Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Announcing Speakers for Wind & Transmission Workshop

AWEA and CanWEA
Wind & Transmission Workshop
What Every Utility, Wind Developer and Manufacturer Needs to Know
March 18 - 19, 2008
Detroit, Michigan

The Wind & Transmission Workshop is less than 4 weeks away! Please note that the early registration deadline is upon us. Register now, by Monday, February 26th, to save $50! To register, go to:
www.awea.org/events/transmission08/registration.html

Transmission is the most significant long term barrier to continued wind power expansion and it presents significant challenges for developers in the US and Canada. This workshop will explore how the wind industry and transmission entities can make better use of existing transmission capacity, work through the logjams in interconnection queues, comply with reliability rules, and expand transmission capacity. Additionally, the workshop will focus on practical actions that are being taken in states and provinces in both Canada and the US.

Program Co-Chairs

Canada: David Jacobson, Interconnections & Grid Supply Planning Engineer, Manitoba Hydro

U.S.: Don Furman, Senior Vice President / Thermal Generation and Power Origination, PPM Energy, Inc

Workshop Presenters
Bruce H. Bailey, President/CEO, AWS Truewind, LLC
Laura Beane
, Market Structure Manager, PPM Energy Inc.
Jim Blatchford, Senior Policy Issues Representative, California ISO
Larry Eisenstat, Partner, Dickstein Shapiro LLP
Don Furman, Senior Vice President, Thermal Generation and Power Origination, PPM Energy, Inc
Robert Garvin, Vice President- Regulatory Affairs, FPL Energy LLC
Mark Graham, Director Supply and Interconnection, Hydro One
David Jacobson, Interconnections & Grid Supply Planning Engineer, Manitoba Hydro
John Kehler, Senior Technical Specialist, Alberta Electric System Operator
Heath Knakmuhs, Director of Federal Affairs, American Transmission Company
Eric Laverty, Senior Manager, Transmission Access Planning, Midwest ISO
Sophie Paquette, Engineer, Hydro-Quebec (Trans-Energie)
George Porter, New Brunswick System Operator
Kevin Porter, Senior Analyst, Exeter Associates, Inc.
Hal Romanowitz, President, Oak Creek Energy Systems, Inc.
Kristine Schmidt, Director- Transmission Business Development, Xcel Energy, Inc.
Rick Sergel, President and CEO, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)
Charlie Smith, Executive Director, Utility Wind Integration Group
Beth Soholt, Director, Wind on the Wires
Marc Spitzer, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Bill Strongman, Director, Alberta Electric System Operator
Chris Taylor, Director Project Management, Horizon Wind Energy
Joe Welch, CEO, International Transmission Company, LLC
Evan Wilcox, American Electric Power
Bob Zavadil, Vice President & Principal Consultant, EnerNex Corporation
Topics to be Covered
  • Wind growth and potential in the U.S. and Canada
  • Transmission limits to the growth of wind power, such as operational, infrastructure and services
  • Models of successful, proactive transmission development and transmission cost recovery policies
  • Making new transmission products work for wind companies and transmission providers, including conditional firm service, redispatch, curtailment, and dynamic line ratings
  • Reliability rules, such as voltage ride-through and reactive power
  • Solutions to interconnection queue logjams
  • State and Provincial case studies & solutions
  • US Federal legislation and regulatory initiatives in US and Canada
What Attendees will Learn
  • How to overcome transmission challenges developing wind projects
  • How to use new innovations in transmission services and operations
  • How to expand transmission to better accommodate wind
  • How interconnection standards will affect wind projects
Who Should Attend
  • Wind developers
  • Wind turbine manufacturers
  • Transmission system operators, planners, and
    reliability authorities
  • Regulators – State/Provincial and National
  • Wind energy customers including utilities
  • Law firms
  • Consultants

Registration and Hotel Information

Early registration deadline is February 26th. Act now and save $50 on registration! Click Here.

To book your hotel reservations at the Marriott Detroit where the workshop is held, Click Here or call 800-266-9432 and tell them you are with the American Wind Energy Association. The local number for the hotel is (313) 568-8000.

A limited number of discounted rooms have been arranged for workshop attendees. The discounted rate will be offered while availability remains up to Friday, February 22. Once the discounted rooms are sold out, or after February 22 (whichever comes first), the hotel may charge a higher rate for any remaining inventory.

Why Attend AWEA Events?

The revenue generated from AWEA events is put right back into services that promote and advance the wind industry. Examples include promoting favorable policies (such as the PTC and RPS) through work with our government legislators, wind visibility campaigns, communicating and educating America on the benefits of wind energy, addressing environmental concerns, pushing for advanced transmission access for wind, and many others. Only AWEA puts your dollars to work on advancing the wind energy industry.

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For more workshop information, including a detailed program agenda and speaker list, visit www.awea.org/events/transmission08.

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