CBI's Industry Responses to the NOPR on Standard Market Design; Transmission Stakeholder Requirements for Profitable and Ethical Operation of the Grid.Business Editors & Energy Writers WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2002 The Center for Business Intelligence announces its Industry Responses to the NOPR on Standard Market Design conference, November 18-19, 2002, in Arlington, VA. Register by September 20th and save $500 off your registration fee! The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Notice of Proposed Rulemaking A notice of proposed rulemaking or NPRM is issued by law when a regulatory agency of the United States Federal Government wishes to add, remove, or change a rule (or regulation) as part of the rulemaking process. Outside the USA. on Standard Market Design is intended to create effective and dynamically competitive electric markets that are in the public interest. Naturally, the proposed widespread restructuring has sparked much debate and controversy throughout the industry. With the initial responses due in mid-October, CBI has assembled a distinguished faculty of speakers who will address the items of most concern, both nationally and on an individual level. Attend CBI's timely Industry Responses to the NOPR on Standard Market Design conference to gain insights on establishing non-discriminatory transmission policies, incentivizing transmission expansion, restructuring transmission pricing, re-engineering market and system operations, inter-RTO coordination, potential financial consequences of SMD (1) (Storage Module Device) A high-performance hard disk interface used with minis and mainframes that transfers data in the 1-4 MBytes/sec range (SMD-E provides highest rate). See hard disk. and congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. management. Over 30 speakers from leading industry companies including the American Transmission Company, the California ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. , Conectiv Power Delivery, Edison Electric Institute The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) is the association of United States shareholder-owned electric power companies. Its members serve 95 percent of the ultimate customers in the shareholder-owned segment of the industry, and represent approximately 70 percent of the U.S. , FERC, FirstEnergy, ISO New England, the Michigan Electric Transmission Company, Michigan PSC, Midwest ISO, National Grid USA National Grid USA (NGUSA) is a utility in the United States. NGUSA is a wholly owned subsidiary of National Grid plc, an international, London-based company. The utility operates electricity transmission across 29,000 miles and delivers electricity and natural gas to areas of the , the New York ISO, PacifiCorp, PG&E National Energy Group, PJM Interconnection, PPL Corporation, PSE&G, the Southwest Power Pool The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) is the oldest North American reliability organization still in operation, having originally formed in 1941 when eleven power companies cooperated to ensure that an aluminum factory would receive reliable power as it worked to assist the US war effort , Trans-Elect, and WestConnect will discuss the impact of Standard Market Design on their businesses and on the marketplace as a whole. To register, or for more information, contact Luci Santillo, P: 781-939-2412 or e-mail l.santillo@cbinet.com. Get the complete agenda at http://www.cbinet.com/events/PB267/index.html |
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