Interconnectivity Task Force in partnership with CIGRE

Agenda and Minutes

Meeting of the WEC Interconnectivity Task Force
to be held at the Salon Corot, Le Méridien Etoile Hotel,
81 Boulevard Gouvion - Saint - Cyr
75017 Paris
on Friday, 29 August 2008 between 10:30 and 17:00

D R A F T     A G E N D A

1.  WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
  Task Force Chair Elías Velasco García

2. TASK FORCE MEMBERSHIP UPDATE  ANNEX   1
  Elena Nekhaev
  
3. MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING HELD IN  ANNEX   2
  LONDON ON 9 MAY 2009
  To APPROVE the Minutes

4. REVIEW OF THE RECEIVED PAPERS AND EMERGING ISSUES

a) Baseline report on the Interconnectivity in the Mediterranean Region
MEDREG

b) Merchant Transmission Issues
Kieran O'Brien

c) Report on Interconnection Projects in the Arab, Gulf and Eastern Nile countries and associated papers
Dalal Helmi

d) Russia & CIS
Elena Nekhaev

e) Issues Raiser on Governance
Eloy Pelegry

f) The Western Power Corridor Project
Pat Naidoo
g) WESTCOR Key Success Factors and Challenges
Pat Naidoo

h) Feedback Report on the Short Term Energy Market
Of the Southern African Power Pool.
Pat Naidoo

i) The Interconnected Power System of Southern Africa
Pat Naidoo

j) A Novel Approach to Providing on Route Power Supplies
Pat Naidoo

k) Considerations for the Planning of UHVDC Systems in Southern Africa
Pat Naidoo

l) International Grid Interconnections: What are the Issues?
Hector Sarmiento

m) International Grid Interconnections in Mexico and Central America
Hector Sarmiento

n) Regional Energy Integration in Latin America and the Caribbean
Elena Nekhaev

o) Construction and Economic Analysis on UHV Synchronous Grid in China
Ms Cheng

p) International Grid Interconnections in Romania and South-East Europe
Florin Balasiu

q) TERNA Contribution
Massimo Ceccariglia

r) The Nordic Grid Master Plan 2008 and the Template
Lars Vormedal & Staffan Mared

s) Turkish Electricity System and Interconnections
Gul Okan

5. FUTURE ACTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

6. PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION OF THE ANNEX 3
  MATURITY MODEL
  Michael Valocchi

7. ANY OTHER BUSINESS

8. DATE AND VENUE OF NEXT MEETING