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
· 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