PSERC News

People

• Anjan Bose honored as Eminent Faculty Member at Washington State Univ., and appointed to the Founding Board of Directors of the new Washington State Academy of Sciences

Events

• Demand Response via Real-Time Pricing to Increase Use of Operational Wind Energy Generators. PSERC Public Tele-Seminar (08-07). May 6. (Slides | Description | Webcast Site)
• PSERC's Next Industry-University Meeting, May 14-16

New Papers

• Control of Inverter-Connected Sources in Autonomous Microgrids (08-08)
• Optimal Transmission Switching with Contingency Analysis (08-09)
• Optimal Transmission Switching - Sensitivity Analysis and Extensions (08-10)
• VaR Constrained Hedging of Fixed Price Load-Following Obligations in Competitive Electricity Markets (08-11)

New Reports for Public Viewing

• A Tool for On-line Stability Determination and Control for Coordinated Operations between Regional Entities Using PMUs (08-01).
• Satellite Imagery for the Identification of Interference with Overhead Power Lines (08-02).
• Digital Protection System Using Optical Instrument Transformers and Digital Relays Interconnected by an IEC 61850-9-2 Digital Process Bus (08-03).
• Optimized Fault Location (08-07)

Electric Reliability News

Industry News

• Microgrids Up and Running. Distributed Energy: The Journal for Onsite Power Solutions.
• NERC 2008 Summer Reliability Assessment Web Briefing, May 14, 11am to Noon.
• PJM Issues 2008 Summer Assessment. PJM.
• Blackout spectre haunts New Zealand Government. stuff.co.nz. May 1.
• Electricity Restored After Massive Blackout in Half of Venezuela. venezuelanalysis.com. Apr. 30.
• Midwest ISO Issues 2008 Summer Assessment.
• Scheduling Wind Power: Better wind forecasts could prevent blackouts and reduce pollution. MIT Technology Review. April 17.

Government News

• FERC seeks comments on Modification of Interchange and Transmission Loading Relief Reliability Standards; and Electric Reliability Organization Interpretation of Specific Requirements of Four Reliability Standards. April 21.
• DOE Announces Membership of New Electricity Advisory Committee. DOE Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability. Includes PSERC's Founding Director and seven PSERC industry members. April 17.

Climate Change

• 20% Wind Energy by 2030. U.S. DOE. New!
• Top Ten Utility Green Power Programs. U.S. DOE.
• Energy Market and Economic Impacts of the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007. EIA. April 2008.
• Duke Chief Urges Massive Research Funded by National Kilowatt Tax. The Charlotte Observer. April 29.
• AEP Issues Sustainability Report. April 23.
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Engineering Workforce Challenges

• Executive Summary of the National Science Foundation Workshop and Executive Summit on the Future Power Engineering Workforce, Held Nov. 29-30.
• New Graduates' Workforce Readiness: The Mid-Market Perspective. The Conference Board. Feb. 4, 2008.
• PES-Careers: On-Line Career Service for Power Engineering Students and their Potential Employers
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Recent Presentations and Reports

Presentations with Audio-Slide Productions

• Designing CO2 Trading Markets for the Power Sector: Does It Matter Who Gets the Allowances and Who Must Comply? PSERC Public Tele-Seminar April 1st (08-05). (Audio-Slide Production | Slides | Description )
• The Efficiency of Uniform-Price Electricity Auctions: Evidence from Bidding Behavior in ERCOT. PSERC Public Tele-Seminar March 4th (08-03). (Audio-Slide Production | Slides | Description)
• More (2006-2008 | 2003-2005 | 2002)

Recent Reports for Member Viewing

• Optimal Allocation of Static and Dynamic VAR Resources (08-06) (Executive Summary | Report for Member Viewing Only)
• Transient Testing of Protective Relays: Study of Benefits and Methodolgy (08-05) (Executive Summary | Report for Member Viewing Only)
• Risk of Cascading Outages (08-04) (Executive Summary | Report for Member Viewing Only)
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