The Western Load Research Association
(WLRA)
WLRA Fall 2003 Conference
Hosted by Puget Sound Energy
Seattle Waterfront Marriott
Seattle, WA
September 3-5, 2003
Agenda
Wednesday, September 3
8:15-9:00 Registration Begins - Continental Breakfast available
9:00-9:15 Welcome - Lorin Molander & Eric Englert, PSE
9:15-9:30 Opening Remarks - George Pohndorf, Director, Regulatory Initiatives, Puget Sound Energy
9:30-10:10 Results from California's Small Commercial Demand-Responsiveness Pilot Program - Mark Martinez, SCE
10:10-10:40 Break
10:40-11:10 Title to be determined - Chris Dent, Dent Instruments
11:10-12:00 Utility Status Reports #1
12:00-1:30 LUNCH
1:30-2:00 Title to be determined - Rick Camarata, LodeStar
2:00-2:30 Title - Keith Fuller, Itron
2:30-3:00 Overview of California SPP - Susan McNicoll
3:00-3:30 Utility Status Reports #2 (concurrent with break)
4:10 Meet to go to group dinner event
Thursday September 4
8:15-9:00 Networking, Continental Breakfast available
9:00-9:35 The Spatial Challenge: Using Billing Data and Load Research Data for Substation Planning - Michael Hoen, BC Hydro
9:35-10:10 Gas Load Profile Development - Dave Hanna
10:10-10:40 Break
10:40-11:20 Load Profiling Without Load Research at RG&E, Don Schmitt, RG&E and Craig Williamson, Primen
11:20-12:00 SMUD's Power Choice Pilot Program, Jan Lauber, SMUD
12:00-1:30 LUNCH
1:30-2:15 Adventures in Demand Response - Claude Godin, Aspen Systems
2:15-3:00 The Challenge of Triggering Critical Peak Days, Leslie Willoughby, SDG&E
3:00-3:30 Break
3:30-4:30 Workshop Roundtable Discussion - topic to be
decided upon by the group.
One possible topic: The impact of the blackout - what's next?
5:30-7:30 Vendor Hour
Friday, September 5
8:00 - 9:00 Slightly more than a Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 9:30 Targeting Demand Response Programs to Benefit the Transmission System using Load Research - Eric Englert, PSE
9:30-10:00 Load Research Best Practices - Craig Williamson, Primen
10:00-10:30 Sampling Across Three Utilities - Susan McNicoll, PG&E & Cyrus Sorooshian, SCE
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-12:00 WLRA Business Meeting
Conference Host:
Eric Englert 425-456-2312 eric.englert@pse.com
Lorin Molander 425-456-2103 lorin.molander@pse.com
Puget Sound Energy - PSE-08N
P.O. Box 97034
Bellevue, WA 98009-9734
WLRA Co-Chairs: Susan McNicoll 415-973-7404 sem4@pge.com
Craig Williamson 303-385-0342 cwilliamson@primen.com
