February 21-22, 2012

​The Bonneville Power Administration is hosting a Reservoir System Modeling Technologies Conference to discuss state-of-the-art computational methods, simulation techniques, uncertainty analysis, and data display methods as they pertain to reservoir system modeling and operational planning. See the link below for more information.

• Reservoir System Modeling Technologies Conference
• Hydro Operations Conference Agenda (February 2012)

• Welcome and Introduction: Reservoir System Modeling Technologies Conference - BPA


• Some Decision Support Systems - CddHoward Consulting Ltd


• A Goal Programming Algorithm to Incorporate the Columbia River Non-Power Flow Requirements in the BC Hydro Generalized Optimization Model - University of British Columbia


• Hydrologic Modeling Applied to the Columbia River - Thomson Reuters
  
• Joint Use Of Large-Scale Stochastic Optimization Techniques And Hydrologic Modeling Applied To The Columbia River - PSR
  
• Adjoint Modeling Framework for Real-Time Control of Water - Deltares
  
• Reservoir Operations Analysis in the Willamette Water 2100 Project - OSU
  
• Decision Support Systems Maximizing Operational Efficiency of Dams Maintaining Regulatory Compliance - Idaho Power
  
• Decision Support for Dam Operations - DHI Water & Environmental, Inc.
  
• Development of a Stream Flow Forecasting System within a Highly Regulated River System - Idaho Power
  
• Optimization of Water and Power Objectives Using Riverware - University of Colorado
  
• A Computationally Efficient and Robust Approach for Multi-objective Operation of Multi-reservoir systems Subjected to Multiple Constraints - OSU
  
• WRIMS - Water Resources Integrated Modeling System - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
  
• CalLite 2.0 Screening Model - U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
  
• Hydro Planning by Stochastic Programming with Forward Scenario Aggregation - Université Laval, Québec, Canada
  
• The Genesys Northwest Model (Generation Evaluation System) - NW Power and Conservation Council
  
• Stochastic Optimization for Reservoir Optimization Using Streamflow Forecasts - Cornell University
  
• Wind Forecasting for Renewable Integration Tools - Idaho Power
  
• Planned Improvements to MODSIM: Integrating River Basin Operations Modeling with Power System Economic Dispatch - Colorado State University
  
• Financial Analysis of Hydro-power Load Following and Improvement of System Operational Flexibility through Wind Farm Participation in AGC - OSU
• Tree-Based Model Predictive Control for Optimizing Hydro Power under Uncertainty - Deltares
• Towards Reduction of Uncertainty in the Operation of Reservoir Systems - OSU
• FEWS: A Forecasting Environment - Deltares
• A New Framework for Multi-Reservoir Operations and Management - Geosyntec Consultants