SAIC/R. W. Beck to Present at Resource and Supply Planning Conference

DENVER (March 16, 2010) – Experts from SAIC and it’s wholly-owned subsidiary R. W. Beck will present at the sixth annual Resource and Supply Planning Conference: Best Practices in an Era of Renewable and Reduced Emissions. This conference is organized by Electric Utility Consultants, Inc., and will be held March 23 and 24 in Washington, D.C.

R. W. Beck’s National Director of Energy Markets Rob Patrylak and Supervising Director of Strategic Resource Planning Bob Davis will present "Simulating National Energy Policies and Their Cumulative Effect on Resource Planning" with SAIC Senior Engineer Jay Ratafia-Brown. They will discuss how the National Energy Market System can be leveraged to examine how different energy legislative measures, including climate legislation, could impact energy prices and demand and the productivity of various industries and market segments. They will also share their insight on how proposed changes in policies will impact energy markets and utility planning, and attendees will learn best practice approaches in addressing energy policy change in integrated resource planning analyses.

Patrylak will also present "Impact of Greenhouse Gas Concerns on Resource Mix" with Peter Warnken, manager of resource planning at PacifiCorp. They will discuss one approach to address carbon risk in the integrated resource planning process.

Davis and Todd Strauss, senior director of energy policy, planning, and analysis at PG&E, will share their insights in a presentation on the "Impact of Demand Response, Energy Efficiency, and Distributed Energy Resource on Resource Planning." They will examine location-dependent resource aspects, load management, and end-use energy efficiency.