System Analysis Advisory Committee

November 6, 2019
9:30am - 2:30pm Pacific 

Council Offices or by webinar (see below)

Agenda:

9:30 AM          Welcome and Introductions 

9:40 AM          Price Forecast and Avoided Emissions Rate Methodology and Scope

• Review price forecast methodology
• Review avoided emissions rate methodology
• Updates to study methodology and scope

10:00 AM        Wholesale Price Forecast: Resource Buildout

• Discuss WECC-wide buildout results and scenarios

10:45 AM        Break

12:00 PM        Lunch

1:00 PM          Solar Plus Storage Modeling

• Review: Why a sub-portfolio resource like solar plus storage?
• NREL’s SAM tool

If we have time:

1:45pm        Wholesale Price Forecast: Mid-C Prices

• Discuss Mid-C Price Forecast from 2020 to 2039
  1. Different hydro conditions
  2. Different fuel price forecasts

2:30 PM        Next Steps and Conclusion

May be delayed to next SAAC:

                    Discuss Avoided Emissions Rate Study

• Annual and monthly avoided CO2 emissions rate for the WECC
• Discuss CO2e versus CO2 reporting

  Feedback on AURORA Setup in 2021 Plan

• Initial stakeholder response to results

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