Organizational Sciences Workshop on Electricity Transmission Planning Organizations to be held at Boise State first part of 2012.

该研讨会使创新和组织科学学者与美国西北部和加拿大的区域电力规划经理之间的合作成为可能。 输电规划的特点是多个过程和组织，具有重叠和分散的权力，以及来自不同级别政府的竞争利益和政策方向。 这些系统中分散的权威为学术界提供了机会，也为电网现代化和扩张带来了挑战。 作为该项目的一部分，内部监督办公室的学者将编写研究论文，并向区域输电规划人员和私营企业及非政府组织的利益攸关方介绍和讨论这些论文。 合作者的目标是确定基于组织理论的实际经验教训，以提高区域输电规划的整体效率。 此外，它们将确定可能与区域规划组织最相关的基础组织科学研究议程，为该领域的未来研究奠定基础。将广泛提供一份讲习班报告，详细说明循证实践经验教训和未来研究的有希望议程，就更广泛的影响而言，这项研究将通过改进规划进程和战略，促进经济和环境的改善。 有效的规划是电网升级和实现智能电网效益的重要组成部分，使更多的可再生能源发电上网，并确保电网的稳定性。

This workshop enables collaboration between Innovation and Organizational Sciences scholars and regional electricity planning managers in the Northwest US and Canada. Transmission planning is characterized by multiple processes and organizations with overlapping and diffuse authority, as well as competing interests and policy direction from different levels of government. The diffuse authority in these systems presents an opportunity for the scholarly community and a challenge to electric grid modernization and expansion. As part of the project, IOS scholars will develop research papers and present and discuss them with regional transmission planners and stakeholders from private industry and non-governmental organizations. The collaborators aim to identify practical lessons based on organizational theories to improve the overall effectiveness of regional transmission planning. In addition, they will identify basic organizational sciences research agendas that may be most relevant to regional planning organizations, providing a foundation for future research in the field. A workshop report detailing both the evidence-based practice lessons and the promising agendas for future research will be made widely available.In terms of broader impacts, this research will contribute to economic and environmental improvement through improved planning processes and strategies. Effective planning is an essential component to upgrade the electric grid and realize smart grid benefits, bring more renewable-sourced electricity generation online, and ensure the grid's stability.