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Home Course Schedule Classroom - Washington, DC Facility The Smart Grid Development: Impact on Regulators, Customers, and Utilities(September 24, 2012 - September 28, 2012)

The Smart Grid Development: Impact on Regulators, Customers, and Utilities(September 24, 2012 - September 28, 2012)

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Course Description

 

Technological innovations revolutionized the telecommunications industry. Now they are doing the same to the electricity sector. The ability, through advanced metering technology to empower both utilities and consumers to make decisions about their own electricity usage in real time did not exist ten years ago. Today, the Smart Gird is a part of changing the electric supply and business paradigm - particularly as new clean energy options, like solar and wind, come on to the market. All stakeholders - utilities, regulators energy policy makers, and consumers (residential and commercial/industrial) should fully understand the advantages the Smart Grid brings, while avoiding some potential pitfalls.

 

This course focuses on what the Smart Grid means from the perspectives of each of those stakeholder groups. A special emphasis of this program is to understand the implications of the Smart Grid for developing and developed countries. Through practical process-oriented sessions, including technical presentations, case studies, and site visits to US agencies, participants in this program will learn how to take advantage and properly manage this new technology.

 

IP3’s team of training experts offers practical experience with top presentation skills. Participants who successfully complete the course requirements will receive a Certificate of Achievement.

 

By the end of the course, participants will have achieved the learning outcomes provided below.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Comparing the elements and strategies of the Smart Grid
  • Analyzing implications of the Smart Grid on up and coming solar and wind generation
  • Determining the factors that make a Smart Grid rollout successful
  • Evaluating the impacts on regulators, utilities, and consumers
  • Communicating what this technology means to the public and regulators
  • Creating an Action Plan for an aspect of the Smart Grid public in a participant’s home country?
  • Attending meetings with leading regulatory authorities and product vendors to learn their perspectives

Outline

 

Course Module Topics

Module I:

Understanding the Components of the Smart Grid: What it is and is Not

  • Defining the Smart Grid
  • Analyzing the rationale for the new technology
  • Understanding the societal benefits that the advanced infrastructure can bring
  • Evaluating the advantages and disadvantages of the Smart Grid for a country
  • Integrating new clean energy initiatives in solar and wind into Smart Grid planning

Module II:

Utility Benefits Resulting from Smart Grid Technology

  • Implications for system reliability
  • Understanding the costs of the system and how those costs are recovered
  • The environmental implications of installing a Smart Grid
  • The necessity for collaboration with consumers

Module III:

Examining the Implications of the Smart Grid to Consumers

  • Understanding the value of real time information
  • Describing the additional opportunities for consumer choice and control
  • Analyzing specific customer impacts: potential and perils
  • The importance of keeping expectations reasonable
  • Privacy and security issues

Module IV:

The Regulatory Perspective

  • Who pays for the Smart Grid?
  • Can there be too many customer options?
  • Avoiding information overload
  • How incentives can be structured for investing in advanced infrastructure
  • Understanding the new regulatory approaches that are required
  • Implications of clean energy use and environmental concerns for Smart Grid planning

Module V:

Experiences in the Developed and Developing Worlds

  • The U.S. and European approaches
  • Case studies of Smart Grid pilot projects
  • How to determine if a Smart Grid is desirable or feasible in a particular country

Module VI:

Site Visits and Action Planning

 

Requirements for Completing the Course

 

To achieve the course Learning Outcomes and earn the maximum available CEUs, you must:

  • Attend all training sessions during the duration of the program
  • Complete course assignments as assigned by IP3 instructors
  • Attend site visits to engage with U.S. counterpart officials
  • Complete a Strategic Action Plan that will be reviewed and graded by an IP3 facilitator

Course Info

  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Date: September 24-28, 2012
  • Tuition: $3,450
  • Course Code: 1227-WA
  • CEUs: 3.0
  • PDHs:

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