DOE Distribution and Interconnection R&D Annual Program Review Meeting

Jan. 21-23, 2003
Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City
Arlington, Virginia

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Tuesday, Jan. 21

Session: Opening

• Welcome and Introductory Remarks
  William Parks, DOE

Session: Preparing for the Future

Session Chair: William Parks, DOE

• Envisioning the Next Generation Grid: The Role of DER
  Mark Fallek, DTE Energy (PDF 184 KB)
  
  
• Innovation, Energy Infrastructure, and DER
  Pat Wood, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  (A digital, hand-held video recording of this address is available.
  Contact Gary Nakarado for more information.)
  
  
• Bringing the Information Revolution to the Electricity Infrastructure
  Nicholas Noecker, IBM (PDF 766 KB)
  
  
• Response and the Role of distribution in the Future Infrastructure
  Clark Gellings, EPRI (PDF 1.0 MB)

Session: Exploring the Territory

Session Chair: Gilbert C. Bindewald, DOE

• The Distribution System of the Future: Where We Are Heading
  Nicholas W. Miller, GE Power Systems Energy Consulting (PDF 3.4 MB)
  
  
• The Distribution System of the Future: Where Are We Heading?
  Dr. Robert Kramer, NiSource Energy Technologies (PDF 405 KB)

Session: Investing in the Future

Session Chair: Eric Lightner, DOE

• How The Future Distribution System Will Change the Nation's Electric Infrastructure
  Murray W. Davis, DTE Energy Technologies Inc. (PDF 1.0 MB)
  
  
• Our Customers Want More Reliability Than Today's Distribution System Can Provide
  Steven Greenberg, RealEnergy Inc. (PDF 103 KB)

Session: Renovating the Regulatory Environment

Session Chair: Eric Lightner, DOE

• Environmental Regulation: Driver or Barrier?
  Joel Bluestein, president, Energy and Environmental Analysis Inc. (PDF 116 KB)
  
  
• Utility Regulation: An Update and View of the Regulatory Revolution
  Daniel M. Adamson, Davis, Wright, & Tremaine, LLP
  
  
• State-Sponsored Anti-Competitive Behavior or Legacy Heuristics? Reconsideration of Tariff Structures For DER in Light of Today's Public Interest
  Nat Treadway, Center for the Advancement of Energy Markets (PDF 249 KB)

Wednesday, Jan. 22

Discussion Draft of Distribution and Interconnection R&D Strategic Roadmap (PDF 612 KB)

Session: Strategic Roadmap Planning

• Welcome and Introduction
  Pat Hoffman, DOE
  
  
• The Draft Distribution and Interconnection R&D Strategic Roadmap
  Richard Friedman, Resource Dynamics Corp. (PDF 708 KB)

Session: Background Perspectives on the Draft Strategic Roadmap

Session Chair: Pat Hoffman, DOE

• DG and CHP Perspective
  Richard Brent, Solar Turbines Inc.
  
  
• Utility Perspective
  Murray W. Davis, DTE Energy Technologies Inc. (PDF 73 KB)
  
  
• Regulator and Developer Perspective
  Brent Alderfer, Community Energy Inc.

Session: Strategic Roadmap Breakout Discussion Sessions — Section 1

• Track 1: Program Mission and Goals
• Track 2: Interconnection Technology 1
• Track 3: Electrical Distribution Systems 1

Session: Strategic Roadmap Breakout Discussion Sessions — Section 2

• Track 4: Regulatory and Institutional Barriers
• Track 5: Combined Session — Interconnection Technology Part 2 and Electrical Distribution Systems Part 2

Thursday, Jan. 23

Session: Closing

• Presentation of Breakout Results
  • Program Mission and Goals (PDF 379 KB)
  • Interconnection and Control Technology I
  • Electrical Distribution Systems I
  • Regulatory and Institutional Barriers (PDF 379 KB)
  • Combined Session — Interconnection Technology Part 2 and Electrical Distribution Systems Part 2 (PDF 246 KB)
• Roadmap General Discussion, Conclusions, and Next Steps (PDF 270 KB)

Poster Presentations

• Distribution and Interconnection R&D (PDF 59 KB)
• Energy Nexus (PDF 348 KB)
• Energy Solutions Center and Energy Nexus (PDF 289 KB)
• EPRI PEAC (PDF 64 KB)
• Gas Technology Institute
  • Chicago Industrial Energy Plan (PDF 4.1 MB)
  • Interconnection and Control (PDF 482 KB)
• General Electric (PDF 336 KB)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (PDF 80 KB)
• National Renewable Energy Laboratory (PDF 1.1 MB)
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (PDF 1.4 MB)
• New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and Electrotek Concepts Inc. (PDF 112 KB)
• NiSource
  • Highly Varying Industrial Loads (PDF 322 KB)
  • Optimizing Combined Heat and Power (PDF 285 KB)
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • CHP Integration Laboratory (PDF 284 KB)
  • Integrated Energy Systems (PDF 325 KB)
  • National Transportation Research Center (PDF 270 KB)
  • Photovoltaic Demonstration (PDF 372 KB)
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the University of Maryland
  • Integration Test Center (PDF 287 KB)
  • Objectives and Collaboration (PDF 369 KB)
• Orion (PDF 1.5 MB)
• RealEnergy (PDF 591 KB)
• Resource Dynamics Corporation (PDF 82 KB)
• Salt River Project (PDF 224 KB)
• Sentech (PDF 418 KB)
• Syska Hennessy Group (PDF 290 KB)
• Underwriters Laboratories (PDF 159 KB)
• University of Wisconsin-Madison (PDF 118 KB)

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