2008 EMS Users Conference
DRAFT AGENDA
Atlanta, Georgia
Sunday, September 7, 2008 - Wednesday, September 10, 200
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| Sunday Sept 7 |
19:00 - 21:00 |
Welcome Reception Hospitality Suite |
| Monday Sept 8 |
07:00 – 08:00 |
Continental Breakfast & Registration |
08:00 – 08:15 |
Welcome and Conference Review |
08:15 – 08:45 |
Keynote - – Raleigh Nobles, VP of System Operations,
GSOC-Georgia Systems Operations Corporation |
08:45 – 09:30 |
PEPCO EMS Replacement Project
Manley Higgins, PEPCO/PHi
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09:30 – 10:15 |
PJM EMS Upgrade: Adventures in SOA, CIM, and Virtualization
John Baranowski, PJM Interconnection, L. L. C.
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10:15 – 10:30 |
Break |
10:30 – 11:15 |
NYISO Market System Evolution - Brian Hurysz, NYISO |
11:15 – 12:00 |
State Estimator for CAISO Market – Relevance and Readiness
Dr. Soumen Ghosh, CAISO |
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12:00 – 13:00 |
Lunch |
13:00 – 13:45 |
CIM and System Integration
Curtis Crews, ERCOT and Margaret Goodrich, Project Consultants |
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13:45 – 14:30 |
Human Factors of Visualization Theory vs. Operator Needs
Steve Hedden, ComEd/Excelon |
14:30 – 14:45 |
Break |
14:45 – 15:30 | DTS Implementation Experience – Tom Chambers, Minnesota Power |
15:30 – 16:15 | EMS Front End Processor Diversification – FEP Architecture and Technology at First Energy – Rick Murphy, First Energy |
16:15 – 16:25 | EMS User Conference Board and Committee Introductions |
16:25 – 16:45 | Vendor Introductions |
17:00 - 21:00 |
Vendor Demos (Hors d'oeuvres and bar served until 19:00) |
| Tuesday Sept 9 |
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07:00 - 08:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
08:00 – 08:45 | NERC CIP Compliance and Control Center Remodeling – SDG&E Experience and Impact to Grid Operations - Mike Espinoza, SDG&E |
08:45 – 09:30 | Managing the NERC Regulatory Landscape - Banjamin Church, FPL Energy and Tobias Whitney, Burns & McDonnell |
09:30 – 09:45 |
Break |
09:45 – 10:30 | Austin Energy's Renewable Energy and Demand Side Management
Reza Alaghehband, Austin Energy |
10:30 – 11:15 | Smart Grid – Andy Bordine, Consumers Energy and Mark Knight, KEMA |
11:15 – 11:55 | Panel Discussion and Roundtable – Open to all questions and topics |
11:55 – 12:00 |
Closing Remarks and Meeting Adjourned |
12:00 – 13:00 |
Lunch |
13:15 – 17:00 |
Concurrent sessions (Tour and Training)
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Tour: GSOC Control Center Tour |
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Training: Overview and Application of IEC TC57 Standards: CIM, GID, IEC 61850, and ICCP-TASE.2 – by Ralph Mackiewicz, SISCO, Inc. |
| Wednesday Sept 10 |
07:00 – 08:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
08:15 – 12:00 |
Concurrent sessions (Tour and Training)
Tour: GSOC Control Center Tour
Training: Overview and Application of IEC TC57 Standards: CIM, GID, IEC 61850, and ICCP-TASE.2 – by Ralph Mackiewicz, SISCO, Inc.
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Detailed Description:
PEPCO EMS Replacement Project
In the spring of 2007, PHI embarked on a project to move to a common EMS platform for all of its operating regions. At the time, PHI had two different vendors EMS’s, one for Pepco, and one for ACE/DPL. To provide for the needs for PHI blueprint for the future initiative and to gain the efficiencies of a common platform in maintenance, training, and support, PHI initiated a procurement process to obtain bids to replace both EMS systems.
The PHI EMS’s include two EMS instances, each with a dedicated back up control center system. The systems include the typical SCADA, Power System Applications, and user interfaces to monitor and control the PHI power system grid as part of the PJM operating region.
PHI selected the EMS vendor after a through evaluation of the offerings of the two existing EMS vendors for PHI. PHI is in the process of implementing a multi-phase project to replace the Pepco EMS first, followed by an upgrade to the current version EMS for ACE/DPL.
PHI plans to complete the Pepco phase of the project by December 2009 to enable compliance with the NERC CIP standards. The ACE/DPL phase of the project is scheduled for completion in December 2010.
NYISO Market System Evolution
An overview of NYISO's market will be provided including description of systems that implement those markets. Evolution of systems over time to meet the demands of customers and changing markets will be discussed. NYISO's system architecture will be described along with future state architecture vision.
State Estimator for CAISO Market– Relevance and Readiness
The relevance of the State Estimator (SE) solution used in real time operations and the availability and performance criteria used to determine SE’s readiness for the applications for market operations at California ISO (CAISO) are discussed. In order to enhance the performance of the SE, CAISO updated the SE algorithm from the Fast Decoupled (FD) method to the Orthogonal method. The detailed comparisons of the SE performance based on the two methods are also discussed. While the SE solutions continue to be used by traditional EMS applications at CAISO, this presentation focuses on SE solutions used by the new applications in real time i.e., CAISO Nodal LMP Real Time Market. The approach used to transfer the Real Time SE solution to the applications, using the XML data format, is also discussed.
ComEd Human Factors of Visualization Theory vs. Operator Needs
ComEd has participated in an industry study and developed several “Visualization” enhancements in the Transmission Control Center since August 14, 2003. We have solicited feedback from our operator’s as much as possible. The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the modeling from a human factors viewpoint versus a survey of our operations personnel.
DTS Implementation Experience
A Dispatcher Training Simulator (DTS) has been implemented and in use at Minnesota Power since early 2006. The presentation focuses on the implementation process, post-implementation maintenance/upgrades, staffing and supporting projects. Finally, a case study is presented showing a real example of a scenario used in MISO’s Annual Restoration/Blackstart Drill.
SDG&E NERC CIP Compliance and SDG&E Control Room Remodel
With the Goal of Substantial Compliance behind us, we begin the task of implementing projects and plans to become Compliant by June 2009. This goal must be completed to successfully make Auditable Compliance by June 2010. Our goals include maintaining data, documents, documentation, logs and records. To accomplish these tasks a series of processes must be tracked or implemented across the organization. Some of the lessons learned include identifying the responsible business units and the need to openly communicate with Human Resources, General Counsel, Legal, Corporate IT, Corporate Security, Regulatory and Internal Auditing.
SDG&E Control Room remodel has been completed and includes a new Mapboard, Operator Consoles, Video Wall and heads up displays. One of the unique features is a Situation Room. The room is designed as an overflow area for the occasional system emergencies. Operator input was utilized to develop the design and create the finished product.
Smart Grid
This presentation will take a look at what Consumers Energy is focusing on for the early stages of Smart Grid Enablement during their AMI pilot phase. The focus will be on how these building blocks will interact with other systems from a communications standpoint and what this means for the EMS environment. We will also take a look at where the industry as a whole is headed in this area.
Training: Overview and Application of IEC TC57 Standards: CIM, GID, IEC 61850, and ICCP-TASE.2
This session will provide a basic technical overview of IEC TC57 standards, illustrate how they complement each other, where they overlap, and describe some of the potential applications. The standards involved will include IEC 60870-6 TASE.2 (ICCP), IEC 61850 (Substation Automation), IEC 61968 (CIM), IEC 61970 (CIM and GID), and IEC 62351 (Security).
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