What End Users Should Know about Power Pools

Authors

  • Philip VanHorne Chief Operating Officer Plum Street Energy Marketing

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/dgaej2156-3306.1343

Abstract

One of the features of the sweeping changes taking place in the
United States electricity industry is the development of Independent
System Operators (ISO's) as a replacement for centralized power pools.
Where power pools do not exist, ISO's are being discussed as a replace-
ment for the present system of individual regional control centers that
coordinate operations with their neighbors under coordinating agree-
ments.
The advent of ISO's is a significant development and will result in
new products being developed and marketed to retail customers by
energy marketers. In order to deal directly with an ISO, a bu yer (or
seller) will have to be a sophisticated operation with the ability to trans-
act electricity on a wholesale level. The price transparency efficienc y and
wider participation associated with ISO's will lead to the availability of
financial instruments that can be used to support flexible and custom-
ized pricing products for retail consumers

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Author Biography

Philip VanHorne, Chief Operating Officer Plum Street Energy Marketing

Philip VanHorne, P.E., holds bachelors and masters degrees from
Clarkson University in electrical and computer engineering and is a reg-
istered professional engineer in New York State. He is presently the vice
president of Plum Street Enterprises and chief operating officer of Plum
Street Energy Marketing headquartered in Syracuse, New York. Plum
Street Energy Marketing is actively developing a wholesale and retail
competitive energy marketing business for electricity and natural gas.
He leads a team of experts in the energy marketing field with extensive
experience and knowledge of the emerging competitive structures.
Previously he was director of power contracts for Niagara Mo-
hawk Power Corporation with responsibility for the development, marketing and administration of wholesale energy transactions , trans-
mission service agreements, interconnection of non-utility generators,
and the preparat ion of day -ahead forecasts and transaction schedules
for Niagara Mohawk.
He has also worked for General Electric in Schenectady, NY, in the
sys tem planning area , at the New York Power Pool as a trans mission
planning engineer as well as various areas of power contracts at Niagara
Moha wk.
Philip VanHorne, President and Chief Operating Officer, Plum
Street Energy Marketing, 507 Plum Street, Syracuse, NY 13204; 315-460-
3350; Fax: 300

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Published

1998-10-21

How to Cite

VanHorne, P. . (1998). What End Users Should Know about Power Pools. Distributed Generation &Amp; Alternative Energy Journal, 13(4), 36–42. https://doi.org/10.13052/dgaej2156-3306.1343

Issue

1998: Vol 13 Iss 4

Section

Articles