Ieee Pes 2001 Winter Power Meeting, Columbus, Ohio

IEEE PES 2002 WINTER POWER MEETING, NEW YORK, NY International Practices - Energy Development & Power Generation Committee

Notes of Meeting of WG on Implementing Technology to Limit Climate Change Tues. January 29, from 8:00 am to 10:00 am in Green Room of New York Hilton Hotel

Attendees: Jim McConnach, CHES, Canada [email protected], Chair Osvaldo Soliano Pereira, University of Salvador, Brazil, [email protected], Member Scott Rouse, OPGI, Ontario, Canada, [email protected], Member Peter Meisen, GENI, California, USA, [email protected], Member Tom Hammons, University of Glasgow, Scotland, [email protected], Chair IPSC Dennis Elliott, NREL, Colorado, USA, [email protected], Guest Wayne Richardson, Natural Resources Canada, [email protected], Guest

Part I: Main WG Meeting Administration  Jim McConnach handed out copies of the WG Roster.  Jim McConnach offered to fill the WG Chair vacancy on a regular basis, rather than acting. WG members present accepted this unanimously. Tom Hammons to make this recommendation to EDPG Admin Committee (done and ratified).

1. Review/Update Terms of Reference and Scope of WG on Climate Change  Peter Meisen suggested that the WG scope should include the Transportation Sector at least to the extent that electricity is used or substituted in this sector. There was no objection to this proposal.  Jim McConnach is to review the list of technologies in the Scope document and ensure it is up to date.  Jim will revise the Terms of Reference accordingly and submit to IP and EDPG for ratification.

2. Status of Publishing Reports on Panel Sessions  The report on the Seattle Panel Session of SM2000 was published in the March & April issues of Power Engineering Review. Title: Implementing Technology to Limit Climate Change.  It is expected that a report on the Panel Session at WM2002 in New York will be published in Power Engineering Review in 2002. Title: Developments in Implementing Technology to Limit Greenhouse Gases.

3. Develop Ideas and Action Plan for Future WG Panel Sessions & Activities  A Panel Session on the Draft Standard for Quantifying CO2 Emission Credits is planned for the Summer Power Meeting in Chicago. (See Part II)  Two panel sessions are planned for the first “one a year” General Meetings: Toronto in July 2003:

 Experience with Competitive Small Scale Renewable Projects that Limit GHGs  Carbon Sequestration Technologies

 Dr Philipe Mathieu of the University of Liege in Belgium has offered to lead o new Task Force on Carbon Sequestration. The proposed Panel Session on Carbon Sequestration Technologies will be one of the first activities of this TF.  Attached as an appendix is a proposal from Rich D’Aquanni of The Applied Resources Group, Brookline, MA, USA for additional WG activity. Time did not permit discussion of this but the topics are partly covered by the proposed Toronto Panel session on small renewable projects.

Part II: Task Force on Standard for Quantifying CO2 Emission Credits – P1595

 A small Task Force has been formed led by Jim McConnach to develop a “strawman” draft standard for review by the WG. (See Part II of Meeting)

1. Current P1595 Task Force Roster  The current Task Force Roster for Project 1595 is attached. There are now 14 members of the Task Force from Canada; USA; UK; Europe; Australia and South America.

2. Task Force Schedule and Milestones  Develop Outline and Key Messages for draft Standard & Identify Key Issues (Done)  By Summer 2002: Develop “strawman” draft standard for review by larger WG. Also for presentation and discussion at Panel Session at SM2002 in Chicago.  By Spring 2003: Incorporate feedback on strawman document and carry out further review at GM2003 in Toronto.  By September 2003: Submit final draft of Standard for voting.

3. Discussion of Outline of Draft Standard, including Key Issues  There was insufficient time to discuss the draft outline and key issues. However Scott Rouse suggested it was now time to seek some funding for the project so that expert help could be engaged to help develop the Standard. This will be pursued off-line.

Next meeting of WG will be on Tuesday July 23, 8:00 am at SM2002 in Chicago

Prepared by Jim McConnach WG & TF Chair Appendix

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To: Jim McConnach January 17, 2002

From: Rich D’Aquanni

Reference: Implementing Technology to Limit Climate Change

In that I am unable to attend the Meeting of the Working Group on Implementing Technology to Limit Climate Change, I have the following suggestions for future activities for the WG:

In addition to the existing Task Force that is in the process of Developing Standards for Quantifying CO2 Emission Credits (P1595), I suggest:

1. A Task Force to Define New "Green" Power Generation Technologies. The starting point for such a Task Force could start out by identifying the US States and others that have or are developing Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards. As part of these RPS, they would need to define new renewable energy power resource. Definition would include type and size of generator, fuel source, earliest date of commercial power sales, etc.

2. A Task Force to Define and Quantify the CO2 Emissions of Small, Distributed Generation Technologies. Typically these technologies may be used by a DISCO to support grid congestion but are certainly intended to be used by large customers to improve the reliability and/or the quality of their power supply.

I believe such TFs will not only contribute on their own but will also relieve the burden on the Task Force addressing P1595. Note that while a Standard needs to be identified for Verification of DSM and conservation power reductions that directly reduce CO2, NAESCO, FEMP and individual IOU and state PUCs in the United States and Canada have worked on these methods for many years. I may be wrong but I assume that the P1595 work will refer to one or more of these organizations.