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Gas and Electric Business
Understanding provides a comprehensive overview of both
the natural gas and electric industries. The seminar
focuses not only on the fundamentals, but also explores
the important strategic issues that are at the heart
of today's complex energy marketplace. The course blends
lecture and interactive individual and group exercises
and market simulations to provide a valuable and memorable
learning experience. Topics covered include End Users,
The Physical System and Delivery Chain, Regulation and
Deregulation, Industry Evolution, The Future, and more.
(See Course Content for details on the many topics covered.)
Course
length
Two days
Prerequisites
No prerequisites or advance preparation is required.
Who
should take this course?
Professionals
who need a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics
of the gas and electric marketplace
- Finance and accounting professionals
- Fuel buyers and sellers
- Electric generation planners and developers
- Legal professionals
- Sales professionals
- Support functions for wholesale trading and risk
management
- System operators
- Transmission planners and developers
- Utility account representatives and department managers
- Communications or advertising professionals who
need an overview of the marketplace
What
you will learn
This seminar
will provide you with a comprehensive overview of the
natural gas and electricity industries. After attending
this course, you will understand:
- The customer segments that use gas and electricity,
how they use it, and how the physical systems were
designed to meet their needs
- How natural gas is developed and transported to
end users
- How electricity is generated and transported over
transmission and distribution lines to end users
- Who regulates what on the national and state levels
- Why the natural gas and electricity industries are
regulated
- Why these industries have been or may be deregulated
- The market participants at each level of the gas
and electric delivery chain - who they are and what
they contribute
- The various market structures used in restructuring
electric markets
- Current gas and electric market supply/demand fundamentals
- Gas and electric pricing fundamentals
- How these industries are evolving, and what to expect
in the future
Registration fee
$1,290 ($1,090 if paid three weeks prior to seminar date). This fee includes continental breakfast, lunch, and afternoon break. The fee also includes course materials and a networking reception the first night.
Locations
September 25-26
The Omni Los Angeles Hotel
251 South Olive St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 617-3300
$209 single/double (very limited)
Earlybird discount ends 9/4/08
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October 22-23
The Roosevelt Hotel
Madison Ave @ 45th Street
New York, NY 10017
(212) 661-9600
No room block for this hotel
Earlybird discount ends 10/1/08
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Group
discount
Attend this
seminar with your workgroup and you can save up to 25%.
For every three people from the same company who attend
this course, the fourth is free!
Special offer
Attend Gas and Electric Business Understanding seminar and you will receive a one-year subscription to Public Utilities Fortnightly, a $169 value.
Networking
reception
At
all two-day seminars we offer a hosted reception the
first night which gives you the opportunity to network
with colleagues in a casual and comfortable environment.
Satisfaction
guaranteed
Enerdynamics
believes its seminars and training programs are the
best in the industry. We are proud to offer a money-back
satisfaction guarantee: If for any reason you are not
completely satisfied with your program, we'll gladly
refund your entire registration fee. For more information regarding administrative policies such as complaint and refund, please contact us at 866.765.5432.
Cancellation
policy
Registrations
cancelled two weeks or more prior to the seminar date
will receive a full refund minus a 10% administrative
fee or a credit for 100% of the registration fee good
towards any other Enerdynamics product. Registrations
cancelled with less than two weeks notice but more than
two days notice will receive a credit for 100% of the
registration fee good towards any other Enerdynamics
product. Registrations cancelled with less than two
days notice are not eligible for refund or credit. Substitutions
may be made at any time and without additional cost.
Course
content
Natural
Gas and Electricity in Our Society
Gas Consumers
- Customer segments
- Typical uses
- Annual usage patterns
- Customer needs
- Services for end-use customers
The Physical
Gas System and Delivery Chain
- Natural gas supply basins
- Components of the natural gas system (production,
transmission and distribution systems)
- Gas system operations
- Gas market participants (E&P, pipelines, storage
providers, marketers, LDCs, retail marketers, financial
services)
Gas Regulation
and Deregulation
- Who regulates what
- Regulatory proceedings and rate cases
- Traditional and incentive regulation
- The history of gas deregulation
- Market structure of "deregulated" gas
markets
- The future of gas regulation
Gas Industry
Evolution
- Key gas industry trends
- Current supply/demand fundamentals
- Gas pricing
- Risk management
Electric
Consumers
- Customer segments
- Typical uses
- Daily and annual usage patterns
- Customer needs
- Services for end-use customers
The Physical
Electric System and Delivery Chain
- Why electricity is physically different
- Components of the electrical system (generation,
transmission, distribution)
- Electric system operations
- Electric market participants (integrated utilities,
merchant generation, ISO/RTO, transco, marketers,
exchanges, distribution utilities, retail marketers)
Electric
Regulation and Deregulation
- Who regulates what
- Traditional and incentive regulation
- The history of electric deregulation
- Market structure alternatives (vertical utility,
competitive generation, wholesale/industrial competition,
complete retail competition)
- Trading arrangements in a competitive market (scheduling
and dispatch, ancillary services, transmission congestion,
imbalances)
- Optional models for trading arrangements (wheeling,
decentralized, integrated)
- How different ISOs have implemented trading arrangements
- FERC deregulation initiatives
- State deregulation initiatives
- The future of regulation
Electric
Industry Evolution
- Key electric industry trends
- Current supply/demand fundamentals
- Merchant generation and wholesale trading
- Transmission companies
- Rethinking the utility
- Pricing and risk management
- Who is succeeding and how
The Future
- Possible scenarios for the future of gas and electricity
CPE Credits
Enerdynamics Corp. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be addressed to the National Registry of CPE sponsors, 150 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 700, Nashville, TN 37219-2417. Web site: www.nasba.org
Upon completion, you will received 16 hours of CPE credit for this course.
Delivery Method
Group-live
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