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2020 Spring Technical Workshop

March 20, 2020 - May 5, 2020

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  • 2020 Spring Operations and Maintenance Users Group Meeting »

**The 2020 Spring Technical Workshop has moved to online sessions**

Each session that was planned for the 2020 ESIG Spring Technical Workshop will now be held online via WebEx. Below you will find the schedule, along with the corresponding link to register for each session. Registration for each session will be FREE. If you have any questions, please let us know at info@esig.energy.

We hope you are able to join us for these informative sessions from industry leaders over the next several months.


Friday, March 20 – 2:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION

Opening Plenary Session: Thinking About the Value of DER
Chair: Matt Schuerger, Commissioner, Minnesota PUC

A Utility View of DER Value
Obadiah Bartholomy, Manager, Distributed Energy Strategy, SMUD

A Customer View of DER Value
Holly Lahd, Lead Program Manager, Energy & Sustainability, Target

A Regulator View of DER Value
Carl Linvill, Principal, Regulatory Assistance Project

A NERC View of DER Value
Bob Cummings, Senior Director of Engineering and Reliability Initiatives, NERC

An ISO View of DER Value
James Pigeon, Manager, Distributed Resources Integration, NYISO

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Tuesday, March 24 – 4:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION

Session 1: Evolving Thinking on Resource Adequacy for High VG Scenarios
Chair: Bethany Frew, Engineer, NREL

Resource Adequacy: Connecting Existing Methods, Tools, and Metrics with the Future Grid
Michael Milligan, Consultant

Changes in Capacity Value for Energy Storage and DR with Increasing VG Levels
Keith Parks, Senior Trading Analyst, Xcel Energy

RA Considerations for Renewable Integration in Japan
Kazuhiko Ogimoto, Project Professor, University of Tokyo, Japan

Securing RA in a VG World
Matthias Fripp, Associate Professor, University of Hawaii

Resource Adequacy and Markets
Rob Gramlich, President, Grid Strategies

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Thursday, March 26 – 2:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION

Session 2: Synchronous Condenser and Control System Considerations for Weak Grid Applications
Chair: Bob Zavadil, Chief Operating Officer, EnerNex

Weak Grids to Condensers to Grid-Forming Inverters: The Right Progression?
Nick Miller, Principal, HickoryLedge LLC

Modeling and Simulation for Synchronous Condenser Applications – A Case Study
Dennis Woodford, President, Electranix

ERCOT Experience with Synchronous Condenser Application
Fred Huang, Manager of Regional Planning, Transmission Planning, ERCOT

Application Engineering Considerations for Synchronous Condensers
Shruti Rao, Senior Engineer, GE Power

Dynamic Stabiity Considerations for High VG Penetrations
Vahan Gevorgian, Chief Engineer, NREL

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Thursday, April 2 – 2:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION

Session 3: Current Challenges with Transmission Planning – Where Are We?
Chair: Jay Caspary, Director, R&D and Special Studies, SPP

Transmission Expansion Planning:  The Role of the Queue and Cost Allocation
John Lawhorn, Sr. Director, Policy & Economic Studies, MISO

Transmission Expansion Planning:  The Role of FERC
Rob Gramlich, President, Grid Strategies

Transmission Expansion Planning:  The Role of Energy Price Formation
Dick O’Neill, Distinguished Senior Fellow, ARPA-E

Transmission Expansion Planning:  A Canadian Point of View
David Jacobson, Interconnections & Grid Supply Planning Engineer, Manitoba Hydro

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Tuesday, April 7 – 2:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION

Session 4: DER Integration and System Operation
Chair: Steve Beuning, Vice President, Holy Cross Energy

Autonomous Energy Systems
Benjamin Kroposki, Director – Power Systems Engineering Center, NREL

Communications, Control and Security for DER
Ted Burhans, Director, Emerging Technology and Innovations, Tucson Electric Power

Autonomous Control for DER Inverter Functions
Ric O’Connell, Executive Director, GridLab

Dynamic Voltage Stability of Distribution-level Volt-Var Control Systems
Matt Richwine, Founding Partner, Telos Energy

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Thursday, April 9 – 3:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION

Session 5: Market Design Evolution for High Share of Renewables
Chair: Eric Gimon, Senior Fellow, Energy Innovation

A Forward Market for Clean Energy Attributes
Brendan Pierpont, Senior Electricity Sector Analyst / Expert, Sierra Club

Ensuring RA in Future High VG Scenarios – A View from CA
Phil Pettingill, Director, Regional Integration, CAISO

Elements of Market Design that Support High Renewable Penetration
Julia Matevosyan, Lead Planning Engineer, ERCOT

Impacts of Market Design on Storage Valuation
Erik Ela, Senior Technical Leader, EPRI

MISO’s AGC Enhancements for Fast Ramping Resources
Jessica Harrison, Senior Director of R&D, MISO

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Tuesday, April 14 – 2:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION

Session 6: Integrated Energy System Analysis
Chair: Kory Hedman, Program Director, ARPA-E

US National Electrification Assessment
Geoff Blanford, Senior Technical Executive, EPRI

Joint Planning of the Gas and Electric System at the European Level
Antje Orths, Chief Engineer, Energinet, Denmark

Flexibility from Targeted Cool Storage Systems
Adam Valmoro, Regional Director, Viking Cold Solutions

Integrated Transportation-Energy System Modeling
Matteo Muratori, Engineer, NREL

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Thursday, April 16 – 1:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION

Session 7: Sector Coupling & Flexibility
Chair: William D’Haeseleer, Professor, KU Leuven, Belgium

Flexibility Improvements from Process Engineering
Michael Baldea, Associate Professor, University of Texas, Austin

Optimization for Energy Systems Integration
Christopher Clack, CEO, Vibrant Clean Energy

Flexibility in Industrial Production – A View on Status and Prospects
Elizabeth Endler, Program Manager, Shell Engineering

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Tuesday, April 21 – 2:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION

Session 8: ESI Planning Optimization and Modeling Techniques
Chair: Lindsay Anderson, Associate Professor, Cornell University

The Electricity-Water Interdependency
Vijay Vittal, Regents Professor, Arizona State University

Gas Electricity System Coupling
Line Roald, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Modeling Market Interactions
Bethany Frew, Engineer, NREL

Planning Towards a 100 Percent Renewable Electricity System
Michael Ferris, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

DER Planning Results Using REopt Lite – A Behind-the-Meter Techno-Economic Analysis Tool
Sakshi Mishra, Researcher, NREL

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Thursday, April 23 – 12:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION

Session 9: Operations Planning for Storage and Hybrid Power Plants
Chair: Tom Acker, Professor, Northern Arizona University

The Rise of the Hybrid Power Plant
Will Gorman, Graduate Student Researcher, LBNL

HyFlex – Simplifying the Operation of PV Hybrids
Mark Ahlstrom, President, ESIG Board of Directors, NextEra Energy Resources

Hydro Plus Storage
Thomas Mosier, Energy Systems Group Lead, INL

Assessment of Solar + Storage for Resource Adequacy and Ramp Control
Andrew Mills, Senior Scientist, LBNL

Renewable Generation Reserve Sharing Groups
Brendan Kirby, Consultant

DOE Energy Storage Grand Challenge – Introduction & Overview
Alejandro Moreno, Director, Water Power Technologies Office

DOE Energy Storage Grand Challenge – Use Case Overview
Eric Hsieh
, Director, Grid Systems and Components, DOE

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Tuesday, April 28 – 3:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION

Session 10: Challenges with High Inverter-Based Resource Penetration
Chair: Julia Matevosyan, Lead Planning Engineer, ERCOT

A Grid Forming Converter Future Without Frequency Droop Control
Deepak Ramasubramanian, Engineer Scientist III, EPRI

Grid Forming Inverters, A Way Forward
Ralph Pfeiffer, Head of Network Codes and Connection Rules, Amprion GmbH, Germany, on behalf of ENTSO-E a.i.s.b.l., Belgium

Industry Focus on BPS-Connected Inverter-Based Resource Modeling
Ryan Quint, Senior Manager, Advanced Analytics and Modeling, NERC

Reliability and Security Assessment: Performance, Models, and Tools in ERCOT
Fred Huang, Manager of Regional Planning, Transmission Planning, ERCOT

Reliability and Security Assessment: Performance, Models, and Tools in AEMO
Babak Badrzadeh, Manager, Operational Analysis and Engineering, AEMO, Australia

Control System Stability for Converter Dominated Grids
Shahil Shah, Research Engineer, NREL

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Tuesday, May 5 – 2:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION

Closing Plenary Session: Nuclear and Renewables – A Match Made in Heaven or Hell?
Chair: Mark O’Malley, Senior Research Fellow, NREL

The Size of the Problem
John Reilly, Senior Lecturer, MIT

Experiences and Opportunities with Flexible Nuclear Power Plant Operations
Sherry Bernhoft, Sr. Program Manager, Nuclear Innovation Department, EPRI

Conventional Reactors and Hydrogen Production
Bethany Frew, Engineer, NREL

Cost of Flexibility from Nuclear Power Plants
Nikhil Kumar, Director, Engineering Consulting Practice, Intertek

Small Modular Reactors and Flexibility
George Griffith, Relationship Manager, INL

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Start:
March 20, 2020
End:
May 5, 2020

Venue

Loews Ventana Canyon Resort
7000 N Resort Dr
Tucson, AZ 85750
Phone:
(520) 299-2020
Website:
https://www.loewshotels.com/ventana-canyon?chebs=gl-loewsventana
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