Tuesday,
March 12, 2002
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| 8:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
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8:30 |
Session I:
Introductions
- Participant introductions
- Review purpose of workshop
- Review agenda
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9:00-9:45 |
Session
II: Overview of Current Situation for Transmission Planning in the
Midwest
TBD, including discussion
Objective: Set the stage for the
workshop, and present stakeholder perceptions of the current situation
in the region with respect to transmission planning.
- What transmission planning
infrastructure is already in place, and what are its key strengths
and shortcomings?
- What planning is underway and where
does it lead?
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9:45-2:00 |
Session
III: Overview of Projections for 2012 — What Are Reasonable Scenarios?
Objective: Present and discuss a
range of plausible scenarios that improve understanding of the scope
of transmission requirements for the next decade; develop an improved
understanding of the complexity of this problem and the difficulty of
obtaining needed planning information.
For each scenario:
- What planning assumptions and inputs
are required?
- What transmission modeling studies
would determine transmission priorities and relative transmission
and overall costs of the scenarios?
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9:45-10:00 |
Session Introduction |
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10:00-10:30 |
Break |
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10:30-11:15 |
Scenario
Presentation and Discussion:
Business as Usual
Baseline load forecast
Natural Gas Generation near loads
Current Wholesale/retail split
MAPP/MISO TPSC Representative |
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11:15-12:00 |
Scenario
Presentation and Discussion: Wind Power Development in the Upper
Midwest Current status of wind development, drivers (economics,
policy, demand), projections (amounts, location, markets, timetable),
transmission issues (current studies, corridors needed to get wind to
market).
Wind on the Wires Representative |
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12:00-1:00 |
Lunch |
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1:00-2:00 |
Scenario
Presentation and Discussion: Variation of the above, or a whole
new scenario based on an established RTO operating effectively over a
large region. (Transition to open, competitive markets for
transmission services -- firm/flexible rates, imbalance penalty
exemptions, dead-band reduces over time, etc. Wholesale market serves
a larger percentage of load. Wind, coal splits generation with gas.
Hydro, gas hybrids operate with wind. Affected landowners become
project partners.)
TBD |
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2:00-2:40 |
Session
IV: Process for Determining Transmission Improvements Needed to
Accommodate the 2012 Situation
MAPP/MISO TPSC
Objective: Improve understanding of the existing technical process
for identifying, addressing and evaluating transmission needs;
identify information, planning inputs and assumptions and level of
detail beyond that discussed in Session III needed to study, design
and describe an appropriately robust transmission system for 2012.
Layman’s Overview of the Technical
Process |
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2:40-3:00 |
Looking
ahead to 2012, How Could We Begin to Refine the Process for the 2012
Situation?
Group Discussion, Initiated by MAPP/MISO TPSC
- what has been done? and
- what else needs to be done?
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3:00-3:15 |
Break |
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3:15-4:00 |
Session
IV, continued |
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4:00-5:00 |
Session V:
Consideration of Proposed Improvements
Moderated Group Discussion
Objective: Identify the full range
of entities and individuals affected by proposed transmission
improvements; understand their needs and concerns, and identify the
criteria they will use in evaluating possible transmission
improvements.
- Who needs to consider the
improvements?
- Are they involved now?
- How can they be brought into a
collaborative process?
- What issues will these parties
raise? (e.g., reliability, economics, line routing and selection of
rights of way, compensation for easements, environmental
considerations and inclusiveness of public process)
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5:00 |
Adjourn for the Day |
Wednesday,
March 13,
2002
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|
8:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30-8:45 |
Review Day
I and Agree on Agenda for Day 2 |
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8:45-9:45 |
Session
VI: Selecting Proposed Transmission Improvements through Scenarios and
Stakeholder Deliberation.
Group discussion with introduction
Objective: Develop criteria for
identifying transmission proposals that mesh with the scenarios
discussed on Day 1. With the benefit of the enhanced stakeholder
process discussed on Day 1, use these criteria to select a set of
transmission proposals for consideration, outreach and education.
Proposed selection criteria and
refinement through discussion |
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9:45-10:00 |
Description
of leading proposed line additions, including supporting logic and key
issues
MAPP/MISO TPSC |
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10:00-11:30 |
Preliminary
selection of a straw-man set of transmission upgrades and additions
for detailed consideration
Group discussion |
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11:30 |
Session
VII: Conclusions and Wrap-up
Objective: Evaluate progress, discuss ways in which the process
can be carried forward by regional stakeholders, and identify future
NWCC work that could be helpful in support of regional stakeholders.
Assess Progress and Discuss Next Steps
• Process continuation and refinement • Who else needs to be involved?
• Progress relative to workshop objectives • What else can NWCC do to
be helpful? |
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12:00 |
Adjourn
Workshop, followed by lunch |
