Utility planning has become increasingly complex. The power system has always been inherently interactive, but new technologies, an increasingly dynamic distribution system, and resource variability have made it more so. We have begun to think more … [Read more...]
There’s a paradigm shift coming. And it isn’t about renewables.
It’s about load. In our long-term reliability assessments, we tend to think of peak demand as a fixed quantity. We adjust it up for new loads such as EV growth, or down for demand response and DER growth, and we adjust it for weather. We consider the … [Read more...]