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Large Loads Task Force Workshops and Webinars

LLTF Webinar: Practical Guidance and Considerations for Large Load Interconnections| August 20, 2025

Featured Speakers: Ryan Quint, PhD, PE, President and CEO, Elevate Energy Consulting and President and Chief Engineer, GridStrong; Kyle Thomas, PE, VP Engineering & Compliance Services, Elevate Energy Consulting; Casey Baker, Senior Program Manager, Transmission Projects, GridLab

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LLTF Webinar: Climbing a Mountain of Load Requests | June 30, 2025

Featured Speaker: Shane Lunderville, Distribution Planning, Grant Public Utility District

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Large Loads Workshop | June 26-27, 2025
Nashville, Tennessee

Opening Session: Flexibility from Large Loads. What are the options? What are the benefits?
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Introductions and Large Loads Task Force Overview
Erik Ela, Director of System Operation and Electricity Markets, ESIG

Meeting Resource Adequacy with Large Load Integration
Aaron Schwartz, Senior Engineer, Telos Energy

Efficient and Reliable Market Operations with Large Loads
Erik Ela, Director of System Operation and Electricity Markets, ESIG

Flexibility with Large Loads: What Can it Allow the Grid to Accommodate
Tyler Norris, J.B. Duke Fellow, Energy Systems, Duke University

Session 2: How Different Levels of Flexibility Impact Resource Adequacy
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Session 3: Challenges and Barriers for Efficient Integration of Flexible Large Loads in Energy and Ancillary Service Markets
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LLTF Webinar: Battery Energy Storage Applications at Data Centers – Tesla’s Perspective  | June 12, 2025

Featured Speakers: Sean Jones, Staff Business Development Manager, Megapack, Tesla; Sai Gopal Vennelaganti, Power Systems Product Lead, Tesla

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LLTF Webinar: Large Load Performance – Lessons Learned from Recent Disturbance Events | May 28, 2025

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Large Load Performance
Rich Bauer, NERC

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ERCOT Large Load Loss/Reduction Events 2020/2024
Patrick Gravois, ERCOT

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LLTF Webinar: Best Practices in Developing New Large Load Policies to Inform Utility Planning | May 20, 2025

Featured Speaker: Briana Kobor, Head of Energy Market Innovation, Google

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LLTF Webinar: Study Concepts for Large Data Center Loads | April 28, 2025

Featured Speaker: Andrew Isaacs, Vice President, Electranix

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LLTF Webinar: Electricity Demand Growth and Data Centers: A Guide for the Perplexed | March 24, 2025

Featured Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Koomey, President, Koomey Analytics

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Large Loads Workshop | March 20, 2025
Austin, Texas

Opening Session
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Large Load Penetration Trends and Estimates
Tom Wilson, Principal Technical Executive, EPRI 

AI and Data Center Loads 
Craig Sundstrom, Head of Energy & Sustainability Policy, Amazon Web Services  

Data Center Load: Interconnection, Performance, and Integration
Khundmir Syed, Senior Electrical Engineer, Diode Ventures 

 Potential Reliability Risks of Large Loads  
JP Skeath, Manager, Engineering & Security Integration, NERC

Session 1: Interconnection Process
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Dominion Process for Interconnecting Large Loads 
Oluwatimilehin (Timi) D Adeosun, Engineer III, Dominion Energy 

 ERCOT Process for Interconnecting Large Loads
Agee Springer, Senior Manager, Grid Interconnections, ERCOT 

Developer’s Experience Navigating Current Processes 
Evan Pierce, Vice President, Site Development, Edgeconnex 

Large Loads: Information for State Regulators and Policymakers 
Casey Baker, Senior Manager, GridLab 

Session 2: Performance Specifications
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50 Years of Learning Through Disturbance Ride-Through 
Scott Anderson, Director, Operational Readiness, SRP 

 International Large Load Performance Specifications
Alex Shattuck, Director of Grid Transformation, ESIG 

EirGrid’s Experience with Large Loads Interconnection
Taulant Kerci, Senior Lead Engineer – Future Operations, EirGrid 

 Application of E-STATCOM for AI datacenters
Sergey Kynev, Lead Engineer, Siemens Energy 

Session 3: Modeling Needs
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EPE Perspective on Modeling Needs 
Kevin Chen, Senior Director, Energy Resources, EPE 

The State-of-the-Art Large Load Modeling 
Parag Mitra, Principal Technical Leader, EPRI 

 ERCOT Perspective on Large Load Modeling Needs
Jose Conto, Principal, Dynamic Studies, ERCOT 

Data Center Loads: Analysis and Mitigation
Andrew Isaacs, Vice President, Electranix 

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