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8:30am – 8:45am:
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Welcome and Opening Remarks
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8:45am – 11:00am:
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Panel 1: Modeling Approaches, Confidence, and Verifiability
This panel will explore the types of benefits that may be considered, different methods of ex-ante benefit calculation, how benefits are calculated for different types of transmission technologies, and the robustness of those methods of calculation when compared across types of technologies as well as compared to an ex-post evaluation. This panel will also address the robustness, durability, and accuracy of benefit metrics, how benefit calculations are already used today to inform investment and selection decisions for traditional transmission projects, comparing and contrasting how existing or new approaches to calculating benefits would relate to transmission technology investment decisions, and the methodological differences in calculating benefits on an ex-post and ex-ante basis.
Douglas Bowman, Lead Engineer Research, Development, and Tariff Studies, Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
Rodica Donaldson, Senior Director of Transmission Strategy, EDF Renewables
Jeremiah Doner, Director of Economic Policy and Planning, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
Emily Fisher, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary, and Senior Vice President, Clean Energy, Edison Electric Institute
Pablo Ruiz, CEO, NewGrid
T. Bruce Tsuchida, Principal, Brattle Group
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11:00am – 11:15am:
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Break
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11:15am – 12:15pm:
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Panel 2: Cost Containment and Ratepayer Protection
This panel will explore whether caps on various aspects of a shared savings rate, such as total compensation, yearly compensation, or capital investment may be necessary to achieve an appropriate balance between consumer and applicant interests, and if so, how such caps could be structured. The panel will also consider caps based on the size and placement of the technology deployment, whether caps should apply to each project or each utility system, and the potential for an ex-post claw-back or restudy.
Judy Chang, Undersecretary of Energy and Climate Solutions, Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
Jeff Dennis, General Counsel and Managing Director, Advanced Energy Economy
Commissioner Katie S. Dykes, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Steve Leovy, Transmission Engineer, WPPI Energy
Greg Poulos, Executive Director, Consumer Advocates of PJM States
[Panelist TBD], Industrial Energy Consumers of America
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12:15pm – 12:45pm:
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Lunch
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12:45pm – 1:45pm:
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Panel 3: Proportionality and Duration
This panel will explore potential durations for a shared savings incentive and approaches for splitting the shared savings between applicants and consumers. The panel will consider, for example, whether a shared savings incentive should be limited in duration, such as for no more than three years; whether to allow developers to refile for another shared savings rate after the initial period has passed; and, if so, whether there is a need to conduct different assessments of avoided costs at that later date. This panel will also examine how different incentive levels of shared savings would affect an applicant’s relative return when compared to a comparable “traditional” transmission investment, and approaches to appropriately balance the interests between ratepayers and applicants, as well as considering what level of incentive/shared savings is necessary to motivate a utility to deploy the technologies.
Hudson Gilmer, CEO and Founder, LineVision
Rob Gramlich, President, GridStrategies
Terron Hill, Clean Energy Development Director, National Grid
Barbara Servatius, Regional Sales Manager, Lindsey Manufacturing Company
Jon Wellinghoff, CEO, GridPolicy
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1:45pm – 2:00pm:
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Break
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2:00pm – 3:30pm:
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Panel 4: Exploring the Role of RTOs/ISOs in the Deployment of Transmission Technologies
This panel will explore the role of the RTO/ISO when an applicant seeks a shared savings incentive from the Commission. Specifically, whether potential transmission technology projects must be evaluated in local or regional transmission planning and cost allocation processes, how benefit-cost analyses is or would be conducted by RTOs/ISOs on transmission technology projects, how this analysis could be incorporated into existing regional transmission planning and cost allocation processes conducted by the RTOs/ISOs, and how this analysis would be used by the applicant seeking the shared savings incentive. This panel will also explore the RTO’s/ISO’s role when a transmission technology project is classified as a local transmission facility, including whether the RTO/ISO would still conduct a benefit-cost evaluation, even if the project is not seeking regional cost allocation; if not, whether the Commission should require the RTO/ISO to conduct such evaluation; and whether this evaluation can or should be used in an applicants’ filing for a shared savings incentive.
In addition, the panel will explore whether an independent third party could evaluate transmission technology projects being proposed in local or regional transmission planning and cost allocation processes (e.g., market monitor or consultant) in lieu of using a cost benefit analysis conducted by an RTO/ISO; if so, whether the RTO/ISO would need to share the necessary data for that evaluation; and, if the RTO/ISO is not able to share data, whether that would limit shared savings applicants to evaluating only local transmission benefits. Finally, the panel will explore how the evaluation of transmission technology projects would work in non-RTO/ISO regions, for example by third party consultants, the planning authority or balancing authority, and how such analysis may support an application for an incentive before the Commission.
Jay Caspary, Vice President, GridStrategies
Elizabeth M. Cook, Ph.D., General Manager, Advanced Grid Solutions, Duquesne Light Company
Suzanne Glatz, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Interregional Planning, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Mitch Myhre, Manager of Transmission Planning and Regulatory Relations, Alliant Energy
David Patton, President, Potomac Economics
[Panelist TBD]
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3:30pm – 4:45pm:
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Panel 5: Technical and Rliability Issues
This panel will explore the potential technical and reliability benefits and concerns associated with transmission technology deployments. Specifically, whether integrating transmission technologies may require updates and changes to communication equipment (e.g., SCADA and EMS) and operating protocols (e.g., developing operating guides in coordination with neighboring systems), and how impacts of transmission technologies will be evaluated on neighboring systems. This panel will explore the potential effects of transmission technology deployments, including existing transmission assets that have similar characteristics (e.g., phase angle regulators). In addition, this panel will consider the potential reliability benefits that new technologies can bring to the system. Finally, this panel will address questions related to the role of RTOs/ISOs regarding reliability concerns including, but not limited to: whether and how an RTO/ISO will evaluate the reliability impacts of deploying a transmission technology; how such an evaluation would be different from how an RTO/ISO examines the reliability impacts of traditional transmission investment; whether applicants for a shared savings rate should be required to obtain confirmation from an RTO/ISO that a technology application is not detrimental to system reliability; if so, the appropriate process to get such a determination; and how such a determination would be made.
Kamran Ali, Vice President of Transmission Planning and Analysis, American Electric Power
Filip Carton, Head of National Control Center, Elia
Yachi Lin, Senior Manager of Transmission Planning, New York Independent System Operator
Shaun Murphy, Senior Business Solution Engineer, PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
David Quier, Vice President of Transmission and Substations, PPL Corporation
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4:45pm – 5:30pm:
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All-Panelist Roundtable: Final Discussion, Conclusions, and Questions
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