Identifying a market opportunity, finding a suitable site, and finally permitting and building a new generating plant is a long and expensive process. A large number of factors (location, transmission, water, fuel, markets, environmental and regulation) must be balanced to find a good site. The first part of this presentation will review some of these factors and will describe some of the studies that are often performed to evaluate potential sites.
Once the proposed location and plant size of a new generation project have been identified, the generation project developer submits an application for interconnection to the grid. The transmission provider, pursuant to the applicable Open Access Transmission Tariff, will conduct a number of transmission system studies to identify specific system reinforcements required and to confirm that the proposed generation meets applicable reliability standards. The second part of this presentation will review the studies preformed and the established planning and operation reliability criteria and standards used by the utilities and the regional reliability councils.
The presentation will conclude with a critical assessment of the degree of success that the present methods and interconnection application requirements have achieved in meeting the objectives of system reliability while encouraging open access and competition.
Mr. Bloethe (Consultant) has a Master degree in electrical engineering and has more than 26 years of experience as an electrical engineer involved with power system analysis and design. He has worked on a number of system impact studies for the interconnections of new generation facilities to existing transmission systems. Mr. Bloethe is a registered professional engineer and has authored a number of technical papers related to systems studies, inductive mitigation and other electrical power system topics.
Mr. Beidas (Project Associate) has a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering and has 10 years experience in the electric utility industry. He has worked for a major electric utility company and for an industry-recognized supplier of electrical system operation and control equipment. Mr. Beidas' current experience involves performing transmission impact studies for the addition of new IPP generation facilities. Mr. Beidas has authored a number of technical papers in the areas of power systems analysis and control.
| Location | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Bar Association | 11:30 AM | Social | |
| 321 South Plymouth Court | 12:00 PM | Lunch (optional) | |
| (near Jackson & Dearborn) | 12:15 PM | Presentation | |
| Chicago, IL 60604 | 1:00 PM | Adjourn | |
| 312-554-2000 |