Join us for this two day program at the Union of Concerned Scientists' office in Cambridge, MA!
Tuesday, September 2nd, 9am-5pm
Wednesday, September 3rd, 9am-5pm
RENEW will be holding a two day program in Boston, led by GE Vernova, that will give members an in-depth interactive experience with GE MARS (GE Multi-Area Reliability Simulation Software Program). It is the program ISO New England is using in its initiative to redesign the capacity market.
Speaker: Matthew Elkins, Technical Director, GE Vernova
The program will be hybrid. Being in the room is strongly encouraged as participants will benefit from the in-person interaction. I will host a dinner after the first day’s session.
Tentative syllabus:
Resource Adequacy Overview (2-3 Hours)
- History of RA
- What are we trying to calculate
MARS Overview (1-2 Hours)
- What is and is not modeled
- How it meets RA needs
Resource Adequacy Metrics (1-2 Hours)
- What is standard practice
- How do they complement each other
MARS Program Logic (2-3 Hours)
- Step-by-step logic discussion
- What MARS is doing at each step
Visualization of Results (1-2 Hours)
- What can be reported from MARS
- Balancing visualization of individual hours
Effective Load Carrying Capability (1-2 Hours)
- Why it is done
- How is it done
