April 18-20, 2022
Hybrid Program
COURSE SYNOPSIS
This annual course provides a comprehensive overview of regional transmission organizations in North America.
Attendees will develop a solid understanding of how and why RTOs were created, what their many functions are today, how transmission planning is conducted, how resource adequacy is managed, how the system maintains operational reliability, how financial markets operate. The course will end with a discussion of current issues facing RTOs today and tomorrow.
AGENDA
1.6 CEUs available for In-Person Attendance and for the Full Series Online.
See Individual Days below for each Day’s CEUs.
All times are Central.
Will include both in-person and remote speakers and panelists.
Day 1, Monday 04.18.2022 – 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
0.6 CEUs available
Background, History, Overview
RTO Functions
Coordination among RTOs
Stakeholders
Regulatory Oversight
Jurisdictional Overlap
Transmission Planning
Evening Welcome Reception
Day 2, Tuesday 04.19.2022 – 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
0.6 CEUs available
Markets
Role of the Market Monitor
Resource Adequacy
Day 3, Wednesday 04.20.2022 – 8:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
0.4 CEUs available
Current Issues Panel
Looking Forward Panel
Wrap-up
