A Deep Dive on the Workings of GE MARS in Assessing Resource Adequacy

Join us for this two day program at the Union of Concerned Scientists' office in Cambridge, MA!

Tuesday, September 2nd, 9am-5pm

Wednesday, September 3rd, 9am-5pm

RENEW will be holding a two day program in Boston, led by GE Vernova, that will give members an in-depth interactive experience with GE MARS (GE Multi-Area Reliability Simulation Software Program). It is the program ISO New England is using in its initiative to redesign the capacity market.

Speaker: Matthew Elkins, Technical Director, GE Vernova

The program will be hybrid. Being in the room is strongly encouraged as participants will benefit from the in-person interaction. I will host a dinner after the first day’s session.

Tentative syllabus:

Resource Adequacy Overview (2-3 Hours)

• History of RA
• What are we trying to calculate

MARS Overview (1-2 Hours)

• What is and is not modeled
• How it meets RA needs

Resource Adequacy Metrics (1-2 Hours)

• What is standard practice
• How do they complement each other

MARS Program Logic (2-3 Hours)

• Step-by-step logic discussion
• What MARS is doing at each step

Visualization of Results (1-2 Hours)

• What can be reported from MARS
• Balancing visualization of individual hours

Effective Load Carrying Capability (1-2 Hours)

• Why it is done
• How is it done