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Ottawa
EPS2003 Program:
Thursday,
November 13, 2003:
(Field Visit Program)
13:40
- 16:30
·
Free Field Visit only for Symposium Attendees
To the
Institute for
National Measurement Standards’ High-Voltage Laboratory and
National Research Council’s Cogeneration Facility.
Registration:
Due to the security
reasons, a prior registration is required
for the
Field Visit to NRC/INMS.
To
register please click at
Registration.
Location: The meeting point will be at NRC, 1200 Montreal Road,
Ottawa, in front of the building M-50, at 1:40 p.m. Visitors parking is
free.
To view
and print the
Field Visit Program, please click here (Visit
Program)
Friday,
November 14, 2003:
(Symposium Program)
8:00
·
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:45 ·
Opening
Statement
(The
Organizing Committee Co-Chairs,
The
Electrical Power Symposium 2003)
(objectives, program overview, IEE/IEEE promo, house announcements)
9:00 ·
Chairperson’s Statement
(Carl
Kropp,
Power Engineering Society-PES/Ottawa, IEEE)
9:05
·
Keynote Presentation:
Our Changing Industry
(Colin
Clark, P. Eng., President & CEO of Great Lakes Power Limited; Senior
Vice-President, Generation Brascan Power Corporation)
History of electricity supply in North America, long-term trends, Cyclicity,
What have been the key drivers in shaping our industry, Where are we
today?
9:40 ·
Strategic Drivers (Norm
Fraser, Vice-President, Network Planning and Operations, Hydro
Ottawa)
Incentives for improving the supply/demand balance: stewardship, cost,
security of supply, environment, forced; Economic & Regulatory drivers,
Impact on Quality of Service.
10:10 ·
Networking and Refreshment Break
10:30
·
Climate Change Drivers and
Technologies
(Graham Campbell,
Director
General, Office of Energy R&D
Natural Resources Canada)
Environmental Considerations, Domestic and international pressures,
Status of clean energy technologies, Government initiatives, Implications
for fossil fueled generation, Emission credits trading, Climate Change
Action Fund.
11:00
·
Supply and Demand in
Ontario
(Guy
Springgay,
Senior Market Relations
Consultant, The Independent Electricity Market
Operator-IMO)
Behavior of the Ontario Market since opening, Net power
imports/exports, Mix and status of large generation, How forecasting is
done, Ontario Supply and demand forecasts.
11:30 ·
Unleashing the
Potential of Distributed Generation in Ontario and Canada (Mike
Gerbis, President , Delphi Group)
Gas, diesel, solar, wind, hydro, fuel cell, biomass; Co-generation &
district heating/cooling, comparative costs, availability and potential
contribution.
12:00
·
Morning Plenary discussion
(led by Chairperson)
12:20
·
Luncheon for Speakers and Delegates
13:20 ·
Special Presentation: 14 August 2003 –
Part I: Voltage Collapse and the Blackout (Larry
Rousse,
Operating Manager,
Network Operating Division, Hydro One)
What was the sequence of events that led to the blackout of 14th August
2003? Why do such events happen, and what steps are taken to prevent their
occurrence? What are voltage collapse, islanding, power swings, frequency
excursions and cascading line trips?
Part II:
Blackout Start and the
Restoration
(Guy
Springgay,
Senior Market Relations
Consultant, The Independent Electricity Market
Operator-IMO)
How was the power system in Ontario restored? Why can’t it
simply be switched on? What are black start and line energization? Why
were we asked to reduce consumption for a week afterwards? What caused the
delay in restoring nuclear generating capacity?
14:20 ·
Demand Side Management
(Glenn
Mooney,
Manager, Commercial AccountsEnergy Ottawa)
Trends in load, load composition, potential for load reduction, energy
efficiency, energy storage, energy management, emerging technologies and
incentives.
14:50 ·
Networking and Refreshment Break
3:10 ·
Energy Efficiency
(John Cockburn,
Chief, Standards and Labeling, Office of
Energy Efficiency Natural Resources
Canada)
The Government of Canada Efforts to improve Energy Efficiency of
products used in the residential, commercial, industrial sectors ,in
order to reduce emissions of greenhouse gas and help meet Canada's
commitment to Kyoto protocol.
15:40
·
Facing Past Debts and
Future Costs (Paul
McKay, Author and Journalist)
Combined unpaid and current debts and liabilities relating to
the former Ontario Hydro, OPG, Hydro One,
the OEFC, and Treasury
exceed $40 billion. Capital costs to replace 15,000 MW of aging coal and
nuclear power plants will exceed $25 billion.
16:10
·
Living with Renewable Energy
(Bill Kemp, Vice-President Powerbase
Automation Systems Inc.)
Generation, storage and efficiency, cost-effectiveness, legal and
regulatory barriers, management and monitoring, experiences.
16:40 ·
Afternoon Plenary discussion
(led
by Chairperson)
17:00
·
Closing Remarks
To view
and print the
Symposium Program, please click here (Symposium
Program)
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