This new in-depth two-day program provides a comprehensive and clear
explanation of the structure, function, and current status of the Texas
ERCOT ISO
including its operations, the fundamentals of day-ahead and real-time
energy auctions, LMP, CRRs, generation capacity markets (Resource
Adequacy) and the new operational and economic issues raised by the
integration of solar, wind, distributed generation ("DER"), demand
response ("DR") and demand side management ("DSM") resources and energy
storage.
Gain an understanding of the dynamic Texas wholesale and retail competitive markets, and learn how these markets interface with
ERCOT ISO energy auctions and ISO operations. Understand, enhance and apply knowledge of the
ERCOT' nodal market operations for Energy, Ancillary Services, Market Settlements, Capacity, Retail and Renewables.
This
seminar will also address the rapidly expanding new market
opportunities in Texas Renewables - Wind, Solar, etc., Distributed
Generation ("DER"), Demand Response and Demand Side Management ("DSM")
as well as the new opportunities that will be emerging from the current
re-design of
ERCOT Ancillary Services, future Ancillary and Capacity market initiatives and the further unbundling of ERCOT services.
What You Will Learn
- ERCOT's market functions, market participants and players and how they interface and do business.
- The importance of the QSEs' central role in representing market participants before ERCOT,
- What makes the ERCOT market unique compared to all other ISOs and RTOs.
- Texas 2021 rolling brownout events, learnings from the event and steps taken by ERCOT for future.
- What changed after the move to a nodal market design and major transactional differences.
- What the "Shadow Price" is, and why it is important and its relationship to LMP.
- Nodal System: LMPs, congestion management and CRRs and settlement processes.
- The functions and importance of congestion revenue rights and why these financial instruments are used
- ERCOT's zonal and local congestion management operations and differences
- Day-Ahead and real-time markets for energy, ancillary services and capacity - RUC and HRUC.
- The workings and relationship of the day-ahead and real-time markets
- ERCOT's
new ancillary services framework, changes in the products and their
requirements, and their implications on the system reliability.
- ERCOT's roadmap for energy storage and undergoing work by the Battery Energy Storage task force.
What You Will Also Learn
- How Bilateral and Auction Markets interface and how they work independently and together.
- Wholesale pricing, retail market Functions and structures for retail business.
- The key wholesale market settlement operations under the nodal market.
- How ERCOT's retail market works and what's going on in this market.
- ERCOT's upcoming market changes and what will be the implications of the new energy mix with renewables and energy storage.
- ERCOT summer and winter system reliability issues
- The controversial relationships between reserve margins and real-time energy price market caps.
- What Generation, Transmission and infrastructure issues ERCOT faces now and over the next ten years.
- System wide offer caps
- ERCOT has targeted demand response deployments, renewable energy and DSM programs and those on the horizon.
- The interconnectivity issues in natural gas and power markets.
- How the different IT systems fit together and are used in the Wholesale and Retail Markets.
- What are the steps for planning and accomplishing resource interconnections with ERCOT
- ERCOT's current interconnection queue, recent developments in the renewables and storage projects.
- ERCOT's LTSA and the IRP model with the capacity mix forecasts and energy price forecasts.
- Geographical heat maps of energy storage potential across Texas
Who Should Attend
Professionals
from natural gas and electric utilities, pipelines, attorneys;
government regulators, traders & trading support staff, energy
producers and marketers, banks and hedge funds, government regulators,
buyers and operators, accountants & auditors, industrial trade
groups, shipping and cargo executives, equipment manufacturers and
suppliers, environmentists, and anyone needing a solid overview and
foundation in understanding how
ERCOT works and current issues.
Prerequisites and Advance PreparationThis fundamental level group live seminar has no prerequisites. No advance preparation is required before the seminar.
Program Level & Delivery MethodBasic
level. This fundamental course begins with basic material and then
proceeds to the intermediate level. Delivery method is "Group-Live."
Your Instructor
Dr. Randell Johnson - Acelerex
Dr.
Johnson has expertise and experience in the Valuation, Design,
Procurement, and Operations of Grid Batteries Dr. Johnson has been
involved in the Energy Storage Road Map for the Maldives, Bermuda Energy
Storage Sizing Study, New York Energy Storage Road Map, Massachusetts
State of Charge Study, MISO Energy Storage Study, Ontario Energy Storage
Study, and numerous other energy storage studies. He was selected by
the World Bank to study 100% carbon-free grids with energy storage and
Acelerex software and methods were selected by the International
Renewable Energy Agency for increasing penetration of renewables with
energy storage. Dr. Johnson has invented and developed software for
battery analytics and battery real time control. He is expert at power
markets and valuation of energy storage to maximize utilization of
existing transmission systems and co-optimization of transmission and
other resources in addition of co-optimization of energy and ancillary
services. A Harvard Business Case has been written for energy storage
that includes methods pioneered by Dr. Johnson. Dr. Johnson holds a
Ph.D. in Power Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an
MS in Economics from Cass Business School, UK, and a Utility Corporate
Finance Certificate for Gas and Electric Utilities from UConn Business
School. Dr. Johnson has background in strategy, regulatory finance,
economic optimizations, quantitative finance, electricity and energy
markets, public policy, technical grid design, real-time optimizations,
and high-performance computing.
Please fill in your name and email to receive the Seminar Agenda of this event.
The seminar will start promptly at
8:00 AM and will finish at
4:30 PM on the first day. On the second day, the seminar will resume at
8:00 AM and will finish at
12:00 PM.
The program includes continental breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks on
the first day. On the second day a continental breakfast, snack and
coffee breaks are included. Attendees also receive a professionally
produced seminar manual that can serve as a valuable office reference.
Dress is casual for all seminars.
Venue
Courtyard Marriott Houston by the Galleria
2900 Sage Road, 77056
Houston, TX, USA
713-622-3611
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