Distributed Energy Planning Technical Workshop

November 15, 2006 -- Technical Workshop 2
Start time:  9:00 am (continental breakfast will be available beginning at 8:30 am)

Location (note meeting site):

  • Western Massachusetts Electric Company,

    55 Russell Street (RT 9), Hadley, MA 1035

        Directions from I-90 Westbound

    • Take I-91 exit 4 to Springfield/Holyoke (take ramp 0.3 mi), Take I-91 ramp to Holyoke/Springfield (0.9 mi),
    • Merge into I-91 N - travel north for 13 mi,
    • Take exit 19 RT-9 to Northampton/Amherst - at end of the exit ramp, turn right.
    • Head East on Route 9 towards Hadley/Amherst for 1 mile.
    • Turn right into the driveway for the WMECO building at 55 Russell St, Hadley, MA 01035
    • Upon entering the driveway, turn left. Parking is in front of and to the left of the building. Please enter the front door.
  • Call-in number: 866-330-1200 code 364-8872# (note: it may be difficult for those on the phone to hear all participants; if you have questions, call Fran on cell phone: 978-985-1557)

Facilitator:  Fran Cummings, MTC

Technical Resource Team:

  • Charlie Salamone, Cape Power Systems
  • Johan Enslin and Khoi Vu, KEMA Inc.
  • Dave Dayton, MTC

Before Workshop 2, please review:

Agenda

Workshop Agenda (doc)

Minutes Next Steps (11/16 draft, doc)

Attendees

 Participants in either of first 2 Workshops (xls)
   

Previous Workshop (#1)

     

Next Workshop (#3)

 

Presentations During Workshop 1

Materials Presented/Circulated at Workshop 2

Read-Ahead & Reference Materials for Workshops 1 & 2

Distribution Planning Work Group materials posted at Distribution Planning Work Group web page and at: Methodologies for Addressing DG in Distribution Planning.

The following 8 documents were referenced in the DPWG Report in connection with the Technical Challenges:

  1. January 2006 -- Case Studies and Methodologies for Using DER for T&D Support Applications: Results from the EPRI White Paper, Bill Steeley, EPRI, Presented to the MA DG Collaborative,
  2. December 2005 -- Future Grid - Local Area Impacts of DE, EE and RE Impacts, John Kelly, GTI Distributed and Sustainable Energy Center,
  3. 2005 -- Evans, Peter B. 2005. Optimal Portfolio Methodology for Assessing Distributed Energy Resources Benefits for the Energynet, California Energy Commission, PIER Energy-Related Environmental Research. [CEC-500-2005-061-D]
  4. September 2004 -- Distributed generation as a means to increase system robustness, and other reports by Distributed Intelligence in Critical Infrastructures for Sustainable Power ("CRISP," led by Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands),
  5. May 5, 2004 -- Summary of On-Going DG Studies, Snuller Price, E3
  6. 2004 -- Availability of Dispersed PV Resource During 8/14/03 Northeast Power Outage, Professor Richard Perez at SUNY Albany et. al.,
  7. August 2003 -- DG Power Quality, Protection and Reliability Studies Report, GE Corporate R&D, for NREL (SR-560-34635): Main Report
  8. February 2003 -- Evaluation Framework and Tools for Distributed Energy Resources, E.Z. Gumerman et. al., LBNL-52079

The following additional documents have been suggested by workshop participants as potentially useful source materials:

Current Work on Relevant Topics

Companies with Potentially Relevant Technology (please email other suggestions to Fran):

 

Modern Grid Initiative Sponsors and Partners

    Source: www.themoderngrid.org/opportunity/community.htm

 

Ground Rules:

DTE Orders:

Sub-groups working on Followup between Meetings

A call-in number will be available: 866-330-1200 code 364-8872#; however, it may be difficult for those on the phone to hear all the participants.  Web conference access will not be available for this meeting.

See other resource materials at the following DG Collaborative web pages:

If you have questions, please contact Fran Cummings at MTC.