Leadership Forum: Implementing Transmission Recommendations in the West

Presentations

July 18-19, 2006
Denver, CO

Briefing on Wind Energy & Transmission in the West

• A Briefing on Wind Energy and Transmission in the West: Wind Supply
  Michael Milligan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

• Transmission in the West: A Primer
  Thomas Carr, Western Interstate Energy Board

• Clean and Diversified Energy Initiative Fact Sheet
  Rich Halvey, Western Governors’ Association

• West-Wide Energy Corridors
  Scott Powers, U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Opening Remarks & Acknowledgement of the Western Governors

• Remarks from the U.S. Senate Energy Committee Chair
  Senator Pete Domenici, New Mexico (MP4 65.4MB)

Overview of CDEAC and Western Governors’ Recommendations

• Clean and Diversified Energy Initiative
  Rich Halvey, Western Governors’ Association

• Wind Task Force Report to the Clean and Diversified Energy Advisory Committee
  Rachel Shimshak, Renewable Northwest Project

• Overview of CDEAC and Western Governors’ Recommendations: Transmission Task Force
  Steve Dayney, Xcel Energy

• Overview of CDEAC and Western Governors’ Recommendations: Transmission Modeling Part 1
  Michael Milligan, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

• CDEAC Transmission Modeling
  Thomas Carr, Western Interstate Energy Board

Action Plans

• Action Plan Packet Overview
  Abby Arnold, RESOLVE

• #1: Conditional Firm, Priority Non-Firm, Redispatch & Other Transmission Services
  Natalie McIntire, Renewable Northwest Project

• #2: Reevaluate Available Transmission Capacity (ATC)
  Elliot Mainzer, Bonneville Power Administration

• #3: Imbalance Penalty Reform
  Ron Lehr, American Wind Energy Association

• #4: Study Wind Integration Impacts & Costs
  Brian Parsons, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

• #5: Promote Control Area Consolidation or Alternatives
  Bill Pascoe, Wind Hunter

• #6: Regional Transmission Planning: Resources & Institutions
  Marsha H. Smith, Idaho Public Utilities Commission

• #7: Presumption of Prudence
  Roger Hamilton, West Wind Wires

• #8: Transmission in Advance of Clean Generation
  Carl Linvill, Nevada Governor’s Office

• #9: Transmission Incentives
  Bob Anderson, Bob Anderson Consulting

• #10: Support Studies of Opportunities for Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs) to Integrate Large Amounts of Wind
  Bob Gough, Intertribal Council on Utility Policy

For more information, contact Katie Kalinowski, 202-965-6383.