2008 CCET Board Meeting Summaries
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December 12, 2008
The CCET Board’s Mission & Strategy Task Force met at the AEP offices in Suite 1500 400 W. 15th St. in Austin. The meeting was led by Paul Hudson and the Mission and Strategies Task Force. Topics discussed included: CCET’s mission, scope of membership, funding structure, staff and board responsibilities, changes in the bylaws, and creating an organizational “presence.” Agreement was reached to revise the purpose statement for the organization adopt a new name and focus on projects that are larger, more ambitious in scale and which “move the Texas market” forward.
September 4-5, 2008
The CCET Board met in Executive Session at the Driskill Hotel in Austin on Sept 4, 2009. Board members attending were Billy Berney (AEP), Don Cortez ( (CenterPoint), Andres Carvallo (Austin Energy), Paul Williams for Brad Gammos (IBM), Jim Greer (Oncor), David Dollihite for Michael Jewell (Direct Energy), Theresa Maldonado (Texas A&M). Officers in attendance included Robert Howden (CEO), Milton Holloway (COO) and Bill Muston (Secretary). Others in attendance included: Ken Murphy (CenterPoint), John Adams (ERCOT); Phil Overholt (US DOE); Joe Eto (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory); Paul Hudson, former TPUC chairman; John Pappas, UT Austin; Wei-Jen Lee (UT Arlington); Steve Richards (GE), Bob Pohl (Fowler ); and Michael Hathaway (Good Co.).
Andres Caravallo presented Austin Energy’s smart grid efforts noting that the information management component entailed 3000 different processes. Joe Eto presented an overview of the DOE and national lab efforts in phasor technology development in both the Eastern and Western interconnect regions, including wide-area visualization deployment of the RTDMS system and PMUs supported by member utilities. He presented a proposal to support the development of these phasor technology capacities in the ERCOT region through a cooperative effort with CCET and ERCOT Phil Overholt overviewed DOE’s electric power research including: distributed generation, security implications of the smart grid, and storage. He presented an overview of the structure and programs of the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. Bob Pohl updated the DR Pilot Project noting that 113 customers were signed up in Houston and that installation is occurring in Dallas. Michael Hathaway presented results of the scoping study for CIM. Mack Grady and Milton Holloway, and Wei-Jen Lee discussed various aspects of the phasor and synchronized sampling work. Theresa Maldonado discussed Texas A&M wind power pork and the Lone Star Wind Alliance. Bob Davis provided an update on the IEEE student design contest. Ken Murphy discussed the Spring Trails residential development project north of Houston and CenterPoint and CCET involvement.
The Board met in regular session at the Driskill on September 5. A number of project presentations were presented and prospects for new projects discussed. A report was presented on Phase 0 of CIM Standard Project and a roadmap of the national synchrophasor effort was presented by Phil Overholt and Joe Eto.
May 1-2, 2008
The CCET Board met in Executive Session on May 1, 2008 at the MCM Elegante Suites in Abilene, Texas. The membership committee reported that Hunt Power has continued to express interest in joining CCET. City Public Service Board has been approached and it is expected that they will join soon. Mention was also made of Constellation Energy and SUEZ as potential members, but no action was discussed.
The Board adopted a budget for the quarter, accepted the Treasure’s Report and heard a status report on ongoing projects. The Board agreed to meet on September 4-5, 2008 in Austin Texas. Discussion included strategy for further growing the organization and participating in other electric industry national forums. The Board agreed to establish a task force to examine the CCET mission and strategy. The Board then adjourned and toured the AEP Trent Mesa wind farm. The Board met in regular session at the MCM Elegante Suites in Abilene, Texas on May 2, 2008. Approximately 20 people attended. Reports were made by project managers for the DRTU and DR Pilot projects. The Board heard proposals for creating and funding a CIMs Standards Task Force and an interim approach to demand response.
February 28-29, 2008
The CCET Board met in Executive Session on February 28, 2008 at the Renaissance Austin Hotel, Austin, Texas. The membership committee reported that Hunt Power had indicated an intent to request CCET membership. The Board adopted a budget for the quarter, accepted the Treasure’s Report and heard a status report on ongoing projects. Projects reviewed included the Synchronized Sampling, DRTU, and Demand Response projects. Proposed project projects discussed included a CIMs Standard project, two storage projects and a concept study of a smart grid lab. The Board agreed to meet on May 1 and May 2 in Abilene, Texas.
The Board met in regular session at the IBM Austin Executive Briefing Center, Austin Texas on February 29. Approximately 25 people attended. An invited guest, Chairman Barry Smitherman, spoke to the group and outlined his view of the supply and demand for the Texas electric system, emphasizing the need for new sources and effective demand response enabled by new meter and AMS technologies. Reports were made by project managers for the DRTU and DR Pilot projects. IBM provided a tour of IBM’s Solutions Experience Laboratory. Presentations were made on crowd sourcing as a means of generating project ideas, updating the CCET roadmap and new proposals for CIMs Standards, distributed generation and a smart grid lab concept.