1. Challenges, Issues, and Future Direction of the SAAC
Michael Schilmoeller
Thursday, December 2, 2010
SAAC

2. Possible Topics New risk metric(s): per kWh cost and risk metric
Use and abuse of the efficient frontier
Minimum loading and start-up cost representation
Loss of load and expected unserved energy metrics
Transmission representation
The nature of the risky futures
Modeling carbon penalties, cap and trade, emission trading credits, and all that

3. Possible Topics
More on resource representations (hydrogeneration, conservation, wind, etc.)
Foresight assumptions and decision criteria
Economics as the basis for resource selection: what does it capture, what does it miss?
Validation and the development of futures
Conservation performance uncertainty

4. Possible Topics
Computer applications for preparing data, recording simulation details, and analyzing results
Representation of decision uncertainty (construction cost uncertainty, construction phases, retirements)
Use of decision uncertainty representation to value modularity, capital intensiveness, and lead time for projects

5. Committee Concerns, questions, and interests: a roundtable
Next steps, next meetings
Volunteers for presentations

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