| TRANSMISSION
BASICS
An overview on the basics of transmission hardware, system design, facility siting, the physics of the interconnected transmission grid and the basics of power systems.
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management, and environmental impacts; discussion of the NERC to NAERO metamorphosis and alternative reliability management paradigms. | |
| TRANSMISSION
OPERATIONS
Review of the requirements for coordination of the interconnected grid, reliability/security considerations, economy functions, and the role of the control center.
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MARKET
DESIGN AND CONGESTION MANAGEMENT
Presentation of the key aspects of designing efficient market structures, the interrelationships between markets, the role of ancillary service markets and how congestion is managed.
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TRANSMISSION SYSTEM COMPUTER SIMULATION
A hands-on demonstration of the complexities of the interconnected transmission networks, showing examples of how the system can become constrained and the impacts of mat forces on the movement of energy and vice-versa.
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Transmission Services and Transmission Pricing Explanation of how transmission service is provided, the two aspects of transmission service pricing - access and congestion - incentives for grid expansion and coverage of evolving regulatory requirements. | |
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ELECTRICITY RESTRUCTURING UP TO FERC ORDER NO. 2000 A review of how the industry got to where it is today, the unbundling of the electric industry, its new structures, and the emergence of transmission as a critically important new business.
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ELECTRICITY MARKETS AND RISK MANAGEMENT
The evolution of electricity markets from bilateral transactions to sophisticated pools, both the public and the private markets, where the markets and hubs are located, and the role of forward markets in risk mitigation.
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| ELECTRICITY
RESTRUCTURING AFTER FERC ORDER NO. 2000
The post Order No. 2000 world: the key RTO issues, and the direction that Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is seeking to drive electricity markets and RTO development; standard market design; incentive rates for transmission; FERC White Paper on Wholesale Market Platform
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BUSINESS MODELS FOR TRANSMISSION INVESTMENT AND OPERATIONS Overview of the RTO structure issues, the
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| TRANSMISSION
PLANNING AND RELIABILITY
Coverage of the principal aspects of planning, siting, asset improvement, utilization and investment and their interrelationships to cost allocation, reliability
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PANEL
DISCUSSION
A review by the School Faculty of the principal issues raised and topics covered in the presentations with the participation of the attendees.
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