-6214, [email protected].
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Agenda for AD10-12 Staff Technical Conference on Enhanced Power Flow
Models
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
9 a.m. Welcome and introduction,
Richard O'Neill, FERC.
9:20 a.m. Session A.
Rick Gonzales, New York ISO, Voltage and Reactive Management.
Slava Maslennikov, ISO New England, Enhancement of Dispatch by
Utilization of Adaptive Transmission Rates.
10:30 a.m. Break.
10:45 a.m. Session B.
Andy Ott, PJM, Development of Enhanced Generation/Demand Response
Control Algorithm.
Vladimir Brandwajn and Show Chang, ABB, Optimal Power Flow in
Energy Markets: Current Practices and Future Directions.
Noon Lunch.
1:15 p.m. Session C.
David Sun, Alstom, Challenges with Practical Usage of Large-Scale
Optimal Power Flow.
Herminio Pinto, Nexant, AC Optimal Power Flow for Day-Ahead
Reactive Planning.
2:25 p.m. Break.
2:40 p.m. Session D.
Marija Ilic, Carnegie Mellon University and NETSS, Inc., Jeffrey
Lang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NETSSWorks Software: An
Extended AC Optimal Power Flow (AC XOPF) for Managing Available System
Resources.
3:40 p.m. Break.
3:50 p.m. Session E.
Malcolm Metcalfe, Sempa Power Systems, Low-Cost Fast Regulation
with Load-Based Regulation Services Network.
Franz Franchetti, Carnegie Mellon University, Trends in High-
Performance Computing for Power Grid Applications.
5 p.m. Day 1 Conclusion,
Richard O'Neill, FERC.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
9 a.m. Day 2 Welcome,
Richard O'Neill, FERC.
9:20 a.m. Session F.
Marija Ilic, Carnegie Mellon University and NETSS, Inc., AC Optimal
Power Flow and Smart Grids.
Cong Liu, Argonne National Laboratory, Large-Scale Power Grid
Simulation.
10:30 a.m. Break.
10:45 a.m. Session G.
Sven Leyffer, Argonne National Laboratory, AC Networks and Mixed-
Discrete Global Optimization.
Srinivas Musunuri, AREVA T&D, Enhanced LP-Based Optimal Power Flow
for Transmission Operations.
Noon Lunch.
1:15 p.m. Session H.
Ray Zimmerman, Cornell University, SuperOPF Framework.
Sandy Aivaliotis, The Valley Group, Dynamic Line Ratings.
2:25 p.m. Break.
2:40 p.m. Session I.
Herminio Pinto, Nexant, Security-Constrained Economic Dispatch with
Post-Contingency Corrective Actions.
3:15 p.m. Day 2 Conclusion,
Richard O'Neill, FERC.
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