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2019 Fall Technical Workshop
October 28, 2019 - October 30, 2019
Tutorial: Future Directions for Market Design and System Planning
Co-chairs: Bethany Frew, Engineer, NREL & Mark Ahlstrom, President, ESIG Board of Directors
Introduction, Bethany Frew, Engineer, NREL
Brief resource adequacy (RA) overview, Aidan Tuohy, Principal Project Manager, EPRI
Current and future wholesale markets, Bethany Frew, Engineer, NREL
A Decentralized Markets Approach, Rob Gramlich, Founder and President, Grid Strategies LLC
Long-term Markets Working with Short-term Energy Markets, Steve Corneli, Principal and Owner, Strategies for Clean Energy Innovation
System planning examples and potential future approaches, Mark Ahlstrom, President, ESIG Board of Directors
MISO: RA Requirement, Mia Adams, Senior Manager, Market Strategy, MISO
ERCOT: Energy Only Market, Julia Matevosjana, Lead Planning Engineer, ERCOT
ISO-NE: Energy and Capacity Markets, Henry Yoshimura, Director of Demand Resource Strategy, ISO-NE
Duke: IRP, Benjamin Borsch, Director, IRP and Analytics, Duke Energy
Australia, Christian Schaefer, General Manager, Energy Systems Engineering, AEMO,
Australia
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Technical Workshop
Local Welcome and Keynote Comments: IRP Process of the Future
Mark Oliver, Managing Director, Integrated System Operations Planning, Duke Energy
Opening Plenary: Considerations for the System of the Future
Chair: Bryan Hannegan, President & CEO, Holy Cross Energy
Overview of Past, Current and Future Business Models and How They’ve Changed in Response to Decreasing Costs of Renewable, Bruce Tsuchida, Principal, The Brattle Group
Impacts of High VRE Futures on Demand-Side Decisions, Joachim Seel, Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, LBNL
On the Road to Dispatchable Variable Resources, Chris Clack, CEO, Vibrant Clean Energy
The Evolving Role of Energy Storage in Power (System Planning and Operations), Nick Miller, Consultant
Unlocking the Full Value of Distributed Energy Resources, Astrid Atkinson, CEO & Co-founder, Camus Energy
Hydro Power and High Capacity Energy Storage, Patrick Balducci, Chief Economist, PNNL
Session 2A – PPA’s and Corporate 100% Renewables Targets – What Comes Next: A Panel Discussion
Chair: Derek Stenclik, Founding Partner, Telos Energy
Bank of America’s Renewable Journey, Beth Wytiaz, SVP, Global Environmental Operations Director, Bank of America
Commercial and Industrial Renewable Energy Demand, Aaron Barr, Principal Consultant, Wind Energy, Wood Mackenzie
City and Corporate Renewable Energy Procurement, Lori Bird, Director, US Energy Program, World Resources Institute
Leandro Alves’ Presentation, President, WindHQ
Corporate PPAs, Graham Furlong, Managing Director of Business Development, Duke Energy Renewables
Session 2B – Offshore Wind Development
Chair: Mike Derby, Program Manager, Wind Technology, DOE
Business Network for Offshore Wind – An Introduction, Fara Courtney, Consultant
Economics of Offshore Wind, Girish Behal, Director – Strategic Initiatives and Development, SNC-Lavalin, Canada
Wind Turbines for Offshore Wind Projects, Walt Musial, Manager Offshore Wind, NREL
European Experience with Interconnection of Offshore Plants, Peter JØrgensen, VP, Energinet, Denmark
Cable Connection Considerations for Offshore Wind Power Plants, Dave Mueller, Director, Energy System Studies, EnerNex
Session 3A – System Planning for Energy Storage
Chair, Aaron Bloom, Director, New Product R&D, NextEra Analytics
Assessment of Solar + Storage for Resource Adequacy and Ramp Control, Andrew Mills, Sr Scientist, LBNL
Opportunity for Peaking Capacity from Battery Energy Storage, Paul Denholm, Sr Analyst, NREL
Energy Storage Optimization for Solar Power Plant Applications, Andrew Oliver, Chief Technology Officer, RES Group
Duty Cycle and Battery Life, Taylor Kelly, Director, Energy Storage, Intertek
Session 3B – System Planning for High VRE Penetration
Chair: Russ Philbrick, Polaris Systems Optimization
Advanced Analytics and Modeling, NERC ISO-NE System Operational Analysis and Renewable Integration Study, Amro Farid, Associate Professor, Dartmouth University
Multiple Timescale PV Model for Dynamics and Scheduling, Jin Tan, Sr. Engineer, NREL
Flexibility Assessment of the Western Interconnection, Thomas Carr, Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB)
Integration of Economic and Reliability Planning, Juliano Freitas, Manager of Economic Planning, Southwest Power Pool (SPP)
Session 4A – System Operations Considerations for High Penetration Scenarios
Chair: Aidan Tuohy, Principal Project Manager, EPRI
Australian Experience with Synchronous Condenser Applications, Babak Badrzadeh, Manager, Operational Analysis and Engineering, AEMO, Australia
ERCOT Experience with Synchronous Condenser Applications, Julia Matevosjana, Lead Planning Engineer, ERCOT
Uncertainty in System Operations Due to Severe Weather Events, Josh Novacheck, Electricity System Research Engineer, NREL
Power Flow Control as an Accelerator for Renewable Integration, Frank Kreikebaum, SVP of Products and Solutions, Smart Wires
Session 4B – Market Design Evolution for High Share of Renewables
Chair: Rob Gramlich, Founder and President, Grid Strategies
The RTO, Markets and Decarbonization, Udi Helman, Helman Analytics
A National Energy Market Simulator, Sorrell Grogan, Sr Engineer, Operational Analysis and Engineering, AEMO, Australia
Hybrid Resources as Power Plants, Mark Ahlstrom, President, ESIG Board of Directors
Renewable Energy Development in China: Market Design and Practice, Guohui Xie, SGERI, China
Closing Plenary – Creating the Future – A Panel Discussion
Panel Moderator: Mark Ahlstrom, President, ESIG Board of Directors
A View from a Regulator, Matt Schuerger, Commissioner, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
A View from the ISO, Dave Olsen, Chair, California ISO Board of Governors
A View from a Small Utility, Bryan Hannegan, President & CEO, Holy Cross Energy
A View from Europe, Peter Jørgensen, Vice President, Energinet, Denmark
A View from Washington, James Hoecker, Counsel & Advisor, WIRES, Former FERC chair
A View from the Research World, Martin Keller, Laboratory Director, NREL
A View from the Policy Advocates, John Moore, Director, Sustainable FERC Project, National Resources Defense Council