“The Fundamentals of International Congestion
Management Practices”
Date: Tuesday, 4 Oct 2005
Time: 8h30 – 12h30
Place: Hilton Palacio del Rio Hotel
Content
Tutorial #1 is an introduction to Congestion Management. The tutorial describes the
interaction between the technical and the economic aspects of Congestion Management.
Congestion Management methods are discussed from three perspectives: market
organization, market structure and the physics of the electrical grid.
The tutorial is divided into two parts. The first part is an introduction to the theory of
Congestion Management and will answer such questions as “what is congestion and what
are its sources?”, “can congestion be avoided or at least its consequences limited?” The
first part will also provide a detailed description of the methods used to deal with
transmission constraints.
The second part of the tutorial describes the practical implementation of current
Congestion Management methods. Speakers from the industry will share their experiences
and explain how their specific methodology is used in handling transmission constraints.
“The Fundamentals of International Congestion
Management Practices”
Tuesday, 4 Oct 2005
Programme
Time Content Speaker
Theoretical Introduction to Congestion Management
What is congestion and which are its sources?
Why do we divide congestion into internal or cross-border?
What are the methods to handle transmission constraints?
Konrad Purchala
What are the zonal and nodal network models?
How the electricity market design influences congestion
8h30 – 10h00 K.U.Leuven
management?
University of Leuven,
What are parallel or loop flows?
Belgium
Why is there a difference between physical and commercial
transport capacity?
What are Power Transfer Distribution Factors PTDF?
What are Financial Transmission Rights FTR?
10h00 – 10h15 Break
Jean-Gabriel Valentin
Handling of internal congestion in a large control zone
How is internal congestion managed in France? RTE
10h15 – 10h40
What are the pros and cons of a copper-plate approach to French Transmission
transmission network? System Operator
Locational Marginal Pricing Stu Bresler
How is transmission congestion managed in PJM?
10h40 – 11h05 How the security constrained bid based central dispatch works in PJM Interconnection
practice? Regional Transmission
What are the experiences with LMP? Organization
Pavel Solc
Explicit Auctioning of Transmission Capacity
CEPS
Explicit auctioning of transmission capacity in Central Europe.
11h05 – 11h30 Transmission System
Challenges of TSO cooperation
Operator of the Czech
Experiences with coordinating the cross-border capacity allocation
Republic
Market Coupling and Market Splitting
Ole Gjerde
Integration of day-ahead sport market and cross-border capacity
allocation
Statnet
11h30 – 11h55 What are the differences between different variants of implicit
Norwegian Transmission
capacity auctioning and why?
System Operator
How is the problem of interdependency of cross-border flows
tackled in Nord Pool?
Electricity Market in Transition Tatsuya Nakase
Unique example of CM applied in the market situation with Vertical
11h55 – 11h20 Integrated Utilities Kansai Electric Power Co
What are the challenges when opening the electricity markets? Kepco, Japan
How do you choose a market design?
“Transmission Challenges”
Date: Tuesday, 4 Oct 2005
Time: 14h00 – 17h00
Place: Hilton Palacio del Rio Hotel
Content
This tutorial addresses the transmission consequences of Congestion Management and
lays out the challenges faced by the Electric Power Industry.
The first part of the tutorial will raise the basic issues facing transmission. The succeeding
parts will provide current challenges faced by leading Transmission System Operators. The
tutorial presenters have extensive experience of interconnections in various market
situations. The Nordic countries have arrangements for congestion management and are
planning new transmission. PJM is an important example of US practical experience of
operating a large transmission system in a market environment, as well as the transitional
issue of government-owned generation in Canada. The developing situation between
countries in Europe, with different physical situations regarding the distribution of
generation suppliers and load demand, will be compared and contrasted with the parallel
issues between transmission utilities in North America.
Transmission Challenges in a Market Environment
Tuesday, 4 Oct 2005
Programme
Time Content Speaker
Transmission Investment Decision Making Colin Ray
14h30 – 14h45
The challenge of markets UK
Transmission Planning and Operation in the Nordic countries Prof. O. B. Fosso
14h45 – 15h15 Congestion management with constrained interconnections in Norway
Nordel
15h15 – 15h30 Break
Managing Transmission – the PJM Experience William Whitehead
15h30 – 16h15
Transmission Planning and Operation in a Market Environment USA
Developing Electricity Transmission structures in Europe Prof. O. B. Fosso
16h15 – 16h45 National TSOs Norway
ETSO
Mark Graham
Managing Transmission – the Canadian Experience
16h45 – 17h30 Canada
Transmission Planning and Operation in a Market Environment
Summation Colin Ray
17h30 – 17h45
UK