ECCO International is offering a single-day intensive training session. This session is presented by "the experts", the main staff that lead the market rule, design and software effort. No other firm can match ECCO International's deep and comprehensive understanding of the MRTU Program and associated issues.

The general outline of the course is provided below and will include instructional dialog related to the following topics:

• Integrated Forward Market (IFM)
  • Unit Commitment
    • Meet scheduled demand
  • Day-Ahead Energy Scheduling
    • Clear supply and demand bids
  • Ancillary Services Procurement
    • Meet Ancillary Services requirements based on Demand Forecast
  • Network Constraints
  • Interties
  • Settlements
  • Related Issues
• Market Power Mitigation (MPM)
  • Identify resources that can potentially exercise market power due to local constraints
  • Mitigate incremental energy bids from identified resources
  • Use Reliability Must Run (RMR) contracts to meet local reliability requirements effectively
  • Preserve energy scarcity price signals
  • MPM in DA and RT
  • Related Issues
• Residual Unit Commitment (RUC)
  • Unit Commitment
  • Secure available capacity to meet the Demand Forecast in real time
  • Preserve IFM Energy Schedules and RMR Schedules (from MPM Pass 2)
  • Backed down only under penalty
• Award RUC Capacity above IFM Energy Schedule
• Except for Minimum Load and capacity under RMR or RA
• Related Issues
• Real-Time Market (RTM)
  • Unit Commitment
    • Meet Demand Forecast
  • Hourly Pre-Dispatch
    • For hourly Inter-Tie Resources
  • Real-Time Dispatch
    • Inbalance Energy and AS
  • Ancillary Services Procurement
    • Meet Ancillary Services requirements based on Demand Forecast
  • Settlement
  • Related Issues

Based on the description of the types of information participants are interested in obtaining from an overview course there will be ample time provided to the audience to address specific questions related to each topic.

Experts
Below is a brief description of the key staff members that will be assigned to conduct various portions of the training program based upon their specific expertise and involvement during the MRTU project at the CAISO.

Dr. Alex Papalexopoulos
President and Founder of ECCO International - has global electric power system knowledge and invaluable regional, practical experience. Dr. Papalexopoulos remains abreast of the latest developments in the electric power industry and participates in numerous forums with leading organizations that are critical in creating market design decisions and developing technology solutions. Dr. Papalexopoulos has an extensive background in power systems design, simulation, analysis and computational techniques with specialization in grid, transmission and merchant functions, pricing, energy market design, ancillary services, congestion management, competitive bidding, power systems operations, power generation, transmission planning, transmission and power contracts, system dynamics, real time control and implementation of EMS advanced applications and forecasting in a utility environment. Most recently Dr. Papalexopoulos was the Program Lead in charge of the entire technical aspect of the CAISO MRTU Project relating to tariff development, energy market design, business rules development, requirement development, functional specifications, detailed design specifications, RFP development, software support development, unit testing, pre-FAT, FAT and SAT.

Dr. George Angelidis
Principal Consultant - has been with ECCO International since 1999 and possesses solid technical background in power systems engineering. Extensive research in power system analysis, control, and optimization. Excellent analytical skills and problem-solving abilities. 21 years of computing experience. Expertise in electricity market design. Acquired knowledge and experience through the definition, design, implementation, testing, and operation of the California electricity market. In-depth knowledge and understanding of the California Independent System Operator scheduling and settlement systems. Most recently Dr. Angelidis was the MRTU lead for algorithmic design relating primarily to the Real-Time commitment and dispatch sequences. Dr. Angelidis also played additional leading roles in Day-Ahead and Residual Unit Commitment (RUC) design and drafting of new supporting Tariff language associated with MRTU.