2016 Forecasting Workshop

WORKSHOP AGENDA

ONLINE REGISTRATION

UVIG is pleased to announce the 2016 edition of its premier industry event, the Variable Generation (VG) Forecasting Workshop. This annual event brings together experts from North America, Europe, and around the world to explore the state-of-the-art in wind, solar and distributed generation forecasting and its application to electric power system planning and operations.

This workshop is intended for utilities and power system operators, companies associated with producing and using variable generation, research groups working to improve VG output forecasts, and companies involved in forecasting and integration services for all forms of variable generation. The purpose of this workshop is to help participants to:

• Develop a better understanding of the value of VG forecasting in the day-ahead, hour-ahead and real-time periods
• Explore the enhanced prospects for the use of VG forecasts in the scheduling and operation of power systems and markets
• Develop a better understanding of VG forecasting developments that are underway or on the horizon
• Continue an ongoing dialog between the VG forecasting research, development, applications and user communities

The morning of the first day will be devoted to tutorials, while the afternoon of the first day will be devoted to meetings of the UVIG User Groups:

• DG APPLICATIONS
• OPERATING IMPACTS AND INTEGRATION STUDIES
• MARKET OPERATION AND TRANSMISSION PLANNING
• VG PLANT MODELING AND INTERCONNECTION

The workshop program itself will take place all day September 28 and 29.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Transmission system owners and operators, distribution system owners and operators, wind turbine vendors, solar generation vendors, project developers, and other stakeholdeMARKET OPERATION AND TRANSMISSION PLANNINGrs in regions already active in wind and/or solar power or considering adding wind and/or solar generation to their systems.
• UVIG members and utility managers, project engineers, developers and others wanting to learn more integration issues related to bulk as well as distribution grids.
• RTO/ISO and system operations personnel and transmission system planners.
• Researchers and companies involved in wind and solar power forecasting
• Regulatory personnel and elected officials interested in wind and/or solar power integration.

ACCOMMODATIONS

The workshop will take place at the

Embassy Suites Denver Downtown
1420 Stout St,
Denver CO 80202
Phone: 303-592-1000
WWW.DENVERDOWNTOWN.EMBASSYSUITES.COM

The room block at the Embassy Suites is full. We’ve arranged a secondary block:

Aloft Denver Downtown
800 15th Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
(303) 623 3063

You can book online HERE.

The room rate is $215 a night plus tax and the block expires on September 22.

REGISTRATION

Registration for this event will be available online. All rates listed are for Early Bird registration, which ends September 15. Tutorials are included at no additional cost with full workshop registration.

$595 – UVIG members and government

$500 – Discounted rate for multiple registrants from the same UVIG member organization and government

$990 – Non-members

$445 – Speaker discounted rate

$295 – User Group Meetings (UVIG members and invited guests only)

$35 – Companion ticket for reception on September 28

A limited number of spaces for the technical workshop will be made available for university/college students to attend at no charge. For additional information contact:

Sandy Smith
UVIG Conference & Communications Coordinator
Phone: (865) 218-4600, ext. 6141
Fax: (865) 218-8999
E-mail: SANDY@UVIG.ORG

CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS

All requests for refunds must be submitted to UVIG in writing. Refunds may not be processed until after the event.

• Requests received by September 21 – receive full refund
• Requests received after September 21 – receive refund less $250 administrative fee

CREDIT FOR ATTENDANCE

Continuing Education Units will be available to attendees of this event. Information will be available on site.