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27- 28 September 2011, Grand Hyatt, Denver, USA

The Annual Conference on Utility Scale Renewables Integration

6 key reasons to attend the Utility ScaleFlexible Power Summit

1. The only event to take an inclusive look at energyflexibility and renewables integration

2. Network with utilities, grid operators, permittingbodies, storage experts, financiers and more

3. Learn about the most successful aspects ofrenewable integration projects across a widerange of utilities

4. Hear about the latest developments intransmission and environmental policy

5. Be on the cutting edge of new technologies inupgrading existing gas fired capacity, integratingflexible storage and maximizing demandmanagement

6. Benefit from understanding market developmentsfor ancillary services and storage technologies

Hear from a wide range of utilities, grid operators,permitting bodies and financiers discussing optionsfor flexible renewable integration, including:

Overcoming the issue of increasing renewable penetration

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Hear from leading utilities and system operators including:

John Bear, Chief Executive Officer, Midwest ISO

Mark Irwin, Director of Technology Development, Southern California Edison

Dora Nakafuji, Director of Renewable Energy and Alternative Power,Hawaiian Electric Company

William Grant, Manager, Transmission Control Center South, Xcel Energy

David Hicks, Director, Renewable Energy Procurement and Technical

Services, NV Energy

Elaine Sison- Lebrilla, Senior Project Manager, Energy Research and

Development, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)

Michael Olaleye, Senior Engineer, Real Time Market Operations, PJM Interconnection

Shaun Johnson, Manager, Energy Market Products, New York ISO

Heather Sanders, Director, Smart Grid Technologies and Strategy,

California ISO

Jay Caspary, Director, Transmission Development, Southwest Power Pool

Bob Schulte, Executive Director, Iowa Stored Energy Park

Barry Worthington, Executive Director, United States EnergyAssociation

Erik Ela, Engineer, Systems Integration,National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL),US D OEDavid Nemtzow, Senior Representative, California Energy Storage Alliance

Abbas Akhil, Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia NationalLaboratories

Mickael Backman, Director, Market Development - Americas, Wartsila North America

Partho Sanyal, Director, Global Energy and Power Group, Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Daniel Mallo, Managing Director, Project and Structured Finance -Energy, Société Générale

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Renewables integration driving

the need for flexible power...

As increasingly high Renewable Portfolio Standards and

environmental regulations drive the uptake of renewables across

the US, issues of transmission capacity and generation intermittency

will place increasing strain on existing power infrastructure.

The North America Renewable Power Advisory predicts that the

share of renewable energy in the US power mix will increase to

12% by 2025, up from 4% today. The lack of an effective

electricity storage system means that utilities must deal with

balancing disruptive power supplies, along with the cost and load

factors involved in doing so.

As greater strain is put on maintaining reliability, the importance

of flexible power production will rapidly increase. Flexibility is

achievable through many different options including gas fired

reserve, load management and energy storage options.

The Utility Scale Flexible Power Summit aims to bring together

the full spectrum of the United States utility sector, from

investor owned utilities to local cooperatives, to explore the

options available in developing flexible power management.

The meeting will examine the issues currently limiting optimal

generation and transmission flexibility, as well as exploring the

potential of future storage and financing options. The summit will

provide the opportunity to network with permitting bodies, grid

operators and financiers, as well as companies providing the latest

innovations in power management technology.

� Utilities................................30%

� Gas technology Manufacturers ....20%

Construction and Consultancy ....15%

� Energy Storage Providers ..........10%

� Grid Technology Providers ........10%

� Research Institutes....................6%

� System Operators ....................5%

� Reliability Councils....................2%

� Marketing Intelligence ..............2%

We are offering special rates to all utility delegates.

50% off for Investor Owned Utilities

75% off for Municipal and

Cooperative Utilities

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Key topics to be addressed at theUtility Scale Flexible Power Summit:

1. Policy developments in relation toimproving transmission capacity:

Exploring the success of integrating renewables andtransmission policy. How can cross-regional projects beencouraged to increase reliability? How should theissue of financing be resolved? How can investmentincentives be created?

2. Project development:

How are current renewable energy projectsincorporating flexibility? What technologies arebeing utilized?Where is funding available? Whichinvestment opportunities are most appealing? Howcan long term investment opportunities bestimulated?

3. Maximizing the flexibility of gas-firedgeneration:

The new regulations favoring quick-starttechnologies? The newest in ‘fast start’ options,what will be the economic impact on gas due torenewables penetration? What is the potential ofdistributed generation in flexibility?

4. Examining ancillary service marketdevelopment:

FERC’s frequency control order and it’s implicationson flexibility? The role of forecasting in providingadvanced intermittency control. Who will pay forthese services? What are the main issues restrictingthe market?

5. The latest developments in demandresponse techniques:

How are better monitoring and forecastingtechnologies improving the management ofintermittent resources? The evolution of FERC

classifications for Demand Response Sytems.

6. Examining the developing storagemarket:

Exploring storage policy and type, which are themost economical? Could they replace the ancillaryservice market? Learn about the pilot projects ofother utilities. Will storage be able to effectivelyincrease reliability of intermittent generation?

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Day One | Tuesday 27 September 2011

8.30 Welcome coffee & registration

9.00 Chair’s opening remarks

9.10 Renewable integration: The storyso far and what lies ahead

• Current renewables capacity, future targets andprojected growth

• How the grid is coping and key success stories so far • The expected impact of coal coming offline and

increasingly strict EPA regulations • Transmission issues: cost allocation, remote markets • Creating markets for ancillary services • Creating markets for and financing storage John Bear, Chief Executive Officer,

Midwest ISO

9.50 Discussion panel: What are thebiggest issues of renewableintegration for utilities?

Moderator- Barry Worthington, Executive Director,United States Energy Association

Elaine Sison- Lebrilla, Senior Project Manager, EnergyResearch and Development, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)

David Nemtzow, Senior Representative, California Energy Storage Alliance

Heather Sanders Director, Smart Grid Technologies andStrategy, California ISO

10.30 Networking refreshment break

11.10 Transmission policy and financingfor renewable integration

• How is transmission infrastructure coping withincreased renewables integration?

• What are the key challenges it faces? • Resolving transmission issues surrounding renewable

integration, including remoteness and cost allocation • Successful transmission projects and their key

characteristics • Linking renewable and transmission policies, such as

the use of Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) • Institutional flexibility: working across RTOs and state

boundaries to create flexible markets Jay Caspary, Director, Transmission Development,

Southwest Power Pool William Grant, Manager, Transmission Control Center

South, Xcel Energy David Hicks, Director of Renewable Energy Procurement

and Technical Services, NV Energy

12.30 Networking lunch break

2.00 Successful project development • How are renewable energy projects currently

incorporating flexible power management? • Which options are currently the most economically

attractive? How can different aspects best worktogether?

- Fast start technologies - Demand management - Storage • Grants available for energy storage/renewables

integration - RE Production Tax Credit - Section 1603 cash grants - Department of Energy loan guarantees • Which project areas are large investors currently

drawn to? • Are there expanding investment opportunities in

storage? - Which markets are most attractive? Partho Sanyal, Director, Global Energy and Power Group,

Bank of America Merrill Lynch Daniel Mallo, Managing Director, Project and Structured

Finance - Energy, Société Générale


4.10 Demand response and renewableintegration

• Examining current utility applications of demandmanagement:

- Which are working most effectively to integraterenewables?

- Ease of system integration - Costs and benefits • The latest developments in IT solutions: how do they

work and what are the costs? - Improved forecasting and scheduling - Data harvesting • The evolution of demand response systems and their

classification • Valley-filling demand response using storage: the flip

side of traditional peak-focused DR Michael Olaleye, Senior Engineer, Real Time Market

Operations, PJM Interconnection

5.30 Chair's closing remarks

5.40 End of day one and networking drinks

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Day Two | Wednesday 28 September 2011

8.30 Welcome coffee

9.00 Chair’s opening remarks Frank Donnelly, President,

Wärtsilä- North America

9.10 The role of gas in flexible energyintegration

• The role of gas in current generation: - How much installed capacity exists - The economic impact of increasing renewables on

gas - The role of gas in providing spinning reserve/fast-

start capabilities - Future requirements for gas generation • Impact of new regulatory policies on the use of gas • The latest technical advances to improve starting

efficiency and cleanliness • Tapping into the ancillary service market Speakers to be announced


10.50 Discussion panel: How cannatural gas be used tosuccessfully integraterenewables into the grid?

David Hicks, Director of Renewable Energy Procurementand Technical Services, NV Energy

Heather Sanders, Director, Smart Grid Technologies andStrategy, California ISO

Erik Ela, Engineer, Systems Integration,National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

11.30 Optimizing gas fired generation • Increasing output, efficiency and flexibility: - Fast start upgrade packages - Part/minimum load operations - Fast start and flexi plants • Are distributed energy resources economical and in

which situations are they most appropriate? • The potential of gas fired reciprocating engines,

advanced reciprocating engines and gas fired CHP • Cases of improved capacity - Who has installed them? - Benefits to flexible generation Mickael Backman, Director, Market Development -

Americas, Wärtsilä North America

12.30 Networking lunch break

2.00 Developing an effective marketfor ancillary services

• How can the service of reducing intermittency bevalued?

• FERC’s frequency control order and its implications onflexibility

• The role of forecasting in providing advancedintermittency control

• Who will pay and how much? • Current issues facing market development Michael Olaleye, Senior Engineer, Real Time Market

Operations, PJM Interconnection

Erik Ela, Engineer, Systems Integration, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)


3.40 Developing the market forflexible energy storage

• The benefits and value of storage for renewableenergy integration

• California’s storage policy and its role in developingthe market

• Getting the most value out of storage: replacing theancillary market?

- Stacking storage benefits to provide energyregulation

- The use of short term storage such as flywheels,ultracapacitators and batteries

• Loans, grants and incentives- what’s available? Shaun Johnson, Manager, Energy Market Products,

New York ISO David Nemtzow, Senior Representative,

California Energy Storage Alliance Bob Schute, Executive Director,

Iowa Stored Energy Park

4.40 The use of energy storage byutilities in flexible integration

• Current battery projects: successes and challenges - Which technologies are being deployed? - What services are they providing? • How to most effectively combine these technologies

into the grid - Where should they be incorporated? - Control and operation measures • What mix of storage measures are most effective? Mark Irwin, Director of Technology Development,

Southern California Edison Dora Nakafuji, Director of Renewable Energy and

Alternative Power, Hawaiian Electric Company Abbas Akhil, Principal Member of Technical Staff,

Sandia National Laboratories

5.30 Chair's closing remarks

5.40 End of conference

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