Place:
Sheraton Landmark Hotel
1400 Robson Street
Vancouver BC
1-800-830-6144
Date:
- Tuesday, April 21, 1998 • Registration 1400 - 1700, 1930 - ?
- Wednesday, April 22, 1998 • NW Power Pool Dispatcher training
- Thursday, April 23, 1998 • APDA Dispatcher training
- Friday, April 24, 1998 • APDA Business meeting, golf and banquet
Training agenda and NWPP topics to follow in early 1998.
Spouses agenda to follow in early 1998.
Registration fee expected to be around $135.00 CDN for APDA and $65.00 CDN for Spouses.
Includes hospitality room, buses, dinner banquet and all the fun you can have (including great weather in the beautiful city). Hospitality room open each night at 1930.
Room prices expected to be an excellent APDA price of $98.00 Canadian ($75.00 US) per night. For those who wish to travel to Vancouver and stay any days before or after the APDA meetings, the hotel will honor our group rate.
Any questions contact Rod Byrnell at:
Home - (604) 463-9473
Work - (604) 293-5821
Internet - rbyrnell@istar.ca or rbyrnell@bchydro.bc.ca
0800-0815 - - Introductions / arrangements
0815-0830 - - Description of NERC
0830-0930 - - System Operator Certification And Training Program Accreditation
0930-1000 - - Coffee
1000-1030 - - Future Direction For Electric Industry -- Transmission vs. Marketing
1030-1100 - - WSCC Reliability Management System (Compliance Issues)
1100-1200 - - NW Security Coordinator
- Interface with System Operator
- Incorporation and Liability Concerns
- Phase-in Schedule
- Final Authority -- who has it and why?
- Monitoring and Reporting
1200-1330 - - Lunch
1330-1415 - - NWPP Contingency Reserve Sharing
1415-1430 - - Coffee
1430-1515 - - Coordinating Significant Outages
- NWPP Process for Coordinating Outages on Significant Facilities
- Coordinating Other Outages
1515-1615 - - New Control Area Operations
- WSCC Control Area Recognition Process
- Alberta Grid Operator -- Electric Supply Board of Ireland
- California Independent System Operator
- IndeGO -- Status
1615-1645 - - Inadvertent Management
1700- - - - - - - Hospitality Suite Hosted By PacifiCorp
APDA DISPATCHERS MEETING Vancouver, British Columbia -- April 23rd, 1998
0800-0815 - - INTRODUCTIONS / ARRANGEMENTS
0815-0930 - - BC HYDRO WHOLESALE TRANSMISSION CHANGES. HOW DID THE BC HYDRO SYSTEM CONTROL CENTER RESPOND TO THESE CHANGES?
0930-1000 - - Coffee
1000-1100 - - GORDON M. SHRUM (Bennett Dam) SINKHOLE.. WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW WAS IT FIXED?
1100-1200 - - POWEREX
1200-1330 - - Lunch
1330-1415 - - ALBERTA POWER POOL
1415-1430 - - Coffee
1430-1515 - - COLUMBIA POWER / WKP
DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW AREAS OF WEST KOOTENAY GENERATION
1515-1615 - - BALLARD FUEL CELLS
1630 ----------HOSPITALITY SUITE HOSTED TY POWEREX
APDA DISPATCHERS BUSINESS MEETING Vancouver, British Columbia -- April 24th, 1998
0830-1000 - - APDA DISPATCHER BUSINESS MEETING
1000-1100 - - TRAVEL TO GOLF, BC HYDRO SYSTEM CONTROL CENTER, OR POWEREX
1130-1600 - - GOLF - LANGARA GOLF COURSE - $35.00
April 22, 1998
0830-1000 - - Light Breakfast and meet for the day.
1030-1400 - - Travel to and Lunch on the top of Grouse Mountain. Sky Ride to the top.
April 23, 1998
0830-1000 - - Light Breakfast and meet for the day.
1000-1300 - - Travel to and shop at the Pacific Center Mall.
1300-1600 - - Travel to and shop and visit Grandville Island.
April 24, 1998
0830-1000 - - Light Breakfast and meet for the day.
1000-1600 - - Golf, Shop, visit or whatever. Your day.