NYISO Offers Market Training Opportunity

RENSSELAER, NY (05/23/2012)(readMedia)-- The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) will offer an opportunity in June for individuals to learn more about New York's competitive wholesale electricity markets and power system operations.

The NYISO will offer its four-day New York Market Orientation Course on June 5- 8, 2012. This course is geared toward active or prospective participants in New York's wholesale electricity markets. Attendees will receive instruction in the purchase and sale of energy, capacity and related market products.

The registration fee for the Market Orientation Course is $1,450, with a government rate of $350. The fee covers the cost of the training sessions and materials. Breakfast and lunch will be provided each day, and there will be a dinner reception for registrants on June 6.

Since 1999, more than 4,100 visitors representing hundreds of companies and governments including 1,300 visitors from 68 nations around the world have toured the NYISO power control center and received briefings on grid operations, wholesale electricity markets and power system planning.

In the 2012 State of the Market Report, the NYISO's independent market monitor, Potomac Economics, noted, "The NYISO markets are at the forefront of market design and have been a model for market development in a number of areas."

"The NYISO and its stakeholders have worked very hard to create the most complete set of energy markets in the country, and as these markets evolve, we constantly strive to refine and improve them," said NYISO President and CEO Stephen G. Whitley.

All classes will be held in the Berle Conference Center at the NYISO's corporate headquarters located at 10 Krey Boulevard in Rensselaer, N.Y. To register for classes or view course materials, visit the market training section of the www.nyiso.com website at (http://www.nyiso.com/public/markets_operations/services/market_training/index.jsp)