Emerging Issues with U.S. RTOs/ISOs

This webinar discusses three emerging issues with U.S. RTOs/ISOs:  generation interconnection reforms, transmission planning, and RTO/ISO responses to Federal and State clean energy policies. After a short review of the roles and responsibilities of RTOs/ISOs, each issue is examined in detail, starting with the underlying problem and its technical, economic, and regulatory genesis, and current responses by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and RTOs/ISOs. Each of these topics has important implications for project development, operations, and revenues.

In-depth Introduction to Electricity Markets covers the engineering, economic, regulatory and business aspects of U.S. wholesale and retail electricity markets in an integrated and comprehensive manner. It stresses understanding key concepts in an intuitive and accessible manner supported with numerical calculations and data.   Sessions are independent & can be attended separately.

Transmission Planning in the U.S.

Transmission planning is a long-standing challenge and its difficulties are being magnified by the rapid changes occurring in the electric power industry. This webinar delves into the myriad of causes and considers various solutions. Implications for generation development and operations are highlighted.

Market Power Monitoring & Mitigation

Market power and manipulation continue to be major issues in U.S. electricity markets. This webinar discusses the definitions of market power and market manipulation, its impact on the efficiency of electricity markets, ways, sellers and buyers of electricity exercise market power and manipulate markets, and current U.S. federal and RTO/ISO policies. 

Capacity Markets & Resource Adequacy with Increasing Renewables & Energy Storage

Resource adequacy is a fundamental component of power system reliability. It also serves as the modeling foundation for wholesale capacity markets. Severe weather and intermittent PV solar and wind resources, and the expansion of energy storage are challenging this modeling foundation and therefore definition and operation of capacity markets. This webinar explains how capacity markets work, how resource adequacy modeling is conducted, and how the changes in the power sector are affecting both. Business and public policy implications are also considered.

Fundamentals of Power System Optimization

The power system and wholesale electricity markets are organized around a sequence of optimization problems starting with economic dispatch, unity commitment, resource adequacy/capacity markets, and transmission planning. This webinar introduces optimization as a tool and way of thinking and how it is applied in electricity markets. Financial trading and business implications are discussed.

In-Depth Introduction to Electricity Markets

In-depth Introduction to Electricity Markets covers the engineering, economic, regulatory and business aspects of U.S. wholesale and retail electricity markets in an integrated and comprehensive manner. It stresses understanding key concepts in an intuitive and accessible manner supported with numerical calculations and data.  Sessions are independent & can be attended separately.