Assuring Reliability, Network Operations and Transmission Expansion
October 27-28, 2004 - Hyatt Regency, Fisherman's Wharf - San Francisco, CA
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Don't miss this conference covering all the relevant issues related to transmission reliability: transmission planning and investment, regulatory issues and hindrances, transmission maintenance and operation, technology solutions, and information processing!!!

Topics Include:

• Transmission Business Environment
• Long-Term Transmission Rights in an LMP Market
• Transmission Expansion and Incentives
• Transmission Planning
• Fundamentals of Transmission Planning and Investment in Restructured Electricity Markets
• Bridging the Gap Between Transmission Planning and Transmission Investments
• Fallout from 2003 Northeast Blackout
• Evolution of the Regional Planning Process
• Transmission Pricing for ITCs
• Market Responsive Transmission Infrastructure - The ERCOT Experience
• Transmission Investment
• LMP, Participant Funding and Optimal Expansion
• Transmission Rights
• Path 15 - A New Model for Transmission Investment
• Transmission System Reliability
• High Reliability/Low Cost - What Will It Take to Get Enough Transmission for Both?
• Real-Time Business Integration to Improve Asset Management and Reliability
• Transmission Reliability: A West Perspective
• Reliability Enhancements at the Midwest ISO
• Technologies To The Rescue
• Increasing Power Flow in Transmission Circuits
• Sagging Line Mitigator: Technology to Increase Line Reliability, Safety, and Performance
• The Coming Revolution in Power Grid Materials: Battling Gridlock with Power Electronics and High Temperature Superconductors

Speakers and Workshop Instructors Include:

Dariush Shirmohammadi, Chief Consultant, Shir Power Engineering Consultants
Laurence Kirsch, Senior Consultant, Christensen Associates
Al Statman, Executive VP & General Counsel, Trans-Elect, Inc.
Mike Calviou, VP Regulation & Commercial, US Transmission, National Grid
Charles W. Jenkins, VP, TXU Electric Delivery
Robert Camfield, VP, Christensen Associates
Paul Gribik, Director-FTRs, Midwest ISO
Bob Mitchell, President, New Transmission Ventures
Rana Mukerji, VP, ABB
Jim Detmers, VP, Grid Operations & Acting COO, California ISO
William Whitehead, GM, Transmission & Interconnection Planning, PJM Interconnection
Roberta Brown, Sr. VP, Conectiv
Jim McHan, Team Lead-Technical Support, Western Area Power Administration
Ali Vojdani, President, Utility Integration Solutions, Inc.
Manuchehr Shirmohamadi, Principal, Material Integrity Solutions, Inc.
Chifong Thomas, Senior Transmission Engineer, PG&E
John B. Howe, VP, Electric Industry Affairs, American Superconductor
William C. Phillips, VP -Operations, Midwest ISO
Ram Adapa, Project Leader, Increased Power Flow, Power Delivery and Markets, EPRI
Mingxia Zhang, Principal Economist/Transmission Planning Specialist, CAISO

Pre-Conference and Post-Conference Workshops

Pre-Conference - Determining Economic Benefits of Transmission Expansion Plans - Tuesday, October 26

Post-Conference - Transmission Planning and Investment - A Long Overdue Solution - Friday, October 29

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