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Load forecasters face significant uncertainty as emerging large loads are poised to drive power demand—this report offers recommendations for load forecasts for more efficient power systems planning. The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) has released a new report, Forecasting for Large Loads: Current Practices and Recommendations, reviewing utilities’ and system operators’ approaches to forecasting large…

New ESIG report presents an “integrate, broaden, deepen” approach that connects siloed transmission planning tracks that run in parallel, and supports the coordinated development and selection of transmission upgrades to deliver multi-driver, multi-value transmission portfolios aligned with FERC Order 1920. The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) today released Modernizing Transmission Planning: Integrating Silos to Deliver…

The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) has released a new report, From Goals to Plans: Improving Rigor, Transparency, and Decision-Making in Electricity Plans with Ambitious Policy Targets, articulating the unique challenges of planning for completely decarbonized electricity systems and offering recommendations for future planning studies. As 100% clean electricity and net-zero emissions are being adopted…

A wide-area resource adequacy assessment, spanning multiple regions and electricity system planning authorities, provides a shared, interregional view of reliability risk and can support more coordinated, data-driven planning and decision-making. The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) has released a new report, Wide-Area Resource Adequacy Assessments: Probabilistic Planning for Interconnected Grids, describing the need for, and…

Early, proactive deployment of grid-forming resources can mitigate reliability challenges that could otherwise require significant transmission infrastructure investment to solve. The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) has released a new report, Testing the Performance of Grid-Forming Resources: Test Methods and Performance Metrics for Evaluating the Voltage Source Behavior of Grid-Forming Resources, which presents test methods…

A new paradigm for long-term forecasting of loads and distributed energy resources includes more geospatially and temporally granular, scenario-based methods to ensure grid reliability and effective planning. The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) has released a new report, Long-Term Load and DER Forecasting, addressing key challenges in long-term load and distributed energy resource (DER) forecasting…

Reston, VA. – The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) has released a fact sheet titled “Wide-Area Resource Adequacy Assessments: Probabilistic RA planning for Interconnected Grids,” describing the need for, and key elements of, interconnection-wide or continental resource adequacy assessments. These wide-area resource adequacy assessments can provide a clearer understanding of how regions may be able…

The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) has released a new report, Electricity Market Visions to Support a Reliable and Affordable Electric Grid Under Electricity Decarbonization, describing how organized electricity markets can play a key role in achieving a future clean electricity system that maintains the goals of affordability and reliability while fostering further innovation. An…

The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) has released a new report, Gaps, Barriers, and Solutions to Demand Response Participation in Wholesale Markets, examining why demand response participation remains limited in wholesale markets and proposing actionable solutions to unlock its full potential. “Demand response has tremendous potential to help with long-term reliability needs as well as…