San Diego Green Scene:
A Day in the Life of an Energy Trader - Keeping the Lights on and Costs Down
with Beau Beljean, ZGlobal
Thursday April 14 6-8pm
Please join us!
When you flip a switch you expect the lights to go on. . . . but at the other end of that power line are dedicated engineers who work day and night keeping the power on to our homes and businesses. It's a bit like the stock market - except these guys play a critical role 24/7/365.
Multiple factors affect the price we ulimately pay: time of day, weather, temperature, outages, fuel markets vs. renewables, weekends and holidays.
What will you learn?
For this session, Beau will be talking about the role power transactions in the bi-lateral and ISO markets in the Western grid.
He will also talk about the challenges of marketing intermittent resources such as wind and solar while maintaining reliability and stability of the Bulk Electric System.
A quick glance at energy scheduling tools and methods will also be part of the presentation.
Beau Beljean, Real Time Energy Scheduling Supervisor with ZGlobal Inc in El Centro, CA heads a team of real time power marketers managing a portfolio of more than 1,500 MW of renewable energy, including scheduling for the City of Anaheim .
His engineering background, interning GENI in 2012 as part of Master’s degree of Science in Renewable Energy has also allowed him to cross functionally coordinate all phases of development and construction of close to 250MW of utility scale solar PV resources located in California’s Imperial Valley.
Thursday April 14
6-8pm
Join us for this unique policy perspective
World Resources Simulation Center
Location: 1088 Third Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101
(SW corner of Third Ave & C Street
-- next to the Civic Center Trolley stop)
Free Parking at Horton Plaza (3 hours) plus all parking meters, green and yellow curbs free at 6pm
in Partnership with the San Diego Renewable Energy Society. SDRES.org
committed to making San Diego a 100% Renewable city