PSERC News

Events and Announcements

• Improving Economic Dispatch through Transmission Switching: New Opportunities for a Smart Grid (09-08). PSERC Public Webinar on June 9. (Description | Slides | Archived Webcast)
• PSERC Summer Planning Workshop: August 10-13

Papers and Presentations

• Professional Resources to Implement a Smart Grid (09-03)
• U.S. Energy Infrastructure Investment: Large-Scale Integrated Smart Grid Solutions with High Penetration of Renewable Resources, Dispersed Generation, and Customer Participation.
• U.S. Energy Infrastructure Investment: Long-Term Strategic Planning to Inform Policy Development

Electric Reliability News

Industry News

• Alternate Route: Electrifying the Transportation Sector - Potential Impacts of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles on New York State's Electricity System. NYISO. June 29. New!
• Transmission Availability Data System 2008 Automatic Outage Metrics and Data Report. Final Draft. NERC. June 26, 2009. See also the library of resources from the Transmission Availability Data System Task Force. New!
• NERC June 30 Webinar: Modifications to Reliability Standards TPL-001—TPL-004: Transmission System Planning Performance. Members of the Project 2006-02: Assess Transmission Future Needs (slides). New!
• NERC News. June 2009. New!
• Making the Electric Power Grid Smarter, Stronger, Greener, and More Secure. Massoud Amin. (slides). Seminar offered by Smart Grid Learning Institute. New!
• Jeffrey Immelt Announces that GE to Open Advanced Manufacturing Technology & Software Center in Michigan. On-Line Wall St. Journal.
• Are Smart Grids a Smart Investment? Jackson Associates.
• Operating the Electricity Transmission Networks in 2020. National Grid (U.K.).
  • For your reference: Accommodating High Levels of Variable Generation. NERC. April 2009.

Government News

• Recovery and Reinvestment at the Department of Energy. New!
• Obama Administration Announces Availability of $3.9 Billion to Invest in Smart Grid Technologies and Electric Transmission Infrastructure.
• Proposed Cap and Trade Legislation (as of June 23). Proposed Amendment (as of June 25).
• New FERC study assesses state-by-state potential for demand response (News Release | Chairman's Statement | Commissioner's Statement: Kelly's, Moeller's and Spitzer's | Presentation | Report | Model and Model Guide).
• FERC accepts SPP Funding proposal to integrate wind resources (News Release | Decision).
• FERC strengthens reporting for new generation site acquisition (Fact Sheet | Order No. 697-C).
• Recovery Act Funding Opportunity Announcements
  • State Electricity Regulators Assistance
  • State Government Energy Assurance Capabilities and Planning
  • Resource Assessment and Interconnection-Level Transmission Analysis and Planning
• NIST Smart Grid Interoperability Standards Project: Roadmap. (Make comments).
• U.S. DOE Western Renewable Energy Zone (WREZ) - Phase 1 Report on Mapping Resources Throughout the Western Interconnection. June 2009. (Report)
• The Future of the Grid: Proposals for Reforming National Transmission Policy. June 12 testimony before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
• 33% Renewables Portfolio Standard: Implementation Analysis Preliminary Results. California Public Utilities Commission. June 2009.
• Secretary Chu Announces Agreement on FutureGen Project in Mattoon, IL. June 12.
• Contribution by FERC Chairman Wellinghoff to "Plug-in Electric Vehicles: What Role for Washington?" Brookings Inst.

Climate Change

• Regional Electric Transmission Planning in the Upper Midwest to Support Wind Energy. Upper Midwest Transmission Development Initiative. June 30. New!
• Assessment of the California Solar Initiative. (Report | CSI Programs). California Public Utilities Commission. June 30. New!
• The Hidden Costs of Electricity: Externalities of Power Generation in Australia. Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineeringing. 2009.
• NSB Task Force on Sustainable Energy Public Review and Comment Opportunity.
• Study Shows Electric Utilities Need an Energy Revolution to Reduce Dependence on Fossil Fuels. CALSTRS.
• More

Engineering Workforce Challenges

• Career and Technical Education's Role in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. ACTE. June 2009. New!
• Replenishing the Ranks. Energybiz. May 6.
• U.S. Power and Energy Engineering Workforce Action Plan (Press Release | Full Report | More Information)
• IEEE-USA Position Statement on Electricity Delivery Workforce Training. April.
• More

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