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The
Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers - USA
IEEE Power
Engineering Society
Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions
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Electric
Power
Research Institute
U.S.
Department
of Energy |
HIGHLIGHTS
Summary
Proceedings (now available)
TVA's Crowell Makes Case for
Electricity R&D -- In keynote remarks
at IEEE-USA's recent Electric Power Reliability symposium, TVA Chairman and CEO Craven
Crowell noted that the world would need to install the equivalent of a 1,000 MW power
plant every two-and-a-half days for the next fifty years in order to meet projected
future demand for electricity…a staggering challenge which can only be accomplished
through new technology and an intensive program of R&D.
EPRI's Yeagar Highlights
Critical Links Between Electricity and Innovation -- In his luncheon keynote, EPRI President Kurt Yeager challenged
symposium participants that "if we are to electrify the world, we must first
transform our own electricity infrastructure into the arsenal of innovation for the
Digital Society."
(PROGRAM)
This symposium was held to educate policy makers
on the key technology issues associated with the various electric power industry
restructuring proposals and to develop recommendations to assure continued reliability,
quality, and safety of the industry as the new market develops.
The symposium featured three key-note addresses
provided by Craven Crowell, Chairman and CEO of the Tennesse Valley
Authority and Chairman of the Board of Directors, EPRI, Kurt Yeager,
President and CEO, Electric Power Research Institute and David Leiter,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
U.S. Department of Energy.
The program included
four panel sessions which examined the interconnection between technical reliability
issues and policy impacts in the following critical areas:
- Reliability and Markets --
Explored the various relationships between market economics and systems engineering.
Included were points of view of systems reliability, economic efficiencies and
institutional/policy needs.
- Reliability Management -- Focused
on the real world challenges and experiences of Independent System Operators (ISOs),
market participants and stakeholders.
- Reliability Oversight -- Examined
the diverse structure of the industry and its effect on creating uniform oversight in
addition to who is "minding the store" during the transition period and
ultimately who should be responsible for oversight in the future.
- Reliability Research and Development
-- Addressed the needs and direction of future electric power research, roles and
responsibilities of the electric power industry and its suppliers and of the federal and
state governments.
Last Updated: 21 Oct. 2000
Contact: Bill Williams, bill.williams@ieee.org |