Increasing the Value of Weather Information in the Operation of the Electric Power System
Sponsored by the United States Weather Research Program (USWRP)
Workshop Report (February, 2003)
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Workshop Summary
This workshop took place on November 6-7, 2002, at the National Center for Atmospheric Research
campus in Boulder, Colorado. Approximately 35 experts from the electric power
industry and meteorological science attended to discuss the weather information
needs of the electric power sector, and the collaborations necessary to improve
the value of this information.
Goals
- Studyand improve relationships for transferring meteorological knowledge to decision
makers
- Guide future meteorological research in societally beneficial directions by
establishing a template for collaborative studies in industry sectors
- Form durable partnerships between researchers and industry
- Increase efficiency and reliability of the electric power system
Agenda
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Speaker Biographies
Participants
Workshop Announcement (October, 2002)
Speaker Presentations
- Keynote: Reliability and Risk pdf
Maria Ilic, Electricity Industry Center, Carnegie Mellon University
- New Methods for the Interactive Visualization of Electric
Power System Information pdf
James Weber, PowerWorld
- Transmission Complexities and Probabilisitic Modeling pdf
Stephen Lee, EPRI
- Distribution System Disruption Trends: for Earthquakes
and Storm Events
Jane Preuss,GeoEngineers
- Demand Modeling pdf
Frank Monforte, Itron/RER
- Load as a Reliability Resource pdf
Michael Kintner-Meyer, PNNL
- Distributed Generation pdf
Scott Samuelsen, Advanced Power and Energy Program, University of California Irvine
- Temperature and Demand Forecasting in a Large Utility
pdf
Patrick Walshe, TVA
- Decision Tools: Commercial pdf
Rich Wilson, Meteorlogix
- Decision Support Tools: Research pdf
Bill Mahoney, RAP/NCAR
Contact
Jeremy Hackney
hackney@ucar.edu
(303) 497-8111