UTILITY INTEGRATION TRACK / Room 19B

Session: HOW SMART GRID ENABLES DISTRIBUTED GENERATION USING RENEWABLES
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Time: 9:30 – 11:30 AM
Chair: Bill Sahnd, ABB Inc.
Co-chair: Bruce Hunt, MPR Associates Inc.

Session description: Smart grid and its technologies act as enablers for distributed generation, energy storage and plug-in electric vehicles. This session explores general case studies where renewables have been applied in distributed generation.

Combining the Elements: Packaging Solar, Wind and Water Energy Programs
John Hargrove, NV Energy

Integrated, Renewable Distributed Generation for Demand Response
David Olson, P&E Automation; Roger Weir, Alliant Tech Systems

Strategic Rationale and Emerging Business Models for Utility-Scale Investment in Distributed Renewable Energy Technologies
Jochen Hauff, Patrick Haischer and Kish Khemani, A.T. Kearney

Net Zero Neighborhood Plan
Gilbert G. Weigand, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Session: MOVING RENEWABLE ENERGY TO MARKET: UTILITY TRANSMISSION & INTEGRATION ISSUES
Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Time: 1:30 – 3:30 PM
Chair: Karl R. Rabago, Austin Energy
Co-chair: Bill Strohecker, ABB Inc.

Session description: Renewable energy deployment depends on moving energy from generators to utility customers. This session explores transmission and system integration issues including regional transmission planning, integrated RE facilities, planning tools and utility case studies.

Clearing the Transmission Pipeline for Renewable Energy
Tim Mason, Black & Veatch

Transmission Integration Methodologies to Increase Renewable Resource Penetrations while Reducing Emissions
Ronald Davis, BEW Engineering

An Integrated View of Wind and Solar Power Plants
Mark Ahlstrom and Joe Sullivan, WindLogics Inc.

Utility Investment in Renewable Generation: Challenges, Options, Risks and Opportunities
Paul Alvarez, MetaVu Inc.

Session: CASE STUDIES IN ENERGY STORAGE
Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010
Time: 8:00 – 9:30 AM
Chair: Bruce Hunt, MPR Associates Inc.
Co-chair: Karl Rabago, Austin Energy

Session Description: This paper session presents case studies in energy storage: Distributed Energy storage and peak load shifting technology storage technologies – batteries, flywheels, ultra capacitors compressed and energy storage (CAES), mobile storage technologies.

Grid-Connected Energy Storage: Increasing Energy System Efficiency and Improving Grid Reliability
Chris Hickman, Ice Energy

Commercial Applications of Electric Energy Storage: Market and Technology Overview
Sam Jaffe, Energy Insights