Workshop Announcement

Project Workshop:	Critical Operating Constraints Forecasting and Probabilistic Transmission Congestion Forecasting
Sponsored by:	The PIER Transmission Research Program and EPRI
When:	Wednesday, November 7, 2007
The Project Workshop will be held at a location near Folsom, California.  There is no cost for attending this workshop.  Please contact Virgil Rose at (650) 572-8005 if you are interested in attending the workshop.

The Transmission Research Program (TRP) is a partnership between the California Energy Commission (CEC) Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program and the University of California.  The purpose of the TRP is to research, develop and demonstrate advanced technologies for improving the electric transmission system for the public benefit of California. The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) is an independent, nonprofit center for public interest energy and environmental research, with extensive expertise in electric energy production, delivery and end-use technologies.

The goal of this Workshop is to present the results of two research projects under the TRP, performed by EPRI on the related subject of transmission operation constraints and congestion, their short term and long term forecasting. The research involves the California Independent System Operators and uses the Western Region electric power grid as the test system. The first project is called the Critical Operating Constraints Forecasting (COCF). It may be viewed as a Forward-Looking State Estimator with Decision Support. The second project is called Probabilistic Transmission Congestion Forecasting and deals with operational planning and long term transmission planning.

Attendance from electric utility operators and planners, researchers, software developers and vendors, regulators, policy makers, consumers, and non-governmental organizations are welcome.

 
Agenda:

8:00 am	Welcome and Introduction by TRP - Merwin Brown, TRP
8:30 am	Importance of Research Areas to California from the California ISO’s Perspective – Jim Detmers , CA ISO •Decision support for managing critical operating constraints with example from 2007 summer experiences •Probabilistic short term and long term transmission congestion forecasting and their implications
9:30 am	Overview of Research Objectives – Critical Operating Constraints Forecasting – Jim Cole, TRP
9:45 am	Research Results of Critical Operating Constraints Forecasting (or a Look-Ahead State Estimator with Decision Support) – by Steve Lee, EPRI
10:30 am	Break
10:45 am	Functional Specifications of Critical Operating Constraints Forecasting – by Steve Lee, EPRI
11:30 am	Discussion, Comments, Questions and Answers
12:00 pm	Lunch (provided)
1:15 pm	Synergy between COCF and Probabilistic Transmission Congestion Forecasting – by Steve Lee, EPRI
2:00 pm	Long Term Probabilistic Transmission Congestion Forecasting – Methodology and Results – by Liang Min, EPRI
2:45 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Short Term Probabilistic Transmission Congestion Forecasting – Methodology and Results – by Liang Min, EPRI
3:45 pm	Discussion, Comments, Questions and Answers
4:15 pm	Closing Comments – Merwin Brown, TRP
4:30 pm	Adjourn