Join us online for the 2021 Fall Technical Workshop, where the world’s leading technical experts in energy systems integration (ESI) will present and share information, research, analysis, and operations knowledge on a wide range of topics related to ESI and grid transformation technologies and practices.

The workshop is designed for a diverse audience, including grid and market operators, utilities, power producers and energy operators, system and component manufacturers, government laboratories, universities, consulting firms, forecasters, developers and other energy organizations. All sessions are FREE to attend.

Below you will find a list of the scheduled session topics, speaker/presentation information and registration links for each session.

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Keynote/Opening Plenary: GFM Inverters and a Look to the Future

Tuesday, October 5
3:00 – 5:15 p.m. (US-EDT)

Welcome & Introduction
Mark Ahlstrom (@markahlstrom), President, ESIG Board of Directors, NextEra Energy Resources

Keynote Comments
Warren Lasher, Senior Director of System Planning, ERCOT

An IBR Future
Julia Matevosyan, Lead Planning Engineer, ERCOT

Positive Sequence Modeling of GFM Inverters and 100% IBR Systems
Deepak Ramasubramanian, Technical Leader, EPRI

Rethinking System Services with GFM
Tim Green (@OtherProfGreen), Professor, Co-Director of the Energy Futures Laboratory (EFL), Imperial College London

Rethinking Simulation Tools with GFM
Nick Miller, Principal, HickoryLedge, LLC

 

 

 

 

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Session 1: Resource Adequacy and Storage for High VG Penetration

Thursday, October 7
3:00 – 4:45 p.m. (US-EDT)

Chair: Debbie Lew, Associate Director, ESIG

Letting Go of LOLE – New Metrics for Resource Adequacy
Derek Stenclik, Founding Partner, Telos Energy

The Western Resource Adequacy Program
Gregg Carrington, Chief Operating Officer, Northwest Power Pool

Resource Adequacy and Energy Storage
Keith Parks, Senior Trading Analyst, Xcel Energy

Storage as a Facilitator for Decarbonization in the Northeast
John Simonelli, Managing Director, Flashover LLC

 

 

 

 

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Session 2: Evolving System Planning Considerations Including DER

Tuesday, October 12
3:00 – 4:45 p.m. (US-EDT)

Chair: Obadiah Bartholomy, Manager, Distributed Energy Resources, Sacramento Municipal Utility District

AEMO VPP Integration Trial
Matt Armitage, Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), Australia

Integrated Grid Planning
Marc Asano, Director of Integrated Grid Planning, Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO)

Risk-controlled Expansion Planning with Distributed Resources
Miguel Heleno, Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Stochastic Nodal Resource Adequacy
Richard Tabors, President, Tabors Caramanis Rudkevich

 

 

 

 

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Session 3: Hybrid Power Plants

Thursday, October 14
3:00 – 4:45 p.m. (US-EDT)

Chair: Caitlin Murphy, Senior Energy Analyst, NREL

Removing Roadblocks and Barriers for Hybrid Resource Participation
Derek Stenclik, Founding Partner, Telos Energy

A Comparison of the Value of Stand-alone vs Hybrid Power Plants
Will Gorman, Researcher, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Future Value of PV-Battery Hybrids
Anna Schleifer, NREL

Perspective from an Owner/Operator
Dan Belarmino, Green Mountain Power

 

 

 

 

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Session 4: Rate Alignment and Demand Participation

Tuesday, October 19
3:00 – 4:45 p.m. (US-EDT)

Chair: Ahmad Faruqui, Principal, Brattle

Innovative Pathways to 100% Renewables
Doug Smith, Chief Power Supply Executive, Green Mountain Power

Orchestrating Demand
Tom Hines, Principal, Tierra Resource Consultants LLC

Bid-in Demand Participation Models
Dick O’Neill, Distinguished Research Fellow, ARPA-E

Retail Pricing and Consumer Demand
Mike Oldak, Oldak Consulting

 

 

 

 

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Session 5: ERCOT – A Work in Progress

Thursday, October 21
3:00 – 4:45 p.m. (US-EDT)

Chair: Jason MacDowell, Senior Technical Director, GE Energy Consulting

IBR Integration in ERCOT
Julia Matevosyan, Lead Planning Engineer, ERCOT

EMT Modelling and Studies in ERCOT – Latest Developments and Challenges
Xiaoyu (Shawn) Wang, Senior Planning Engineer, ERCOT

Practices and Challenges to Manage Transmission Constraints
Prabhu Gnanam, Manager, Transmission and Interconnection Studies, ERCOT

Long-Term West Texas Export Special Study Update
Jameson Haesler, Senior Planning Engineer, ERCOT

 

 

 

 

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Session 6: Electric Transportation and Distribution Infrastructure

Tuesday, October 26
3:00 – 4:45 p.m. (US-EDT)

Chair: Mike Hogan, Senior Advisor, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)

Unlocking Flexibility with EV Smart Charging
Francisco Boshell, Innovation Team Lead, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Germany

Distribution System Upgrades for Fleet Electrification
Jay Oliver, Managing Director, Grid Systems Integration, Duke Energy

Impact of Transportation Electrification on Distribution System Upgrades
Nigel Turvey, Visiting Senior Industrial Fellow, University of Bath, England

Heavy-duty Truck Electrification and the Impacts of Depot Charging on Electricity Distribution Systems
Matteo Muratori, Team Lead – Integrated Transportation and Energy Systems Analysis, NREL

 

 

 

 

 

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Closing Plenary: Transmission – the Great Enabler

Thursday, October 28
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. (US-EDT)

Chair: Aaron Bloom, Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, NextEra Energy

Recognizing Multiple Benefits in Transmission Planning
Hannes Pfeifenberger, Principal, Brattle

Calculating Transmission Benefits at PacifiCorp
Rick Vail, Vice President – Transmission, PacifiCorp

European Calculation of Transmission Benefits
Albert Moser, Professor, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Inefficiencies of Interconnection Queue Process, Cost Allocation and Ideas for Reform
Rob Gramlich, Founder and President, Grid Strategies

Planning Transmission for Offshore Wind
Theodore Paradise, Executive Vice President, Transmission Strategy & Counsel, Anbaric

 

 

 

 

 

 

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