Puica Nitu
Senior Advisor in Energy Markets
Ontario Power Generation Inc.
700 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario

Monday, December 4, 2006,  6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m

In her talk Puica Nitu will discuss the following:

• The Big Picture
• Ontario Energy Market
• Generating Assets:
  • Fossil Generating Unit
  • Cost Versus Revenue, Operating Profit
• Definition of Risk
• Risk Management in Financial Markets
• Risk Management in Electricity Markets
• Emerging Markets
• Technical/scientific knowledge is required to work in this field
• Room for employment in this field
• Main employer(s)
• Concluding Remarks

Puica Nitu (Senior Member, IEEE) received the M.S. degree from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, Romania with major in Electrical Engineering. Puica has an extensive experience in the North American utility industry. Puica lead or was part of a team that developed large power system applications with focus on system reliability. Most recent involvements are in aspects of risk and reliability. Puica co-authored one book and over 25 technical papers. Puica has given seminars and talks to power utilities and conferences in Portugal (2006, 2005, 2004), Japan, South Africa and Romania and at numerous North American conferences. Puica coordinated and co-authored tutorials for IEEE (2005, 2002, 2001 and 1999) and PMAPS (2004, 2000) and chaired several IEEE sessions (2006, 2004, 2001, 2000). Puica co-organized the International World Energy System Conference held in Japan, Canada, Romania, and Italy. Puica currently holds the position of Senior Advisor in Energy Markets with Ontario Power Generation Inc. Puica is a registered member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario, Canada.