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TECHNICAL PROGRAM
Day 1: September 6th
9:00 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Randy Hurst, Chairperson,
Canadian Electricity Forum
9:05 am
A Competitive Electricity Marketplace in Ontario:
Pros and Cons
George Kitching,
N M Rothschild & Sons Canada Limited
This presentation will provide an overview of recent changes to the electricity market in Ontario and discuss the possible ramifications of these changes on both electricity providers and electricity purchasers. Mr. Kitching will discuss the economic impacts of an open electricity market and discuss how organizations can position themselves to benefit from competition, as well as shield themselves from its downside.
9:45 am
The New Electricity Regulatory Paradigm:
Where We are Today
Kirsten Walli, Energy Licensing,
Ontario Energy Board
This presentation will explore the mandate and legislated responsibilities of the Ontario Energy Board in the restructured electricity industry and how the Board is implementing its expanded role. Topics will include the licensing regime, codes such as the Distribution System Code and the status of current Board initiatives.
10:30 am Coffee
10:45 am
Path to Wholesale Market Opening
Al Findlay, IMO
The way electricity is bought and sold in Ontario is about to change forever. Al Findlay, Manager of Client Relations at the IMO will provide an update on the IMOÕs implementation of OntarioÕs competitive wholesale electricity market.
Key subjects such as market rules, entering the market, testingof participant and IMO market system, participation in the operational dry-run and accommodating participants who are not ready will be covered.
11:30 am
Hydro One: A Look At The New 'Wires' Company
Steve Dorey, Hydro One Networks
The presesentation will discuss the reasons behind the formation of Hydro One Networks from the old Ontario Hydro Services Company and the new role this company will play in Ontario's restructured electrical industry. As well, transmission tariffs, system reliability and regulatory issues will be discussed.
12:15 pm Lunch
Luncheon Speaker:
Randy Heaton, Manager Ontario Market Implementation, Commercial Operations,
Ontario Power Generation
1:30 pm
Taking Advantage of New Market Opportunities -- Toronto Hydro Case Study
Todd Wilcox, Toronto Hydro Energy Services
Deregulation of Ontario's electricity market offers Toronto Hydro Energy Services, Inc., the competitive retailer of Toronto Hydro Corp., the opportunity to expand products and services available to all customer classes. This presentation will discuss THESI's direction in this new environment including the role of distributed generation and green energy.
2:15 pm
Almost open -- is it what we wanted?
Keith Rawson, TransCanada Power
The Ontario electricity market is moving rapidly to the opening of its restructured form. As in other opening markets, there are many new elements for people to understand and there is potential for destabilization of the marketplace as the 'bugs' are sorted out. Meanwhile, there is growing concern that power prices will rise. This raises the question as to whether the restructured market is what people were looking for. This presentation will review the reasons for implementing restructuring, the key elements of the new marketplace and will provide insights into what customers can expect in their power bills.
3:00 pm
Distributed Generation Opportunities in a Deregulated Market
Jan Buijk, Toromont Energy
This presentation will describe the technologies that are presently available for distributed generation facilities and will focus on their place in a deregulated market. Primary focus of this presentation will be on small, on-site, reciprocating engine based load management and cogeneration applications.
DAY 2: September 7
9:00 am
Cogeneration in an Institutional Setting:
St. Catharines General Hospital Case Study
Representative, Combined Energy Systems
In 1997, the St. Catharines General Hospital, a 223-bed, fully accredited facility located in St. Catharines, Ontario made the decision to install a congeneration plant as a means of managing their energy costs. In addition to high overall plant efficiency, the hospital was also seeking to keep exhaust emissions low, an easy integration into the hospital1s electrical and thermal systems, guaranteed maintenance costs and total system responsibility from CES.
The plant was designed to accommodate hospital growth as well as a load shed/add control scheme to allow the hospital to operate on a single unit if necessary.
Today, St. Catharines has been operating its plant since September of 1999 and it has achieved a total plant efficiency of 83.9% with an electrical efficiency of 38.9% and a thermal efficiency of 45.8%.
The presentation will outline engineering, installation considerations as well as an overview of its first year of use
9:45 am
Buying Electricity in Ontario After Competition Begins
Lauri Gregg, Falconbridge
This presentation will discuss changes to Ontario's electricity marketplace from a large power use's perspective. Mr. Gregg will discuss Falconbridge's strategies for purchasing electricity in a newly competitive marketplace, what electricity purchasers should be looking for from electricity vendors and the impact of energy rates on future expansion projects and strategic planning.
10:15 am Coffee
10:30 am
Electricity Market Competition from an End-User's Perspective
Bernard Lewis, Co-Steel Lasco
This presentation will provide another look at changes to Ontario's electricity market from a large power user perspective.
11:15 am
Fuel Cells and On-site Generation
Stanford Ovshinsky, Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.
This presentation will discuss how the hydro economy was initiated some years ago with the use of metal hybrid batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles. It will describe the Ovonic Solid Hydrogen System and present the reasons why the Ovonic regenerative fuel cell is necessary in order to solve the various problems that are still besetting fuel cell use, particularly for on-site generation purposes.
12 noon Lunch
1:30 pm
Microturbine: Providing Grid Parallel and Grid Independent Power
Mark Kuntz, Capstone Turbine
Microturbines are commercially viable small-scale distributed generation products with a proven track record spanning several years. Rivaling fuel cell reformers in terms of ultra-low emissions, UL-listed microturbine systems from the technology leader -- Capstone Turbine -- are today in use worldwide reliably providing grid parallel and grid independent power. This presentation will discuss the technology and its application.
2:15 pm
SWPC's Tubular Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) Program: Demonstration of a Pre-Commercial 250 kWe SOFC CHP System at Ontario Power Technologies
Mark Tinkler, Ontario Power Technologies
The tubular solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), which has been under development by Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation (SWPC) for more than a quarter of a century, is rapidly approaching the point of technology readiness for
private sector commercialization. This requires the development and implementation of cell manufacturing and material cost improvements, verification of cell performance and durability, the development of a cost-reduced module, cost effective system components, the field test of SOFC power systems, and a commercial scale manufacturing facility.
This presentation will provide a general status review of the SOFC technology. It will further focus on the 250 kWe SOFC Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system, the first pre-commercial SOFC demonstration project. This project, which is on the critical path for the commercialization of SOFC technology, is being undertaken in collaboration with Ontario Power Technologies (OPT) and the system will be commissioned and operated at OPT's facilities in Toronto. The design of the power system and its expected performance will be reviewed. In addition, as evidence of the technology readiness of the tubular SOFC, the most recent atmospheric and pressurized cell test results will be summarized along with data from presently operating SOFC power systems.
Finally, the path forward, in terms of future SOFC power system demonstrations and the timeline to commercialization, will be discussed.
3:00 pm
Wind Turbine Project Development For Toronto
Bryan Young,
Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative Inc.
The Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative (TREC) is an innovative, not-for-profit venture. TREC is planning to build up to three utility scale wind turbines on the city's urban lakefront in partnership with Toronto Hydro Energy Services. Each turbine will generate approximately 1,400,000 kilowatt hours per year, equivalent to the power used by about 250 four-person homes. Its environmental benefits are clear - we will displace approximately 1,400,000 kilograms of CO2, 8,400 kilograms of SOx, and 5,600 kilograms of NOx a year, the main activants in urban smog and ground level ozone.
TREC's urban-based community-owned turbine will stand as an example of the potential positive effects that deregulation could have in improving our lives and the health of our planet. This presentation will discuss the project.
DAY 3: September 8
Tutorial Leader: Jim Noordermeer, P.Eng., Gryphon International Engineering Services Inc.
Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of two or more forms of useful energy, usually electricity and heat, from a single fuel source. In the early 1900's, many industries employed cogeneration in the absence of economically viable alternatives for the production of process heat and electricity. With the development of large central generating stations and reliable electrical distribution systems, interest in cogeneration waned. Industries found it more economical to produce their own process heat and to purchase their electricity, rather than use self-generation. Today in a world of global competition, high costs of purchased power and concern for the environment, many industries are once again turning to cogeneration. The waste heat associated with many processes is being harnessed and used to generate electricity either for sale to a utility or for self-generation. Conversely, many industries are using a waste product as a fuel or are increasing their current fuel usage for the purpose of generating electricity. The waste heat associated with this operation is then harnessed to provide process heat. The net effect of either approach has been a new source of revenue (the sale of electricity) or the lowering of operating costs (the displacement of process heat or the reduction of electricity purchases). The economic incentive in some instances is so great as to promote large electrical generating installations even in excess of the industrial user's own requirements.
This one-day technical tutorial will provide delegates with an understanding of the principles of cogeneration, including topping and bottom cycles. As well actual examples of cogeneration and combined-cycle use will be examined to illustrate the application of these technologies in the real-world.
1. Cogeneration Principles
- Topping and Bottom Cycles
- Cogeneration and Combined-Cycle
2. Intoduction to Gas Turbines
- Gas turbine concepts
- Aero-derivative vs. heavy-duty industrial
- Performance and fuels
3. Introduction to HRSGs
- Heat recovery concepts
- Saturated vs. superheated steam
- Un-fired vs. fired
- Drum vs. forced-circulation vs. once-through designs
4. Introduction to Steam Turbines and Condensers
- Steam turbine concepts
- Backpressure, extraction and condensing steam turbines
- Condenser concepts and applications
5. Applications and Examples
- Simple/open cycle
- Cogeneration
- Combined-cycle
- Combined-cycle cogeneration
- Project Execution approaches
6. Operations and Maintenance
- O&M Concepts
- Staffing
- Maintenance and operating agreements
Jim Noordermeer, P.Eng.
Gryphon International Engineering Services Inc.
Jim Noordermeer is a Senior Mechanical Engineer, Project Manager and Principal with Gryphon International Engineering Services Inc. He has over 19 years experience in the conceptual and detail design, specification, installation, construction, commissioning and startup, servicing and overhauling, and operation of gas and steam turbine generator equipment, cogeneration and combined-cycle power plants and related equipment, with Westinghouse Canada Turbine & Generator Division, SNC-W.P. London and Gryphon.
Jim is a graduate of the Univeristy of Waterloo (BSc 1980- Mechanical Engineering) and is a registered professional engineer in the provinces of Ontario and Alberta, and a designated consulting engineer in Ontario.
When and Where
The Preparing for Ontario's Competitve Electricity Marketplace Forum will be held on September 6-8, 2000 at the Best Western Toronto Airport Hotel. The hotel is located at 33 Carlson Court, Etobicoke, Ontario.
A special bedroom rate (non-commissionable) of $99.00 per night has been arranged at the hotel. Inform the hotel that you are a forum delegate when making reservations to receive this rate. The reservation number for the hotel is 416-675-1234.
Registration Fees
September 6-7: The registration fee to attend September 6th and 7th only (2 days) is $599.00 + 41.93 GST per delegate. Register on or before August 22nd and receive a $50 discount off the pretax registration fee ($549.00 + 38.43 GST).
September 8: The registration fee to attend on September 8th only (Cogeneration Tutorial) is $199.00 + 13.93 GST per delegate. Register on or before August 22nd and receive a $50 discount off the pretax registration fee ($149.00 + 10.43 GST).
September 6-7: The registration fee to attend September 7th and 8th only (2 days) is $599.00 + 41.93 GST per delegate. Register on or before August 22nd and receive a $50 discount off the pretax registration fee ($549.00 + 38.43 GST).
September 6, 7 and 8: The registration fee to attend all 3 days of the Forum is $749.00 + 52.43 GST per delegate. Register before August 22nd and receive a $100 discount off the pretax registration fee ($649.00 + 45.43 GST).
The fee includes forum participation, a forum materials package, refreshments and lunches. (GST #R105219976)
Sponsorships and Displays
A limited number of sponsorship and display opportunities are still available for this forum. Please contact Donna Gilliland at (905) 509-4448 for more information.
Air Flight Information
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Cancellation and Refund Policy
Registration fees are refundable only upon receipt of written notification 10 days prior to the conference date, less a 10 per cent service charge. Substitution of participants is permissible.
The Canadian Electricity Forum reserves the right to cancel any conference it deems necessary and will, in such event, make a full refund of the registration fees.
About the Canadian Electricity Forum
The Canadian Electricity Forum has established its role in Canada as one of the nation's leading conference organizers on subjects of common interest to electric power generators and large power consuming organizations. The Canadian Electricity Forum is also the publisher of Electricity Today magazine.