Notice2022-04376
Increasing Market and Planning Efficiency Through Improved Software; Notice of Technical Conference: Increasing Real-Time and Day-Ahead Market and Planning Efficiency Through Improved Software
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March 2, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11700-11701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04376]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. AD10-12-013]
Increasing Market and Planning Efficiency Through Improved
Software; Notice of Technical Conference: Increasing Real-Time and Day-
Ahead Market and Planning Efficiency Through Improved Software
Take notice that Commission staff will convene a technical
conference on June 21, 22, and 23, 2022 to discuss opportunities for
increasing real-time and day-ahead market efficiency of the bulk power
system through improved software. A detailed agenda with the list of
and times for the selected speakers will be published on the
Commission's website \1\ and in eLibrary after May 20, 2022.
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\1\ <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/electric/power-sales-and-markets/increasing-efficiency-through-improved-software">https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/electric/power-sales-and-markets/increasing-efficiency-through-improved-software</a>.
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This conference will bring together and encourage discussion
between experts from diverse backgrounds, including electric power
system operators, software developers, and professionals from
government, research centers, and academia. The conference will bring
these experts together for the purposes of stimulating discussion,
sharing information, and identifying fruitful avenues for research on
improving software for increased efficiency and reliability of the bulk
power system.
This conference will build on discussions at prior conferences in
this proceeding by focusing on topics identified as important to market
efficiency in those conferences. Broadly, such topics fall into the
following categories:
(1) Software for better modeling and computation of storage
resources and distributed energy resources (DERs), especially software
that addresses challenges such resources pose to current market-
clearing and dispatch algorithms.
(2) Software advances to help with the transition to increased use
of probabilistic models in system planning, whether scenario-based or
stochastic, to better account low-probability, high-impact events, such
as extreme weather events, which are increasingly common.
(3) Improvements to the ability to identify and use flexibility in
the existing systems in ways that improve bulk power system reliability
and economic efficiency, including transmission constraint relaxation
practices, ramp management, and improving resources' responsiveness to
dispatch instructions.
(4) Representations of uncertainty that increase market efficiency
and lead to better understanding of events that could impact
reliability of the bulk power system, including: 15-Minute unit-
commitment and day-ahead market intervals; stochastic modeling;
software for forecasting and enhancing visibility into changing system
conditions; improved modeling approaches to energy and reserve
dispatch; and software for managing uncertainties in variable energy
resource output.
(5) Software related to grid-enhancing technologies, such as those
described in Docket Nos. AD19-19 \2\ and AD19-15,\3\ including optimal
transmission switching, dynamic transmission line ratings, power flow
controls, and any software related to implementing the Commission's
recent rulemaking regarding line ratings in Order No. 881.\4\
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\2\ Electric Transmission Incentives Policy under Section 219 of
the Federal Power Act, Docket No. AD19-19-000.
\3\ Managing Transmission Line Ratings, Docket No. AD19-15-000.
\4\ Managing Transmission Line Ratings, Order No. 881, 177 FERC
] 61,179 (2021).
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(6) Software for better modeling and computation of resources with
distinct operating characteristics such as storage resources, multi-
stage/multi-configuration resources, hybrid resources, aggregations of
DERs, and others. Presentations on this topic should focus on
alternative formulations and solution methods for market models.
(7) Improvements to the representation of physical constraints that
are either not currently modeled or currently modeled using
mathematical approximations, including voltage and reactive power
constraints, stability constraints, fuel delivery constraints, and
constraints related to contingencies.
(8) Software that enables the calculation of prices that better
reflect costs of operation and that provide better incentives for
efficient market entry and market exit.
(9) Other improvements in algorithms, model formulations, or
hardware that may allow for increases in market efficiency and enhanced
bulk power system reliability.
Within these or related topics, we encourage presentations that
discuss modeling best practices, existing modeling practices that need
improvement, any modeling advances newly achieved, or perspectives on
increasing market efficiency through improved power systems modeling.
The conference will take place virtually via WebEx, with remote
participation from both presenters and attendees. Further details on
remote attendance and participation will be released prior to the
conference.
Attendees must register through the Commission's website on or
before June 10, 2022.\5\ WebEx connections may not be available to
those who do not register.
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\5\ The attendee registration form is located at <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SHFLFKV">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SHFLFKV</a>.
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Speaker nominations must be submitted on or before April 22, 2022
through the Commission's website \6\ by providing the proposed
speaker's contact information along with a title, abstract, and list of
contributing authors for the proposed presentation. Proposed
presentations should be related to the topics discussed above. Speakers
and presentations will be selected to ensure relevant topics and to
accommodate time constraints.
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\6\ The speaker nomination form is located at <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S3M89MK">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S3M89MK</a>.
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The Commission will accept comments following the conference, with
a deadline of July 29, 2022.
There is an ``eSubscription'' link on the Commission's website that
enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is
added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online
service, please email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#35737067767a5b595c5b50664045455a474175535047561b525a43"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a3e5e6f1e0eccdcfcacdc6f0d6d3d3ccd1d7e3c5c6d1c08dc4ccd5">[email protected]</span></a>, or call (866) 208-
3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please
send an email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#422321212731312b202b2e2b363b02242730216c252d34"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cbaaa8a8aeb8b8a2a9a2a7a2bfb28badaeb9a8e5aca4bd">[email protected]</span></a> or call toll free (866) 208-
3372 (voice) or (202) 502-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208-2106
with the required accommodations. This notice is issued and published
in accordance with 18 CFR 2.1.
For further information about these conferences, please contact:
Sarah McKinley (Logistical Information), Office of External Affairs,
(202) 502-8004, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bfecdecdded791f2dcf4d6d1d3dac6ffd9dacddc91d8d0c9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fdae9c8f9c95d3b09eb69493919884bd9b988f9ed39a928b">[email protected]</span></a>.
Alexander Smith (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy
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and Innovation, (202) 502-6601, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#87c6ebe2ffe6e9e3e2f5a9d4eaeef3efc7e1e2f5e4a9e0e8f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="72331e170a131c1617005c211f1b061a32141700115c151d04">[email protected]</span></a>.
Dated: February 24, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-04376 Filed 3-1-22; 8:45 am]
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