PSPI

 

IEEE PES Power System Planning & Implementation Committee

 

·         Mission statement

The Power System Planning & Implementation Committee investigates issues relating to forecasting, decision-making, finance, economics, and environment as applied to planning and justification of new generation, transmission, distribution, and customer-side programs and policies, and engineering applied methods and practices required to assure systems are implemented as projected.  It also initiates and coordinates studies, symposia, panel discussions and tutorials related to the subjects.

 

·         The Committee operates through five Working Groups

o        Energy Supply – Chair: Jian Yang, ISO New England

o        Transmission – Chair: Paola Bresesti, CESI

o        Distribution – Chair: Richard Brown, KEMA T&D Consulting

o        Asset Management – Chair: Gerard Cliteur, KEMA T&D Consulting

o        Customer Services – Chair: Hahn Tram, Enspiria Solutions

 

·         Minutes of recent meetings

 

o        June 9, 2004, Denver

o        July 16, 2003, Toronto

o        July 23, 2002, Chicago

 

·         Issues being investigated

o        Energy Supply – Resource Adequacy including pros and cons of the ICAP and LICAP market designs, Any other (better) alternatives, Challenges and open concerns including regulatory, demand side and technical difficulties, Market Simulation Programs.

 

o        Transmission – transmission planning, including impact of equipment aging, “major event” planning, infrastructure security, locational uncertainties due to IPPs and new generation resources, impact of wind power on power system dynamics, risk, incremental losses and transmission service tariff.

 

o        Distribution – Project prioritization, Role of risk, Role of asset management, Budgeting, planning and the feedback from operations to improve upon planning and budgeting, Use of automation technologies (e.g., substation automation, distribution automation)

 

o        Asset Management – Condition-based maintenance and its data requirements, or equipment failure rate modeling for various devices.

 

o        Customer Services – Demand Response and the use of BPLC

 

·         Committee roster and WG affiliations