08:00 – 08:15
a.m. Registration and Coffee
08:15 – 08:30 a.m. Introductions, Logistics and Course Overview
08:30 – 09:50.a.m Congestion Management, A Primer - Ali Amirali; Calpine
q Basic Concepts in Power System Operations
q What is Congestion?
q Why Does it Need to be Managed?
q Congestion Management Techniques
09:50 – 10:00 a.m. Break
10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Market Design – The FERC Approach to Congestion Management - Stephen Lee; EPRI
q Incorporating Congestion Management Techniques in Market Design
q Functional Requirements of Congestion Management Tools
11:30 – 12:30 p.m Group Lunch
12:30 –02:00 p.m. Congestion Management Issues at CAISO - Lorenzo Kristov; CAISO
q How Does the ISO deal with Congestion?
q How Does Congestion affect ISO Operations?
q
Operational Tools
q
Operational Procedures
02:00 – 03:00 p.m.
Overview of Software Tools Dealing with Congestion Management - Tom Zhang, SJSU
q Tools in the Market Place
q State-of-the-art Technologies – A Review
03:00 – 03:10 p.m. Break
03:10 – 03:55 p.m. Software Demonstration 1 - Rajat Deb; LCG Consulting
03:55 – 04:40 p.m. Software Demonstration 2 - Stephen Lee; EPRI
04:40 – 05:00 p.m Final Questions, Certification, and Course Evaluation Form