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Introduction to the Electricity Market Wellington 20th Jul 2010 Introduction to the Electricity Market Wellington 20th Jul 2010 Yes Price:$975.00
Early Discount:$877.50
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Objective: To provide an understanding of the essential elements of the NZ electricity supply system and wholesale electricity market.

Prerequisites: none

  1. Introduction
    Overview
    Electricity power flows and concepts
    Energy conversions and units

  2. Industry Structure
    Generation, retail, transmission, distribution, consumers
    Historical perspective on industry structure
    Governing legislation and regulations, the role of government

  3. Supply
    Types of generator and basic characteristics, fuels and renewable sources, generation by fuel type
    Fuel use and efficiency of thermal generators
    Heat rate and efficiency
    Conversion from fuel to energy, efficiency curves, cost structures, GT, CCGT, steam turbines

  4. Transmission: The Grid
    AC lines and three phase transmission
    The HVDC link
    Losses and line limits

  5. Demand
    Total demand for electricity in New Zealand
    Demand growth - history and projections
    Demand profiles - shape and what creates the shape

  6. The wholesale spot market
    Role of the System operator
    Offers & Bids
    Market models
    Reserves
    Settlements

  7. Electricity markets and their prices
    Understanding historical price patterns and their origin

  8. The Retail market
    Pricing and reconciliation

  9. The Hedge market
    Understanding Hedge contracts

NB: Electricity market course material may vary from the above on the day
Introduction to the Gas Market Wellington 22nd Jul 2010 Introduction to the Gas Market Wellington 22nd Jul 2010 Yes Price:$975.00
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Objective:                   To provide an understanding of the resources, infrastructure and systems used in supplying natural gas in New Zealand, and the wholesale gas market.

Prerequisites:            None

 

1.              Background

·          Properties of natural gas

·          Gas units – volume and energy

·          Gas consumers and consumption categories

·          Brief history

2.              Industry Structure

·          Government policy statement

·          Gas Industry Company & relevant regulations

3.              Gas demand

·          Key users

·          Demand drivers

·          Alternative fuels

4.              Gas supply

·          New Zealand petroleum basins

·          Basin prospectivity

·          Exploration history and current environment

·          Gas potential

·          Gas reserves history and current status

5.              Transmission

·          Transmission piped network

·          Line pack, imbalances, metering

·          Distribution networks

·          Production stations

·          LPG and CNG

6.              Distribution

·          Delivery systems

·          Market participants

7.              Retailing

·          Invoicing details

·          Reconciliation

8.              Market arrangements

·          Maui players

·          Upstream and downstream players

·          Contracts & prices

·          Pipeline open access & trading protocols

·          Gas trading & settlement

·          Market information

·          Metering and reconciliation

9.              Long term dynamics of supply and demand

 

 
Nodal Pricing of Electricity Wellington 21st Jul 2010 Nodal Pricing of Electricity Wellington 21st Jul 2010 Yes Price:$1,275.00
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Objective: To provide a working knowledge of nodal dispatch and pricing as it applies to the New Zealand electricity spot market, including simple formulae to apply and the ability to recognise the cause of certain nodal pricing effects.

Prerequisites: EL0.  Alternatively, some familiarity with the electricity spot market including an overview knowledge of the SPD and RMT models, and with the processes and timing of publication of final, and other prices.

  1. Market Processes and Models for Dispatch and Pricing
    Dispatch and pricing processes
    Dispatch and pricing models – SPD and RMT
    Dispatch cost function
    Constraints in dispatch and pricing models
    Shadow prices
    Nodal energy prices and reserve prices defined
    Losses and constraints surplus

  2. One Node \'Markets\'
    Dispatch and pricing of energy
    Reserves risk offsets
    Dispatch and pricing of reserve
    Dispatch and pricing effects for energy-reserve constrained dispatch
    Dispatch and pricing dominated by reserves

  3. Adding Lines and Losses
    Pricing effects of losses in AC and DC lines
    Linear versus quadratic losses
    Contribution of losses to the losses and constraints surplus
    Loss modelling in SPD

  4. Congested Networks
    Line limits
    Pricing effects of simple line constraints
    Contribution of constrained lines to the losses and constraints surplus
    \"Spring washer effect\" due to line constraints in loops in the Grid

Note: Only simple arithmetic is used in this course.  Simple examples using a few nodes at most are used to assist learning.  Course material may also vary from the above on the day.
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