NEPPA Workshop on Power Markets scheduled for April

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On April 7, 2011, the NEPPA Regional Power Supply Committee will host a day-long workshop on wholesale power market operations in New England, designed to enhance the understanding of basic market features, rules and responsibilities for public power managers, commissioners and others not directly involved in day-to-day market operations.

The "basics" of ISO-New England’s energy, capacity and ancillary markets will be reviewed, along with regional transmission tariffs and the major governance features of ISO-New England and the New England Power Pool (NEPOOL). Presentations on these topics will be made by public power officials and consultants who are directly involved in the planning and operation of regional power markets in New England.

The workshop will open with a keynote presentation by Commissioner Mark Spitzer of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), who will discuss the FERC’s perspective on wholesale market operations around the country, and his own views of the challenges facing grid operators and electric utilities in 2011.

Detailed plans for the workshop are underway, and registration information will be forwarded to all NEPPA members early in 2011.

The NEPPA website (www.neppa.org) will also provide information on the workshop as plans are finalized.