<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems (LEES) Colloquium</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><br></span></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">Gordon van Welie</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;">CEO of ISO New England (the operator of the NE electric utility grid and markets)</span></font></div><div><br></div><div>Thursday, Oct. 2</div><div>4:00 pm, Room 32-144</div><div><br><div dir="ltr"><br><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">"The Future of the New England Power System"<br><br>During the past 10 years, the region has made significant progress to secure a reliable power system: up to $10 billion has been invested in new, clean, gas-fired generation; by the end of 2008, $3 billion will have been spent strengthening our transmission system; and the first Forward Capacity Auction has demonstrated that demand response and energy efficiency can compete with traditional resources to meet our capacity needs. <br><br> However, New England still faces a challenging set of environmental and resource issues. Key drivers, such as the region's high dependence on natural-gas-fired generation and governmental regulations, especially Renewable Portfolio Standards, force us to seek solutions for integrating variable-output renewable energy and increasing the use of demand resources—efforts that pose many technical challenges.<br><br>The application of Smart Grid technologies may be part of the answer. But for Smart Grid technologies to work, they must be observable, controllable, and reliable.<br><br> This presentation will highlight the progress the region has made toward meeting its goals and requirements for a reliable, economical, and environmentally sound bulk power system; the challenges ahead; and the potential solutions that may help the region fulfill these goals. <br></font> </div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: -1;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></span></div> </div><br></div></div></div><br></body></html>