Austin July 2016 Luncheon

"Wind & Utility Scale Solar Integration"

There is currently in excess of 16,000 MWs of wind on the ERCOT System.  By 2017 ERCOT expects system wide wind capacity to increase above 24,000 MWs.  Add 1,700 MWs of utility scale solar and likely even more going forward and the system will be very different than it was a few years ago.  Under these circumstances ERCOT will change the way it maintains reliability and operates the grid.

Kenan Ögelman is ERCOT’s vice president of Commercial Operations, overseeing Market Operations, Settlement and Retail Operations, and Market Design and Development. Prior to joining ERCOT in October 2015, Mr. Ögelman served as the director of Energy Market Policy for CPS Energy. In that role, he was responsible for managing CPS Energy’s activities at ERCOT and the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) and developing strategic policy. Additionally, Mr. Ögelman served as chairman of the ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee from 2011 to 2013. Previously, Mr. Ögelman worked for the Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel, which represents residential electric consumers in Texas, as a senior economist from 1997 to 2007. He graduated from Boston University in 1987 with a B.A. in International Relations. Subsequently, he received an M.A. in Economics from the University of Texas at Arlington in 1991 and an M.A. in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 1995. Currently, Mr. Ögelman serves on the Gulf Coast Power Association’s (GCPA) Board of Directors. He has served on that board since 2013 and was president in 2015 and vice president in 2014.