Description

Power Quality-From Lightning to Harmonics: Problems and Solutions

Registration Breakfast at 7:30AM

Operation of Electricity Markets – Technical and Economic Aspects

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Power System Basics – Understanding the Electric Utility Operation Inside and Out

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Distribution System – Delivering Power to the Customer

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The Grid – The Interconnected Electric Bulk Power System

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The aging power grid infrastructure and the incompatibility between today’s load characteristics and the electric power supply environment frequently give rise to poor electric power quality. This results in significant economic losses in a wide range of industries, including financial, services, health care, high tech, and process manufacturing. As an example, a decrease in the supply voltage for a fraction of a second can trip a microprocessor-based controller offline, disrupting an entire manufacturing process. This course provides a solid foundation in understanding common power quality phenomena, root causes of power quality disturbances, power quality solutions, power quality monitoring, and technical standards. Course participants will gain a fundamental understanding of the concepts, phenomena, and root causes of electric power quality, as well as insight into power quality improvements and solutions.

The course presents an overview of the functioning and operation of electricity markets and the operation of the electric power system as a whole in the context of the deregulated electricity market environment. The topics include electricity market structure and design, various categories of market auctions, electricity price formation, roles of the Independent System Operators in different market structures, transmission pricing paradigms, congestion management, transmission rights and ancillary services management. A highlight of the course is the discussion on country specific operating practices from various restructured power systems worldwide.

The focus of this course will be on providing a thorough foundation in electric power systems, planning, operations, economics and various regulatory frameworks. Basic electrical terminology will be explained in simple to understand language with regard to design, construction, operation and maintenance of power plants, substations and transmission and distribution lines. Anyone who is not a professional engineer and involved in the decision making process within the electric utility environment can benefit from attendance at this course.

Attendees will receive a thorough briefing and understanding of the issues associated with the planning, engineering, design, operation, and automation of electrical distribution systems. Long range and short range issues associated with engineering the distribution system will be explored. Distributed generation will be addressed. Overview of radial and secondary network circuits. This course is intended for those who are not familiar with the delivery of electricity to the end user.

This course is intended for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of how the interconnected electric bulk power systems in the United States or “grids,” work. This would include economists, attorneys and other non-technical professionals, as well as engineers and technically educated personnel. It should be particularly relevant for market participants, since a better understanding of the grid and how it functions will lead to more efficient use of resources and avoidance of unnecessary costs.