PSERC s Future Research and Education Program Vijay

PSERC’s Future Research and Education Program • Vijay Vittal • Director Summer Workshop August 1, 2005

Collaborating Universities PSERC 2

Collaborating Universities • • • • PSERC Cornell University - Robert J. Thomas Arizona State University - Gerald Heydt University of California at Berkeley - Shmuel Oren Carnegie Mellon University - Sarosh Talukdar Colorado School of Mines - P. K. Sen Georgia Institute of Technology - Sakis Meliopoulos Howard University - James Momoh University of Illinois at Urbana - Peter Sauer Iowa State University - Jim Mc. Calley Texas A&M University - Mladen Kezunovic Washington State University - Anjan Bose University of Wisconsin-Madison - Chris De. Marco Wichita State University - Ward Jewell 3

Industry Members (37) ABB American Electric Power American Transmission Co. AREVA T&D Arizona Public Service BC Transmission Co. California ISO Center. Point Energy Duke Energy Entergy EPRI Exelon First. Energy GE Energy IREQ ISO New England Korea Elec. Power Res. Inst. Mid. American Energy Midwest ISO National Grid USA National Rural Elec. Coop. Asn. New York ISO New York Power Authority Nxt. Phase Pacific Gas and Electric PJM Interconnection Power. World Corp. RTE – French TSO Salt River Project Siemens, EMA Southern Company Steel Tube Institute TVA Tri-State G&T TXU Electric Delivery U. S. DOE Western Area Power Admin. 4

Nine Years in PSERC • • • PSERC 340 papers on web site 44 reports $8 Million in industry support Support for 300 graduate student-years $7 Million in CERTS support 5

New Information Resources in 2004 and 2005 to date • • PSERC Final Versions of Eight Reports 88 Papers 14 Monthly Seminars Profiles and Resumes of Students (some 40 seniors and 50 grad students) 6

Web Site Use in May PSERC • 6, 000 unique visitors • International users: Australia, EU, India, China, Czech Republic, Canada, Iran, Great Britain, Egypt (110 countries in total) • 750 web pages, documents and presentations viewed • Web site information links (Electric Reliability in the News, publications, PSERC news, etc. ). • New RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed for web site updates. 7

Final Project Reports (2004/5) PSERC • Software Agents for Market Design and Analysis • Estimation of Synchronous Generator Parameters from On-line Measurements • Comprehensive Power System Reliability Assessment • Distribution System Electromagnetic Modeling and Design for Enhanced Power Quality • On-Line Transient Stability Assessment Scoping Study 8

Final Project Reports (2004/5) PSERC • Evaluation of Distributed Electric Energy Storage and Generation • Intelligent Transformer Monitoring System Utilizing Neuro-Fuzzy Technique Approach • Optical Sensor for Transformer Monitoring • Evaluation of Critical Components of Nonceramic Insulators (NCI) In-Service: Role of Defective Interfaces • Structuring Electricity Markets for Demand Responsiveness: Experiments on Efficiency and Operational Consequences 9

Recent Tele-Seminar Topics • • • PSERC Blackout risks Broadband Power Line (BPL) Communication Transmission planning Bidding strategies Wind energy integration Demand response programs Metering, smart metering, and distribution control Neutral/ground voltages Detecting insulators with contamination problems GPS synchronized measurements Evaluating protective relay operation 10

Facts about the Tele-Seminars PSERC • 30 -60 access lines per seminar • Students, faculty, and industry participants: 100 -200 • PDH certification sent to about 30 engineers per seminar • Audio-slide productions available for downloading and replaying 11

2005 PSERC Awards PSERC • Anjan Bose, Washington State University, Distinguished Alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 2005 • Bob Thomas, Cornell University: 2005 IEEE/PES Outstanding Power Engineering Educator Award • Tom Overbye, Univ. of Illinois: First annual Alexander Schwarzkopf Prize for Technological Innovation 2005 • Innocent Kamwa, IREQ: Fellow IEEE 2005 12

Sponsored or Co-Sponsored Programs in 2004 • ISO/RTO Research Forum, Nov. 12 • Non-Ceramic and Ceramic Insulators, Cable Terminations and Surge Arresters Short Course • 8 th International Conference on Probability Methods Applied to Power Systems • Tutorial on Dynamic Disturbance Recorders • Electricity Industry in Transition: Issues and Prospects for Asia PSERC 13

Industry-University Meetings PSERC • IAB Meeting, May 18 -20 at Wichita State University • Summer Workshop, July 31 -August 3, Chesapeake Bay • Dec. 7 -9 hosted by ABB in Raleigh 14

PSERC’s Future Growth PSERC • Growth objectives: • Increasing research support in areas where we are strong and where we can make a contribution. • Increasing education support so we can help in addressing the problem of exiting expertise. • The current status of PSERC’s conversations with CTC will be discussed from 11 AM – 12 Noon. • We should also examine mechanisms for new partnerships with other similar organizations. • We should also investigate creative engagements with EPRI. • The new head of EPRI is well versed with PSERC activities. 15

PSERC’s Future Growth PSERC • We should put greater emphasis on maintaining existing members. I intend to take some steps to facilitate this. • We should continue to aggressively seek new members. I will assign some responsibilities to individuals to make this happen. • We should also continue to push for a competitive DOE Center of Excellence. 16

Retaining Existing Members: Member Visits PSERC • It is critically important to visit PSERC members, meet with their upper level management, and keep them appraised of our activities. • I aim to make sure that a team from PSERC visits each member company at least once in three years. • I visited GE Headquarters in Atlanta, July 20. • Presented a seminar on Dynamic Security Assessment. • Introduced David Slump (VP) to Sakis Meliopoulos and GA Tech. • I have scheduled a visit to CAISO to meet with CEO Yakout Mansour on September 19. 17

Retaining Existing Members: Member Visits PSERC • This should be a team effort and PSERC schools in member areas or cities should take the lead role. • Site directors of these schools would be given responsibilities. • We have to nurture and grow existing relationships to be truly effective in building “brand loyalty. ” 18

Attracting New Members PSERC • We should use success stories of existing members to attract new members. • We have several vendors and manufacturers who have customers who are not currently PSERC members. • We could use these members to convince their customers to become PSERC members. • Jay Giri from AREVA has volunteered to come on such visits. • We would like more volunteers for such trips. 19

Attracting New Members PSERC • This is an on-going need. • I intend to give one of the site directors a permanent responsibility for this activity. • We will have to create appropriate mechanisms to facilitate this process. • Team effort is also an essential ingredient to make this work. 20

Niche Short Courses PSERC • Many PSERC schools have vibrant continuing education programs. • PSERC offering the same subject matter does not facilitate cooperation. • However, there are quite a few topics that would be of great interest to members and other utilities that we could tailor as a PSERC offering. • We could then offer a tiered course fee for PSERC members and non members. • This could be an important way to build visibility with the addition of revenue. 21

“Executive” Forum PSERC • We have a strong activity in the energy policy arena but have not projected it to the external players in this area. • I propose that we use $25, 000 from our operating reserves and create an attractive forum with a proper choice of topics. • If this is a real success then within a year or two this should become self-sustaining and even generate some revenues. 22

Value Proposition PSERC • We have been doing a self study to identify, communicate, and improve PSERC’s value proposition. • This is an integral part of retaining membership and attracting new members. • This also differentiates us from our competition. • We need to give this aspect more thought and clearly identify what sets us apart. 23

PSERC Seminars PSERC • This is one of our success stories. • Each seminar has a significant number of industry member participants. • We would like to be proactive and hear from our members about what they would like to see in our seminars. • We would like input on topics, technical areas, etc. 24

Research Stem Leadership PSERC • Our research stems have been effective in streamlining the research solicitation, proposal development, and review process. • This process would greatly benefit from more active member participation. • To facilitate this, I propose to bring to the EC a motion to add a Vice Chair from industry to each stem. 25

Breakout Session PSERC • We will now have five breakout groups. ØGrowth of Research Support and Partnerships ØNiche Short Courses ØExecutive Forum ØPSERC Seminars ØValue Proposition 26

Growth of Research Support and Partnerships PSERC • What decisions does PSERC need to make to enable growth in overall research support? • Where should PSERC look for that growth and how should it organize itself to seek that growth? • Should PSERC be partnering with anyone to achieve the growth? If so, who? 27

Niche Short Courses PSERC • What would it take for PSERC to successfully compete in the professional development program marketplace? How should “success” be measured for PSERC? • How could PSERC organize and plan a professional development program initiative? • How can short courses enhance the value of membership while covering the costs of doing them? 28

“Executive” Forum PSERC • If PSERC organized an “Executive” Forum, what would the Forum look like? • Who would be there? • Why would they come? • How could PSERC organize and plan such a forum? 29

PSERC Seminars PSERC • What are the good qualities of the existing seminar program that should be kept? • What changes could be made to improve the seminars for industry, university researchers, and students? • Topics and speakers • Delivery technology • Number/frequency • Should we continue to keep seminars on new reports limited just to PSERC members? 30

Value Proposition PSERC • What are your reactions to the report of the Value Proposition/Statement Team? • What more needs to be done to complete the development of a Value Statement? • How can we gather (historically and in the future) the small but illustrative success stories that show our value? 31

PSERC Breakout Groups • Listed for each breakout topic

Growth of Research Support and Partnerships PSERC Luc Audette Jim Crane Floyd Galvan Lorne Hillier Tom Kennedy Mladen Kezunovic Peter Sauer Tim Mount Anjan Bose – Discussion Leader Frank Wayno - Facilitator 33

Niche Short Courses PSERC Marty Brett Bruce Fardanesh Liying Wang John Charlton George Gross G. T. Heydt V. Ajjarapu Karen Butler-Purry Marija Illic P. K. Sen Sakis Meliopoulos - Discussion Leader Dennis Ray - Facilitator 34

Executive Forum PSERC Navin Bhatt Hamid Elahi Tom Gentile David Lubkeman Raymond Vice Mark Sanford Fernando Alvarado Richard Schuler Shmuel Oren - Discussion Leader Robert Thomas - Facilitator 35

PSERC Seminars PSERC Ali Chowdhury John Dalton Mahendra Patel Joseph Waligorski Ward Jewell Carl Benner Mani Venkatasubramanian Steve Puller Dan Tylavsky Sarosh Talukdar – Discussion Leader 36

Value Proposition PSERC Lisa Beard Jay Giri Bob Saint Jianzhong Tong Farnoosh Rahmatian Chris De. Marco Judith Cardell Chanan Singh Gerald Sheblé Jim Mc. Calley – Discussion Leader 37