Ancillary Services Conference
January 19-20, 2005 - Brown Palace Hotel - Denver, CO
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As more and more regions in North America open wholesale markets to competition, the importance of ancillary services is increasingly recognized. These services, generally provided by the same generators that produce the competitive energy product, are vital for both commerce and reliability.

This conference will cover New England, New York, PJM, ERCOT, and Alberta markets and provide key details on the engineering, economic, market, and policy issues associated with ancillary services. Join a host of top experts in exploring all aspects of this emerging field!!!

Topics Include:

• Current Operations and Challenges
• Ancillary Service Markets in the PJM RTO
• New York ISO - Real Time Scheduling of Ancillary Service Markets
• Ancillary Services in the Midwest ISO Energy Markets
• Controlling the ERCOT Interconnection with Competitive Ancillary Services
• The New Ancillary Service Markets of ISO-NE
• Guiding the Ancillary Services Markets Transition to Regional Procurement
• Pricing and Costing Ancillary Services
• Common Trends in the Development of Competitive Ancillary Service Markets
• Metrics For Individuals' Regulation Consumption With Examples Of Steel, Wind, and Other Loads
• Special Challenges of Valuing Ancillary Services in a Hydro System
• Engineering Issues, Infrastructure & Communications
• Integration of Resources into Ancillary Services Procurement Plans
• Loads and/or Storage As Suppliers of Regulation
• Generation Reserve Sharing: Comparison of Largest-Hazard Basis with Percentage of Demand Basis
• Loads as Ancillary Services: Experiences, Technical Potential, and Future Perspectives
• Cost Effective Frequency Regulation Using Energy Recycling and Flywheel Energy Storage Systems

Speakers and Workshop Instructors Include:

Bradley Kranz, Manager-Committee Support Department, New York ISO (Conference Chairman)
Erik Paulson, Manager-Market Development, PJM Interconnection
Mike Robinson, Manager-Market Development, Midwest ISO
Sam Jones, Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer, ERCOT
Mario DePillis, Economist-Market Development, New England ISO
Chris McLean, Market Monitoring Analyst for Ancillary Services-Department of Market Analysis, California ISO
Scott Harvey, Principal, LECG, Inc.
Brendan Kirby, Power Systems Research Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Angela DeClerck, Electrical Engineer, Transmission & Reserve Services Business Support Lead, BPA
Lynn Aspaas, Public Utilities Specialist-Reserve Services Marketer, BPA
James Stanton, Director of Market Design-Midwest Power Region, Calpine
Steve Beuning, Director-Market Operations, Xcel Energy
Michael Kintner-Meyer, Energy Science and Technology Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Matthew L. Lazarewicz, VP & Chief Technical Officer, Beacon Power Corp.
Dmitri Perekhodtsev, Senior Economist, LECG, LLC

Choose A Pre-Conference or Post-Conference Workshop

Pre-Conference - Ancillary Services 101 - January 19

Post-Conference - Market Based Pricing for Ancillary Services - January 21