White Papers and Publications
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"Early Experience in Centralized Real Time Energy Market" will be presented at the European Engineering Conference in Spain, EURPES, June 2005

"A Perspective on Renewable Energy Development in the Western U.S." will be presented at the International Renewable Conference in Cairo, March 2005.

"Effect of Market Structure on Grid Reliability" Submitted for Publication at the 2005 June, Power System Conference in San Francisco, California.

"Why California is Moving Toward Locational Marginal Pricing – The Real Story" to be presented at the Power Engineering Society in New Orleans, October 2005.

"A Market View From the Operating Room" Published and Presented at the 2004 IEEE- PES Conference in New York City (PSCE 2004-000610).

"A Rational Buyer Algorithm Used for Ancillary Services” Published at the IEEE- PES:
October 03, 2004

"Transitioning the California market From Zonal to a Nodal Framework - An Operational Perspective" Published and Presented at the 2004 IEEE- PES Conference in New York City
(PSCE 2004-000189), October 2004.

"Regional Ancillary Services Procurement in Simultaneous Energy and Reserve Markets" Published and Presented at the 2004 IEEE- PES Conference in New York City
(PSCE 2004-000188), October 2004.

Testimony before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Southern California Municipal Utilities, Transmission Revenue Requirements in Docket No: EL03-105-007 and EL03-20-000; April 17, 2004. www.caiso.com

"Transmission Modeling of Southern California Municipal Utilities" Final Report, August 2004, www.caiso.com

"System Resource Participation in a De-regulated Environment" NERC, Phoenix, AZ. May 21, 2003, www.caiso.com

"Effects of Firm Transmission Rights on Transmission Revenue Allocation" Presented and Published at the IEEE – PES: October 22, 2003.

"How Renewable Energy Policy Benefit Consumers and the Environment" Report Submitted to California PUC, 2003, www.caiso.com

"Mitigation Operating Strategies, RTO Perspective" EUC, Denver, Colorado, September 24, 2003.

"Facilitating the Congestion Management Market" Published IEEE-PES, 2003.

"Best Operating Practices Under Strict Environmental Initiatives" Paper Presented at the International Conference On Renewable Energy”, London 2002

"Overview of New Market in California" Westminster, CO. EUCI Conference, March 2002.

"Economic Assessment for Path 15 Upgrades; Cost Analysis Studies" Full Report and Testimony Before California Public Utility Commission and CEC: Feb 16, 2002. The new 500KV line is currently operational.

"Real-Time Energy Market: Design and Operating Principle" Presented to the European Delegation on Restructuring, University Of Toulouse, France, May 2002.

"Fundamentals of Electrical Power Markets:” Presented at the PICA Conference, Sydney, Australia, May 20-24, 2001.

"Declaring Emergencies in California: The Realities of ISO operation" Fortnightly Magazine, Volume. 139. No 19 - October 15, 2001.

"Firm Transmission Rights, Energy and Power Risks Management" European Privatization Council, UK, March 2001.

"Flexible Adjustable Inter-SC Trades Modeling in Congestion Management" Presented and Published at the IEEE-PES, February 2001.

"Testimony In Front of the California State Senate Sub-Committee on Energy" Provided Insight On Electric Operation During the Energy Crisis, October 2000.

"California ISO Formation and Implementation" IEEE Computer Applications in Power System,
(p 30-34), October 1999.

"California Electric Restructuring; a Broad Description of the Development of the California ISO" (PE-926-PWRS-0-12-1997), Published at the IEEE-PES, 1997.

"Marginal Unit Average Costs Based Clearing Prices" Final Report: PG&E/PUC" August 1996.

"External Network Modeling – Recent Practical Experience" IEEE Transmission and Power Systems, Volume 9. PP 216-228 February 1994.

"Voltage Collapse: Operating Philosophy at PG&E" Presented at the IEEE – PES, Summer 1990.

Invitational Presentations
"Coordinating Energy Dispatch and Planning between regions" EUCI Conference, Washington DC: April 14, 2004.

"Managing Regional Transmission Bottleneck Across California and The Southwest Region" Presented to FERC, CPUC and Southwestern Region. December 2003.

"Transmission Pricing and Auction" Presented at to the European Delegation on Restructuring, University Of Toulouse, France, 2003

"Capacity Payment for Local Reliability Resources" ECUI Conference, May 9, 2003.

"Mitigation Operating Strategies - ISO perspective" ECUI Conference, Denver, 2003.

"Actual Operating Conditions During the Energy Crisis"; Presented to FERC, State Senators Committee on Energy and CPUC Staff, November 2002.

"Applicability of Operating Requirements to Market Participants" Presented to NERC. St.Louis, Missouri, September 7, 2001.

"Interregional Coordination: Various Approaches" WECC - Market Committee Feb 2001.

"Price Reciprocity: Benefits and Challenges" Presented to CPUC, June 2000.

"Ancillary Service Design, Implementation and Operation", Stanford University Business School, Palo Alto, California, January 26, 1999.

"Data validation of Market Based Electric Operation" FERC technical conference, 1997.

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