ENERGY PRICING AND LOAD FORECAST

JOINT WORKSHOP BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN AND UNIVERSITY OF ITAJUBA, BRAZIL

October 12, 2007, 2-5pm

Engineering Teaching Center (ETC) 5.132

• University of Itajuba participants:
• Professors: Antonio Carlos Zambroni, Pedro Paulo Balestrassi, José Wanderley Marangon Lima, João Batista Turrioni.
• Doctoral students: Rafael Coradi Leme, Paulo Eduardo Steele Santos.

• University of Texas participants:
• Professors: Elmira Popova, David P. Morton, faculty from Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Information, Risk and Operations Management departments.
• Students: graduate students from Operations Research and Industrial Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Information, Risk and Operations Management departments.

Tentative Schedule

1.30 -2 p.m.	Cookies-and-coffee	All workshop participants are invited to attend
2 – 2.15 p.m.	Elmira Popova	Welcoming remarks
2.15 – 2.30 p.m.	David Morton	Prioritization via optimization
2.30 – 3.00 p.m.	Pedro Paulo Balestrassi	A multivariate descriptor for change point detection in nonlinear time series
3.00 – 3.30 p.m.	José Wanderley Marangon Lima	Price forecasting in the Brazilian electricity market
3.30 – 4.00 p.m.	João Batista Turrioni
4.00 – 4.30 p.m.	Rafael Coradi Leme	Nodal and zonal pricing models in power markets: a bidding analysis
4.30 – 5.00 p.m.	Paulo Eduardo Steele Santos	Access pricing for distribution energy systems
5 p.m.	Antonio Carlos Zambroni	Closing remarks