[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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