1. Electricity and the Economy H. Scott Matthews March 4, 2004

2. Admin / Announcements  Midterm Due Today!  Today: HW #3 passed out (due 3/18)  Next week: Spring break

3. Recap of Last Lecture  Transportation infrastructure/services provide a critical support function for the economy  Managing it well is of vital national importance  Understanding components also important  Need data  What kind of data exists?

4. Policy Issues  Need to recognize geographical or locational needs/differences  Need flexibly-designed standards at federal, state levels (e.g. snow in NE US)  Systems designed flexibly to accommodate technological change  Need to track/predict performance indicators

5. Where do you THINK E-GRID data comes from?  Or, what would ideal data/modeling look like?

6. Technology Applications  This is not enough data to make management decisions - get more?  How?  Collection of flows from generator/NERC/ FERC regions or each transmission line?  What kinds of studies/decisions informed?  Connected w/ Geographic Info Systems (GIS)

7. Current US Grid Mix (Recap)

8. What does California’s “grid mix” look like in E-GRID?

9. Other Issues  “Data Gaps”  NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)