Technical Workshop Presentations

Presentations from the Technical Workshop conducted on March 25-26, 2009.

Day 1 – Wednesday, March 25, 2009

DOE Welcome/Purpose of Workshop

•  David Meyer (119 KB), Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE-OE)

Session 1 – Historic Congestion in the Western Interconnection

•  Wally Gibson (37 KB), Manager, System Analysis and Generation, Northwest Power and Conservation Council, and Co Chair, Transmission Expansion Policy and Planning Committee, Western Electric Coordinating Council
•  Dean Perry (931 KB), Consultant, Western Electricity Coordinating Council
•  Kurt Granat (817 KB), Principal Transmission Planning Consultant, PacifiCorp
•  Bob Smith (806 KB), Director, Energy Delivery Asset Management and Planning, Arizona Public Service

Session 2 – Historic Congestion in the Eastern Interconnection

•  Jagjit Singh (383 KB), VP/Director, Open Access Technology International, Inc.
•  Farrokh Rahimi (884 KB), VP/Director, Open Access Technology International, Inc.
•  Jim Busbin (599 KB), Supervisor, Bulk Power, Southern Company Transmission, and Chair, North American Electric Reliability Corporation Interchange Distribution Calculator Working Group
•  Mike Walsh (232 KB), Senior Director–UDS, EMS, Compliance, and Training, Midwest ISO
•  Steve Herling (604 KB), Vice President, Planning, PJM Interconnection, LLC

Session 3 – Studies of Future Congestion in the Western Interconnection

•  Scott Cauchois (127 KB), Co-Chair, Transmission Expansion Policy and Planning Committee, and Board Member, Western Electricity Coordinating Council
•  Brad Nickell (1.2 MB), Renewable Integration & Planning Director, Western Electricity Coordinating Council
•  Rob Kondziolka (1.1 MB), Manager, Transmission Planning, Salt River Project
•  Doug Larson (729 KB), Executive Director, Western Interstate Energy Board

Day 2 – Thursday, March 26, 2009

Session 4 – Studies of Future Congestion in the Eastern Interconnection

•  John Lawhorn (746 KB), Director, Midwest ISO
•  John Buechler (703 KB), Executive Regulatory Policy Advisor, New York ISO
•  Ron Carlsen (642 KB – updated version posted March 26, 2009), Planning Manager, Southern Company Transmission
•  David Till (149 KB), Senior Manager, Transmission Planning, Tennessee Valley Authority

Session 5 – Status Report on DOE 2009 Congestion Study

•  David Meyer (179 KB), Senior Policy Advisor, DOE-OE