Optimization and Equilibrium in Energy Economics

January 11 - 15, 2016

Schedule

All times in this Schedule are Pacific Time (PT)

Monday, January 11, 2016

Morning Session

8:00 - 9:00 Check-In/Breakfast (Hosted by IPAM)
9:00 - 9:50
Michael Ferris (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Tutorial
PDF Presentation

 
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
Roger Wets (University of California, Davis (UC Davis))

Finding economic equilibria in a stochastic environment
PDF Presentation

 
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
Richard O'Neill (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)

Recent Advances in Optimal Power Flow and Optimal Topology Algorithms
PDF Presentation

 
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

2:30 - 3:20
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:50
5:00 - 6:30 Poster Session & Reception (Hosted by IPAM)

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Morning Session

8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast (hosted by IPAM)
9:00 - 9:50
Claudia Sagastizabal (Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA))

Risk-averse stochastic equilibrium problems arising in the energy industry
PDF Presentation

 
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
Shmuel Oren (University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley))

Stochastic Unit Commitment with Topology Control Recourse for Renewables Integration
PDF Presentation

 
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

2:30 - 3:20
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:50
Golbon Zakeri (University of Auckland)

Stochastic market clearing under uncertainty
PDF Presentation

 

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Morning Session

8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast (hosted by IPAM)
9:00 - 9:50
William Hogan (Harvard University)

Electricity Market Design
PDF Presentation

 
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

2:30 - 3:20
Jong-Shi Pang (University of Southern California (USC))

Perfectly competitive capacity expansion games with risk-averse participants

 
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:50
Andy Philpott (University of Auckland)

Transmission charging and market distortion
PDF Presentation

 

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Morning Session

8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast (hosted by IPAM)
9:00 - 9:50
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

2:30 - 3:20
Patrice Marcotte (University of Montreal)

Two Applications of Bilevel Programming in Energy Modelling
PDF Presentation

 
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:50

Friday, January 15, 2016

Morning Session

8:00 - 9:00 Breakfast (hosted by IPAM)
9:00 - 9:50
10:00 - 10:15 Break
10:15 - 11:05
Steven Low (California Institute of Technology)

Online optimization for power networks
Presentation (PowerPoint File)

 
11:15 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:20
Bernard Lesieutre (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

An Elliptical Form for the Power Flow Problem
Presentation (PowerPoint File)

 
12:30 - 2:30 Lunch (on your own)

Afternoon Session

2:30 - 3:20
Antonio Conejo (Ohio State University)

Risk-Constrained Multi-Stage Renewable Power Investment
PDF Presentation

 
3:30 - 4:00 Break
4:00 - 4:50
Christian Skar (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU))

Modeling energy and climate policy using multihorizon stochastic programming
PDF Presentation

 
5:00 Conclusion