New Energy Professionals: ISO New England 101 Tour

Wrap Up |  Presentation Slides

On Tuesday, April 10, ISO New England hosted nearly 30 CPES members at its backup control center in Windsor for a morning of “ISO-NE 101”. 

Subject matter experts from system and transmission planning discussed how ISO plans for the future power grid, ensuring that the regional transmission system can reliably deliver power to consumers under a wide range of future system conditions.

Next, external affairs representatives provided an overview of how state energy policies are driving changes regionally. Finally, a member from ISO’s operations team gave a tour of the control room and discussed how ISO’s operators ensure that the grid runs reliably 365 days a year.

 

Event Promotion

 

Join the New Energy Professionals of CPES for an “ISO-NE 101” overview and control room tour at the backup control center in Windsor on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 from 8:45 AM – 11:00 AM. The overview will be presented by ISO subject matter experts and will cover system and transmission planning and a regional update.

Subject matter experts from system and transmission planning will cover how ISO plans for the grid’s future. The focus will be on how ISO meets its central mission of ensuring that the regional transmission system can reliably deliver power to consumers under a wide range of future system conditions.

External affairs will present a regional update, providing a high level overview of state energy policies, including clean energy procurements and how these impact the overall energy system, and energy-security challenges.

Due to the high level of security, all visitors must be pre-registered and screened.  Further details and instructions will be emailed to you to complete the registration process. Priority will also be given to CPES New Energy Professional Members.  The tour is Full, but we are accepting wait list interest. Email KDube@ctpower.org

Interested in more information about ISO-NE before the Tour?  Check out Running the Electric Power Grid  full of interesting details on:

  • Inside the control room
  • Developing the plan
  • Responding in real-time conditions
  • Maintaining constant readiness
  • and much more…

 

You can also see what’s happening on the grid right now! 

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