Wisconsin Public Utility Institute
Fundamental Course: Energy Utility Basics
October 1-5, 2012
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Course fee includes continental breakfasts, two breaks and lunches Monday through Thursday in the Fluno Executive Dining
Room. It also includes all print materials and transportation to and from the power plant field trip. Full program attendance
eligible for 3.0 CEUs and 30 CLEs
On-Line Registration
October 1, Monday
Electricity: Industry Structure
Fluno Center,
Room 221Time
7:30-8:00
8:00-8:20
8:20-9:45
Session Title
Introduction
Why a Regulated Monopoly?
Theresa Hottenroth, President Hottenroth LLC.
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9:45-10:00 BREAK
10:00-11:15
11:30-12:30
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-2:30
2:30-3:00 BREAK
Why a monopoly
What is a public interest
When did this become a Federal Issue
The relationship between the utility and the regulator
Federal Roles, Rules and the Balance of Power and Influence: FERC and EPA
Commissioner David Boyd, Minnesota Public Service Commission
The Public Service Commission-Roles and Rules and the Balance of Power and Influence
Brain Rybarik, Wisconsin Public Service Commission
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Bringing an action to the Commission
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Recent trends in regulation
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Prudency reviews
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How to communicate with the Commission
Transmission—The Overlooked Connection, ATC
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Fluno Center,
Room 221Time
3:00-4:30
4:30-5:00
Session Title
Utility Company Models-Presentations and Panel Discussion
Moderator: John Shulze, Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Panelist:
Brain Rude, Dairyland Power Cooperative
Roman Draba, WE Energies
Dave Benforado, Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin
Doug Collins, ITC Midwest & ITC Holdings
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Who are your stakeholders
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How do you secure power
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How do you sell power
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Who are your customers
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How are you regulated or managed
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Why was this form of company formed
Who Uses What and How Much
UW Engineering Graduate Student
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You appliance IQ
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Is gas more efficient that electric?
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What you should know about state, nation and world energy consumption
October 2, Tuesday
Electricity: Physical Characteristics
Fluno Center,
Room 221
8:00 – 9:15
9:15 – 9:30
9:30 – 11:15
11:30 – 12:30
From Heat to Electricity-How we make Electricity in the U.S.
Jake Blanchard, College of Engineering, Chair of the Engineering Physics Department
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How much energy do we use
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What is the difference between energy and power
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Creating electricity
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AC/DC—what does this mean?
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How does a generator make electricity
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Start-up
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Black starts
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Who uses what
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Cost of electricity
Field Identification Guide to the Electric Industry
Ken Copp, American Transmission Company
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Recognizing a power line from a phone line
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Curtailments
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Substations, boosters, inter-tie, DC lines
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Line losses
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Technical language used in the field
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Line loading
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Power flows
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Buses
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Transmission basics
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Basics of LMP
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Step-up & step-down
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Congestion
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Counterflows
A Day in the Life of a Distribution Company
Merlin Rabb, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, a Subsidiary of Intgrys
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The New Responsibility (Opportunity)
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Physical characteristics
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A typical day in 1990
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A typical day in 2012
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1:30 – 2:30
A Day in the Life of a Transmission Operator
Chuck Callies, Diaryland Power Cooperative
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What they do and why they do it
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Scheduling
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Forecasting
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Selling into the market
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Good days and bad days
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Transmission investment decisions
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Meeting renewable portfolio standards
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Planning and cost allocation
3:00 – 3:45
Regional Transmission Organizations: A Primer
William Malcolm, MISO
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What is an RTO
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History—why they came into being
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Roles
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RTO market products
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Current RTO initiatives
Advanced Metering--A Case Study in Piloting and Moving into Advanced Metering
Panel Discussion
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Standard vs. Smart Meters
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Automated meters
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Interval meters
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SCADA systems vs. Smart Grid
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Smart Grid models
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Self-healing
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Dynamic
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Super Smart Grid
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Short-run vision
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Long-run vision
4:00 – 4:45
October 3, Wednesday
Electricity: Financial Considerations
Fluno Center, Room 221
Time
7:00-8:00
8:00-9:15
9:15-9:30
9:30-10:45
10:45-11:00
11:00-11:30
11:30-12:30
12:30-1:30
1:30-2:45
2:45-3:00 BREAK
3:00-3:45
3:45 – 4:00
Session Title
What Drives Utility Stock Prices; What (Should) Keeps Utility Execs Awake at Night?
Sandy Williams, Foley and Lardner
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How do investors value utility stock?
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What is changing about the utility's business climate for earnings growth?
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What are the implications of the changes on future stock value?
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What are the value implications for utility investment in environmental infrastructure
projects?
Basics of Rate Setting
Bruce Chapman, Christensen Associates Energy Consulting
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Cost of Service and Pricing: Who should pay which costs? What principles should guide
pricing?
Securing Alternative Supply: Advanced Renewable Tariffs and Demand Response
Bruce Chapman, Christensen Associates Energy Consulting
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ARTs: what are they and why are they used?
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What's the difference between ARTs and Renewable Portfolio Standards?
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How do energy providers secure demand response from customers?
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How effectively does DR deliver reduced peak consumption?
New Models for Pricing
Jon Kubler, Kubler Associates (formerly with Georgia Power Company)
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Meeting customer, utility, regulatory and stakeholder needs
Pricing-continued
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Creating rates for distributed generation such as rooftop solar
Declining Revenues and Rate Response
Daniel Hansen, Christensen Associates Energy Consulting
Break
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Time
4:00 – 4:45
Session Title
Trends in Electric Rates in the Midwest
Charley Higley, Citizens Utility Board
October 4,
Electricity/Gas: Decarbonization & Gas Markets
Fluno Center, Room 221
Time
7:00-8:00
8:00-8:45
8:45-9:00
9:00-12:30
12:30-1:30
1:30-3:00
3:00-3:30
3:30-5:00
5:00
Session Title
Continental Breakfast
Nuclear Power’s Role in Carbon Management
Paul Wilson, College of Engineering, Engineering Physics Department
Break
Panel Discussion on Renewables and Alternative Energy Options--Pros and Cons
Panel Discussion—Moderator Richard Hasselman, GDS Associates
Wind, Jeff Anthony AWEA
Biogas, Peter Taglia
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The big picture--what is the renewable big picture
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Wind
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Solar
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Biogas
Lunch
What Everyone Needs to Know About Gas
Kenneth Yagelski, UGI
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The physical structure of the Natural gas market—how much and where is it
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What is unconventional gas
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How does the near term market look
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What’s on the Horizon
Break
Field Trip: Madison Gas and Electric’s Co-Generation Facility
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Co-Generation Power Plant Tour
Adjourn
October 5, Friday
Gas: Status and Operations
Time
7:00-8:00
8:00-9:30
9:30-9:45
9:45-10:45
10:45-11:00
Fluno Center, Room 221
Session Title
Continental Breakfast
Providing Natural Gas Service-Wholesale
Kenneth Yagelski, UGI
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Production or Import Facility
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Processing Plants
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Underground Storage
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Compression
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Transmission Pipelines
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City Gate Meter
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Local Distribution
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Retail Meter Extension of Network
Break
A Day in the Life of a Gas Company-Retail
Kenneth Yagelski, UGI
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Forecasting
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What has happened to sales?
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Scheduling
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Consumption patterns
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On demand service
Break
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Time
11:00-11:45
11:45
Session Title
Gas Markets
Ron Mosnik, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
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Federal decontrol of natural gas—objectives and outcome
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What is OAT
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FERC order 436, 500, 636
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What does the transportation market look like and how are prices set at Hubs
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Why nature gas spiked to unheard of levels in 2008—the role of futures markets and
speculation
Adjourn
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Registration Fees
FULL FIVE DAY PROGRAM ** Monday - Friday noon
$1350.00 Member
$2150.00 Non-Member
$600.00 Government (Non-Utility)
$1100.00 Non-Profit, Member
$1400.00 Non-Profit, Non-Member
FOUR DAY PROGRAM ** Monday - Thursday
Electric Industry
$1200.00 Member
$1900.00 Non-Member
$500.00 Government (Non-Utility)
$950.00 Non-Profit, Member
$1250.00 Non-Profit, Non-Member
TWO DAY PROGRAM ** Thursday - Friday Only
Natural Gas Industry
$375.00 Member
$600.00 Non-Member
$200.00 Government (Non-Utility)
$275.00 Non-Profit, Member
$475.00 Non-Profit, Non-Member
Event Site: The Fluno Executive Training Center in Madison Wisconsin--Room rate $144 (no tax)
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