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Lawrence Berkeley National
Lab - Consortium for
Electric Reliability
Technology Solutions (CERTS)
– working on real time grid
operations and reliability
management tools for
performance monitoring,
assessment of market rules
and their impact on
reliability and market
performance and
investigation of blackouts
such as 2003 Eastern
Interconnection break up. |
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Eastern
Interconnection Blackout –
supported the U.S. –
Canadian Power Systems
Outage Task Force to
investigate root causes of
the blackout. August 14,
2003 |
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North
American Electric
Reliability Council (NERC)
reliability standards and
functional models. |
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Assessment of six
Independent System Operators
(ISOs) operating in the U.S.
in terms of organization,
market rules, functional
responsibility. |
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Planning for California’s
Future Transmission Grid –
Review of Transmission
System, Strategic Benefits,
Planning Issues and Policy
Recommendations.
Prepared for California
Energy Commission. October
2003
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California
Department of Water
Resources -- California
Energy Resources Scheduling
(CDWR CERS) – assisted
CDWR-CERS with contract
renegotiations, dispute
resolution, and management
of the 12,000 MW contract
portfolio |
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Evaluation of
power contracts in terms of
performance, economics,
operations, and contract
renegotiations and
restructuring |
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Assessment of distributed
generation and renewable
power technologies. |
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Business
planning, market and
technology assessments for
start-ups, new ventures, and
venture capital investment |
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Monitoring project
development for combustion
turbine power plants in San
Francisco. |
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Due diligence
monitoring on power plant
costs, licensing, and
construction of peaking and
combined cycle power plants
in the Western U.S. grid |
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Assessment of Western
Electricity Coordinating
Council Load and Resources,
and planned new power
plants. |
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California’s
Electricity Outlook –
Briefing to California Power
Authority Board.
November 22, 2002
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Scenarios for Meeting U.S.
Electricity Needs in 2030 –
Policy Issues and
Infrastructure Challenges.
March 2004
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California’s Electricity
Generation and Transmission
Interconnection Needs Under
Alternative Scenarios –
Assessment of Resources,
Demand, Need for
Transmission
Interconnections, Policy
Issues and Recommendations
for Long Term Transmission
Planning. November 17,
2003 |
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Assessment of transmission
bottlenecks in Independent
System Operators operating
in the U.S. including
California ISO. |
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