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Agenda for AD10–12 Staff Technical
Conference on Enhanced Power Flow
Models
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
9 a.m. Welcome and introduction,
Richard O’Neill, FERC.
9:20 a.m. Session A.
Rick Gonzales, New York ISO, Voltage
and Reactive Management.
Slava Maslennikov, ISO New
England, Enhancement of Dispatch
by Utilization of Adaptive
Transmission Rates.
10:30 a.m. Break.
10:45 a.m. Session B.
Andy Ott, PJM, Development of
Enhanced Generation/Demand
Response Control Algorithm.
Vladimir Brandwajn and Show
Chang, ABB, Optimal Power Flow
in Energy Markets: Current
Practices and Future Directions.
Noon Lunch.
1:15 p.m. Session C.
David Sun, Alstom, Challenges with
Practical Usage of Large-Scale
Optimal Power Flow.
Herminio Pinto, Nexant, AC Optimal
Power Flow for Day-Ahead Reactive
Planning.
2:25 p.m. Break.
2:40 p.m. Session D.
Marija Ilic, Carnegie Mellon
University and NETSS, Inc., Jeffrey
Lang, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, NETSSWorks
Software: An Extended AC Optimal
Power Flow (AC XOPF) for
Managing Available System
Resources.
3:40 p.m. Break.
3:50 p.m. Session E.
Malcolm Metcalfe, Sempa Power
Systems, Low-Cost Fast Regulation
with Load-Based Regulation
Services Network.
Franz Franchetti, Carnegie Mellon
University, Trends in HighPerformance Computing for Power
Grid Applications.
5 p.m. Day 1 Conclusion,
Richard O’Neill, FERC.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
9 a.m. Day 2 Welcome,
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Richard O’Neill, FERC.
9:20 a.m. Session F.
Marija Ilic, Carnegie Mellon
University and NETSS, Inc., AC
Optimal Power Flow and Smart
Grids.
Cong Liu, Argonne National
Laboratory, Large-Scale Power Grid
Simulation.
10:30 a.m. Break.
10:45 a.m. Session G.
Sven Leyffer, Argonne National
Laboratory, AC Networks and
Mixed-Discrete Global
Optimization.
Srinivas Musunuri, AREVA T&D,
Enhanced LP–Based Optimal Power
Flow for Transmission Operations.
Noon Lunch.
1:15 p.m. Session H.
Ray Zimmerman, Cornell University,
SuperOPF Framework.
Sandy Aivaliotis, The Valley Group,
Dynamic Line Ratings.
2:25 p.m. Break.
2:40 p.m. Session I.
Herminio Pinto, Nexant, SecurityConstrained Economic Dispatch
with Post-Contingency Corrective
Actions.
3:15 p.m. Day 2 Conclusion,
Richard O’Neill, FERC.
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AGENCY
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Adequacy Status of the Kentucky
Portion of the Huntington-Ashland TriState Area 1997 Annual PM2.5
Attainment Demonstration
Insignificance Finding for
Transportation Conformity Purposes
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Adequacy.
SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is
notifying the public that EPA has made
an insignificance finding through the
transportation conformity adequacy
process for directly emitted fine
particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen
oxides (NOX) emissions as contained in
the 1997 PM2.5 attainment
demonstration for the Kentucky portion
of the tri-state Huntington-Ashland
nonattainment area. The tri-state
Huntington-Ashland 1997 annual PM2.5
nonattainment area is comprised of
Boyd County, Kentucky; Cabell and
Wayne Counties, West Virginia;
Lawrence and Scioto Counties, Ohio;
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and the partial Counties of Lawrence in
Kentucky; Mason in West Virginia; and
Adams and Gallia in Ohio. On
December 5, 2008, the Commonwealth
of Kentucky, through the Division of Air
Quality (DAQ), submitted an attainment
demonstration for the 1997 annual PM2.5
standard for the Kentucky portion of the
tri-state Huntington-Ashland area
(hereafter referred to as the Ashland
Area). As a result of EPA’s
insignificance finding, the Ashland Area
is no longer required to perform regional
emissions analyses for either directly
emitted PM2.5 or NOX as part of future
PM2.5 conformity determinations for the
1997 annual PM2.5 air quality standard.
This finding only relates to the
Kentucky portion of the tri-state
Huntington-Ashland 1997 PM2.5
nonattainment area. In a letter dated
October 23, 2009, EPA informed the
State of Ohio that regional mobile
emissions of direct PM2.5 and NOX are
insignificant for transportation
conformity purposes as well. That
insignificance finding took effect on
December 22, 2009. EPA will review the
adequacy of the West Virginia submittal
in a separate action.
DATES: This insignificance finding for
direct PM2.5 and NOX is effective July 6,
2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dianna Smith, Environmental Scientist,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 4, Air Planning Branch, Air
Quality Modeling and Transportation
Section, 61 Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta,
Georgia 30303. Ms. Smith can also be
reached by telephone at (404) 562–9207,
or via electronic mail at
smith.dianna@epa.gov. The finding is
available at EPA’s conformity Web site:
https://www.epa.gov/otaq/
stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is simply an announcement of a
finding that EPA has already made. EPA
sent a letter to DAQ on March 23, 2010,
stating that regional direct PM2.5 and
NOX emissions are insignificant from
mobile sources as provided in the
Kentucky portion of the 1997 annual
PM2.5 attainment demonstration for the
tri-state Huntington-Ashland area. The
Commonwealth of Kentucky submitted
the 1997 annual PM2.5 attainment
demonstration for the Ashland Area on
December 5, 2008. Ohio and West
Virginia provided separate submittals
for their portion of this Area and EPA
is addressing these submissions in
actions separate from today’s action.
EPA posted the availability of the
insignificance finding for the Ashland
Area on EPA’s Web site on September
8, 2009, as part of the adequacy process,
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for the purpose of soliciting comments.
The comment period for Kentucky’s
submission ran from September 8, 2009,
through October 8, 2009. During EPA’s
adequacy comment period for
Kentucky’s submission, no comments
were received on the insignificance
finding for the Ashland Area. Through
this notice, EPA is informing the public
of the insignificance finding for direct
PM2.5 and NOX for the purpose of
implementing transportation conformity
in the Ashland Area for the 1997 PM2.5
standard. EPA’s findings have also been
announced on EPA’s conformity Web
site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/
stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.
Transportation conformity is required
by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act,
as amended in 1990. EPA’s conformity
rule requires that transportation plans,
programs and projects conform to State
air quality implementation plans and
establishes the criteria and procedures
for determining whether or not they do.
Conformity to a SIP means that
transportation activities will not
produce new air quality violations,
worsen existing violations, or delay
timely attainment of the national
ambient air quality standards. On March
2, 1999, the District of Columbia Circuit
Court ruled that submitted State
Implementation Plans (SIPs) cannot be
used for transportation conformity
determinations until EPA has
affirmatively found them adequate.
The criteria by which EPA determines
whether a SIP’s motor vehicle budget is
adequate for transportation conformity
purposes are outlined in 40 Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) 93.118(e)(4).
The Transportation Conformity Rule in
40 CFR 93.109(k) states that a regional
emissions analysis is no longer
necessary if EPA finds through the
adequacy or approval process that a SIP
demonstrates that regional motor
vehicle emissions are an insignificant
contributor to the air quality problem
for that pollutant/precursor. A finding
of insignificance does not change the
requirement for a regional analysis for
other pollutants/precursors; the area’s
obligation to meet other transportation
conformity requirements (i.e., other than
the regional emissions analysis); and
does not change the requirement for hotspot analysis. (See 73 FR 4419, January
24, 2008.) Please note that an adequacy
review is separate from EPA’s
completeness review, and it also should
not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate
approval of the attainment
demonstration plan for the Ashland
Area. Even if EPA finds the
insignificance finding for direct PM2.5
and NOX adequate, the attainment
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demonstration plan could later be
disapproved.
Transportation partners should note
this insignificance finding in future
transportation conformity
determinations. Additionally, while this
insignificance finding waives the
requirements for regional emissions
analyses for direct PM2.5 and NOX for
the Ashland Area for the 1997 PM2.5
standard, as mentioned above, it does
not waive other conformity
requirements for the 1997 PM2.5
standard for the Ashland Area, nor does
it waive transportation conformity
requirements for other pollutants/
precursors for which the Area may be
designated nonattainment or
redesignated to attainment with a
maintenance plan.
EPA has described the process for
determining the adequacy of submitted
SIP budgets in a May 14, 1999,
memorandum entitled ‘‘Conformity
Guidance on Implementation of March
2, 1999, Conformity Court Decision.’’
EPA has followed this guidance in
making this adequacy determination.
This guidance is incorporated into
EPA’s July 1, 2004, final rulemaking
entitled ‘‘Transportation Conformity
Rule Amendments for the New 8-hour
Ozone and PM2.5 National Ambient Air
Quality Standards and Miscellaneous
Revisions for Existing Areas;
Transportation Conformity Rule
Amendments: Response to Court
Decision and Additional Rule Changes’’
(69 FR 40004).
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: June 9, 2010.
Beverly H. Banister,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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Adequacy Status of the Alabama
Portion (Jackson County) of the
Chattanooga, Tennessee Tri-State Area
1997 Annual PM2.5 Attainment
Demonstration Insignificance Finding
for Transportation Conformity
Purposes
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Adequacy.
SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is
notifying the public that EPA has made
an insignificance finding through the
transportation conformity adequacy
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-R04-OAR-2010-0255-201017; FRL-9163-9]
Adequacy Status of the Kentucky Portion of the Huntington-Ashland
Tri-State Area 1997 Annual PM2.5 Attainment Demonstration
Insignificance Finding for Transportation Conformity Purposes
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of Adequacy.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is notifying the public that EPA has made
an insignificance finding through the transportation conformity
adequacy process for directly emitted fine particulate matter
(PM2.5) and nitrogen oxides (NOX) emissions as
contained in the 1997 PM2.5 attainment demonstration for the
Kentucky portion of the tri-state Huntington-Ashland nonattainment
area. The tri-state Huntington-Ashland 1997 annual PM2.5
nonattainment area is comprised of Boyd County, Kentucky; Cabell and
Wayne Counties, West Virginia; Lawrence and Scioto Counties, Ohio;
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and the partial Counties of Lawrence in Kentucky; Mason in West
Virginia; and Adams and Gallia in Ohio. On December 5, 2008, the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, through the Division of Air Quality (DAQ),
submitted an attainment demonstration for the 1997 annual
PM2.5 standard for the Kentucky portion of the tri-state
Huntington-Ashland area (hereafter referred to as the Ashland Area). As
a result of EPA's insignificance finding, the Ashland Area is no longer
required to perform regional emissions analyses for either directly
emitted PM2.5 or NOX as part of future
PM2.5 conformity determinations for the 1997 annual
PM2.5 air quality standard. This finding only relates to the
Kentucky portion of the tri-state Huntington-Ashland 1997
PM2.5 nonattainment area. In a letter dated October 23,
2009, EPA informed the State of Ohio that regional mobile emissions of
direct PM2.5 and NOX are insignificant for
transportation conformity purposes as well. That insignificance finding
took effect on December 22, 2009. EPA will review the adequacy of the
West Virginia submittal in a separate action.
DATES: This insignificance finding for direct PM2.5 and
NOX is effective July 6, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dianna Smith, Environmental Scientist,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4, Air Planning Branch,
Air Quality Modeling and Transportation Section, 61 Forsyth Street,
SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Ms. Smith can also be reached by telephone
at (404) 562-9207, or via electronic mail at smith.dianna@epa.gov. The
finding is available at EPA's conformity Web site: https://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is simply an announcement of a
finding that EPA has already made. EPA sent a letter to DAQ on March
23, 2010, stating that regional direct PM2.5 and
NOX emissions are insignificant from mobile sources as
provided in the Kentucky portion of the 1997 annual PM2.5
attainment demonstration for the tri-state Huntington-Ashland area. The
Commonwealth of Kentucky submitted the 1997 annual PM2.5
attainment demonstration for the Ashland Area on December 5, 2008. Ohio
and West Virginia provided separate submittals for their portion of
this Area and EPA is addressing these submissions in actions separate
from today's action. EPA posted the availability of the insignificance
finding for the Ashland Area on EPA's Web site on September 8, 2009, as
part of the adequacy process, for the purpose of soliciting comments.
The comment period for Kentucky's submission ran from September 8,
2009, through October 8, 2009. During EPA's adequacy comment period for
Kentucky's submission, no comments were received on the insignificance
finding for the Ashland Area. Through this notice, EPA is informing the
public of the insignificance finding for direct PM2.5 and
NOX for the purpose of implementing transportation
conformity in the Ashland Area for the 1997 PM2.5 standard.
EPA's findings have also been announced on EPA's conformity Web site:
https://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.
Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the
Clean Air Act, as amended in 1990. EPA's conformity rule requires that
transportation plans, programs and projects conform to State air
quality implementation plans and establishes the criteria and
procedures for determining whether or not they do. Conformity to a SIP
means that transportation activities will not produce new air quality
violations, worsen existing violations, or delay timely attainment of
the national ambient air quality standards. On March 2, 1999, the
District of Columbia Circuit Court ruled that submitted State
Implementation Plans (SIPs) cannot be used for transportation
conformity determinations until EPA has affirmatively found them
adequate.
The criteria by which EPA determines whether a SIP's motor vehicle
budget is adequate for transportation conformity purposes are outlined
in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 93.118(e)(4). The
Transportation Conformity Rule in 40 CFR 93.109(k) states that a
regional emissions analysis is no longer necessary if EPA finds through
the adequacy or approval process that a SIP demonstrates that regional
motor vehicle emissions are an insignificant contributor to the air
quality problem for that pollutant/precursor. A finding of
insignificance does not change the requirement for a regional analysis
for other pollutants/precursors; the area's obligation to meet other
transportation conformity requirements (i.e., other than the regional
emissions analysis); and does not change the requirement for hot-spot
analysis. (See 73 FR 4419, January 24, 2008.) Please note that an
adequacy review is separate from EPA's completeness review, and it also
should not be used to prejudge EPA's ultimate approval of the
attainment demonstration plan for the Ashland Area. Even if EPA finds
the insignificance finding for direct PM2.5 and
NOX adequate, the attainment demonstration plan could later
be disapproved.
Transportation partners should note this insignificance finding in
future transportation conformity determinations. Additionally, while
this insignificance finding waives the requirements for regional
emissions analyses for direct PM2.5 and NOX for
the Ashland Area for the 1997 PM2.5 standard, as mentioned
above, it does not waive other conformity requirements for the 1997
PM2.5 standard for the Ashland Area, nor does it waive
transportation conformity requirements for other pollutants/precursors
for which the Area may be designated nonattainment or redesignated to
attainment with a maintenance plan.
EPA has described the process for determining the adequacy of
submitted SIP budgets in a May 14, 1999, memorandum entitled
``Conformity Guidance on Implementation of March 2, 1999, Conformity
Court Decision.'' EPA has followed this guidance in making this
adequacy determination. This guidance is incorporated into EPA's July
1, 2004, final rulemaking entitled ``Transportation Conformity Rule
Amendments for the New 8-hour Ozone and PM2.5 National
Ambient Air Quality Standards and Miscellaneous Revisions for Existing
Areas; Transportation Conformity Rule Amendments: Response to Court
Decision and Additional Rule Changes'' (69 FR 40004).
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Dated: June 9, 2010.
Beverly H. Banister,
Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4.
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