Wisconsin Public Utility Institute
Fundamental Course: Energy Utility Basics
October 20-24, 2014
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Full program attendance eligible for 3.0 CEUs and 30 CLEs applied for
Site: The Pyle Center, located on Lake Mendota
Accommodations: The Campus Inn
(Room Rate: $139 Deluxe Rooms)
Parking is available for hotel guests
Additional Parking available in Lot 46 (Lake & Johnson St Ramps at 301 N. Lake St.)
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October 20, Monday
Electricity: Industry Structure
Pyle Center, Room 235
Time
7:30-8:00
7:30-8:00
8:00-8:20
Session Title
Continental Breakfast
Registration
Introduction
8:20-9:45
Why a regulated monopoly? Who’s regulated, why and how: The Federal
and State Perspective
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Why a monopoly

What is a public interest

The role of federal level commissions

The relationship between the utility and the regulator
Break

Federal Roles, Rules, Spheres of Influence: FERC and EPA
9:45-10:00
10:00-11:15
11:15-11:30
11:30-12:30
Speaker (s)
12:30-1:30
1:30-2:30
Break
The Public Service Commission-Roles and Rules, Balance of Power
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PSC Authority and Jurisdiction

Organizational Structure of the PSC

A Case: Start to Finish
Lunch
Transmission-The Overlooked Connection Until 1970
 History 1970 to date
 Order 2000 RTOs and then Repair Bill Order 890
 The Underlying Driver for FERC
 FERC Order 1000 and then the Repair Bill 1000-A
 Right of First Refusal—Current Status
2:30-3:00
Break
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Cara Lee Mahany Braithwait
Wisconsin Public Utility Institute
Rodney Stevenson
UW Madison
David Boyd
Minnesota Public Service Commission
John Lorence
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Flora Flygt
American Transmission Company
Time
3:00 – 3:45
Session Title
A Day in the Life of a Regional Transmission Organization: A Primer

What is an RTO

Roles

RTO market products
Current RTO initiatives
4:00 – 5:30
Utility Company Models-Presentations and Panel Discussion
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Utility Company Models-Presentations and Panel Discussion

Why was this form of a public service company formed

What do you own and operate-
How are you regulated or managed--(show differences for
transmission, generation etc.)

Who are your stakeholders (stockholders for IOUs)

How do you secure power

How do you sell power (retail only, wholesale customers etc)

What other services do you offer customers

Who are your customers
5:30
Speaker (s)
Jennifer Richardson
MISO
Moderator: Jeff Ripp
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Brian Rude
Dairyland Power Coop
John Sumi
Madison Gas and Electric
Nilaksh Kothari
Manitowoc Public Utilities
Adjourn
October 21, Tuesday
Electricity: Industry Operations
Time
7:00-8:00
8:00-9:15
9:15-9:30
9:30-11:15
11:15-11:30
11:30-12:30
12:30-1:30
Pyle Center, Room 235
Session Title
Continental Breakfast
From Heat to Electricity-How we make Electricity in the U.S.

How much energy do we use

What is the difference between energy and power

Creating electricity

AC/DC—what does this mean?

How does a generator make electricity

Start-up

Black starts

Who uses what

Cost of electricity
Break
Field Identification Guide to the Electric Industry

Recognizing a power line

Curtailments
from a phone line

Substations, boosters, inter
Line losses
tie, DC lines

Technical language used in

Line loading
the field

Power flows

Buses

Transmission basics

Basics of LMP

Step-up & step-down

Congestion

Counterflows
Break
A Day in the Life of a Distribution Company

The New Responsibility (Opportunity)

Physical characteristics

A typical day in 1990

A typical day in 2012
Lunch
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Speaker(s)
Jake Blanchard
Dept. Chair, Engineering Physics
UW-Madison College of Engineering
Ken Copp
Strategic Technical Advisor
American Transmission Company LLC
Merlin Raab
Wisconsin Public Service Corporation/Integrys
Time
1:30-2:30
2:30-3:00
3:00-3:45
Session Title
A Day in the Life of a Transmission Operator

What they do and why they do it

Scheduling

Forecasting

Selling into the market

Good days and bad days

Transmission investment decisions

Meeting renewable portfolio standards

Planning and cost allocation
Break
Demo – What happens to carbon with different generation portfolios
3:45-4:00
Break
4:00-4:45
How Energy is Used
4:45
Adjourn
Speaker(s)
Chuck Callies
VP, Power Delivery
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Paul Meier
UW Madison
Department of Engineering Physics
Peter Taglia
Taglia Consulting
October 22, Wednesday
Ratemaking for Electric and Gas Companies
Pyle Center, Room 235
Time
7:00-8:00
8:00-9:15
2:45-3:00
3:00-3:45
Session Title
Continental Breakfast
What Drives Utility Stock Prices; What (Should) Keep Utility Execs Awake at
Night?
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How do investors value utility stock?

What is changing about the utility's business climate for earnings
growth?

What are the implications of the changes on future stock value?

What are the value implications for utility investment in
environmental infrastructure projects?
Break
Basics of Rate Setting

Cost of Service, Efficient Pricing, and Advanced Renewable Tariffs
Break
Dynamic Pricing and Demand Response

Why have these strategies become popular

What the challenges and what do they deliver
New Models for Pricing

Meeting customer, utility, regulatory and stakeholder needs
Lunch
Pricing-continued

Creating rates for distributed generation such as rooftop solar
Break
Strategies for addressing Fixed Cost Recovery Issues
3:45 – 4:00
4:00 – 4:45
4:45
Break
Wisconsin's Response to a Changing Energy World
Adjourn
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
Speaker(s)
Steve Kihm
Energy Center of Wisconsin
Bruce Chapman, CA Energy
Steve Braithwait, CA Energy
Bruce Chapman, CA Energy
Bruce Chapman, CA Energy
Dan Hansen, CA Energy
Greg Bollom, MG&E
October 23, Thursday
Electricity/Gas: Environmental Issues & Gas Markets
Pyle Center, Room 235
Time
7:00-8:00
Session Title
Continental Breakfast
Speakers(s)
3
Time
8:00-11:20
11:20 – 11:30
11:30 – 12:15
12:15 – 12:30
12:30-2:45
2:45-3:00
3:00-3:45
3:45-4:00
4:00-5:00
Session Title
Speakers(s)
Work Done Without (or with a small) Carbon Footprint—Moderator Rich Hackner, GDS Associates

Introduction to Renewables – Rich Hackner GDS (8:00 – 8:20)

Efficiency: First, fix the holes in the bucket – Ryan Kroll, Michaels Energy (8:20 – 9:00)

Biogas – Rebecca Larson, UW Madison (9:00 – 9:40)
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Break (9:40 – 10:00)

Wind – Richard Hasselman, Tetra Tech (10:00 – 10:40)

Solar – Sanford Klein, UW-Madison Solar Energy Laboratory (10:40 – 11:20)
Break
Nuclear Future—The Base Load of the Future?
Jake Blanchard
Dept. Chair, Engineering Physics
UW-Madison College of Engineering
Break
Working Lunch: Gas Markets How do traders evaluate options
Valerie Wood
What do customer’s pay for in a therm of gas—production, pipeline and
Energy Solutions Inc.
distribution?
How does the stock market treat gas sales? What effect on the economy?
Driving Factors in Gas Prices.
General outlook for supply
How has the gas market changed in the past 4 years?
The role of storage.
New LNG markets? And its effect on domestic pricing
Short and long term pricing implications
Price outlook caveats
Implications for states current fuel portfolios
Break
A Day in the Life of an Independent Generation Operator
Jeff Pollei
Campus Utilities Engineer, UW Facilities,
Planning and Management
Travel to Charter Street
Field Trip:
Co-Generation Power Plant Tour
Charter Street Cogeneration Plant
October 24, Friday
Gas: Status and Operations
Pyle Center, Room 235
Time
7:00-8:00
8:00 – 10:15
Session Title
Continental Breakfast
What Everyone Ought to Know About Gas
What Everyone ought to Know About Gas

Where does natural gas come from

What is unconventional gas

How does the near term supply look

What about the future

Typical composition of a gas molecule

How natural gas is normally used-by time of day, coincident hourly
demand, and month and by industry type

How efficient is natural gas as an energy source—and how clean is
it compared to other fossil fuels

What is the natural gas production break-even point (Basin
production cost per MMbtu)

Big picture of historical natural gas prices
10:15 – 10:30
10:30 – 11:30
Break
A Day in the Life of a Gas Company

Regulatory requirements

Trading

Forecasting

Dispatch
Adjourn
11:45
Speaker
Alan Carroll
UW-Madison, Department of Geology
Sarah Mead
Manager of Gas Supply
Integrys Energy Group
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