PSERC News

Events

• February Wind Integration Public Webinar Series: Impact of Increased DFIG Wind Generator Penetration on Power Systems and Markets (Announcement | Full Report)
  • Small Signal and Transient Stability (Feb. 2) (Slides | 2/2/2010 Webcast)
  • Frequency Response and Stability (Feb. 9) (Slides | 2/9/2010 Webcast)
  • Voltage Response and Stability (Feb. 16)
  • Market Mechanisms (Feb. 23)
• Jan. 19: Integrating Wind Power Efficiently into Electricity Markets Poses New Regulatory Challenges. PSERC Public Webinar. (Announcement | Slides | 1/19/2010 Webcast).

Electric Reliability News

Industry News

• Bulk Renewable + Bulk Transmission = Recipe to Save 10 Billion Enervores and Save the Planet (Lawrence Jones, AREVA T&D). NEMA.
• Integrating Renewable onto the Emerging Grid. Renew Grid.
• Technical Conference on Bulk Power System Impacts of Geo- and Electro-Magnetic Events. NERC.
• In the Crossfire: Critical Infrastructure in the Age of Cyber War. McAfee. (see also Critical Infrastructure under Siege from Cyber Attacks. PCWorld. Jan. 28.)
• Smart Grid
  • Smart Grid Communications: QoS Stovepipes or QoS Interoperability. Technical Report TR-GS-103. Washington State University.
  • Smart grid could reduce emissions by 12 percent. physorg.com. Jan. 29.
  • Smart Grid Summit Recap. tmcnet.com. Jan. 28.
  • Report: Government Smart Grid Standards Process Slowing Down the Market. earth2tech. Jan. 27.
  • GE Energy’s John D. McDonald to Chair Smart Grid Standards Organization. geo community. Jan. 25.
  • Whirlpool Demonstrates Smart-Grid Compatible Clothes Dryer. TMCnet. Jan. 25.
  • Lockheed Martin Launches Smart Grid Command and Control Software Suite. Lockheed Martin. Jan. 25.
  • How Siemens is Tacking the Smart Grid. Earth2Tech.
  • Inside PG&E's Smart Grid Lab. Greentech Media.

Government News

• Budget Will Eliminate Yucca Nuclear Waste Repository, Says Sen. Reid. New York Times. Feb. 1.
• Secretary Chu Announces Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future. DOE. Jan. 29.
• Secretary Chu testifies on the U.S. Department of Energy’s budget for fiscal year 2011. U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources. Feb. 4.
• Confirmation Hearing for Patricia A. Hoffman to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability). U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Feb. 2.

Climate Change

• S.E.C. Adds Climate Risk to Disclosure List. New York Times. Jan. 27.
• U.S. Wind Energy Industry Breaks All Records, Installs Nearly 10,000 MW in 2009. AWEA. Jan. 26.
• Southern California Public Power Authority to Undertake Industry's Largest Utility-Scale Distributed Energy Storage Project. PR Newswire. Jan. 27.
• Electric Transmission and Carbon Reduction: A Survey of Environmental Leaders and State Regulators. Jan. 23.
• California ISO Wind Forecasting Improves by 20 Percent. CAISO. Jan. 26. (full report)
• U.S. Geothermal Power Production and Development Update. GEA. Jan. 26.
• Compressed Air Energy Storage. greentech media.
  • PG&E's 300 megawatt Compressed Air Energy Storage Project. Jan. 28.
  • EPRI on Renewable Energy: Compressed Air Energy Storage. Jan. 14.
• CAISO Third Annual Demand Response Report. CAISO. Jan. 15.
• Scientists Overcome Obstacle to Fusion. Technology Review. Jan. 28.
• Optimized Flood Control in the Columbia River Basin for a Global Warming Scenario. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management. Dec. 2009.

Public Webinars

• Leonardo Energy: Mini-Course on Future Electricity Grids. Mar. 8.