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Download P. Donti Presentation Download B. Zhang Presentation Download F. Fioretto Presentation View Webinar Recording Featured Speakers: Baosen Zhang, Associate Professor, University of Washington; Ferdinando Fioretto, Assistant Professor, Syracuse University Baosen Zhang About the Webinar: What is the current state of AI, and how can it be employed for power system transformation? In this panel discussion, researchers in AI and power systems will reflect on the readiness of AI to contribute to the areas of innovation identified in the inaugural…

Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Download Q&A Featured Speaker: Andrew Isaacs, Vice President, Electranix Andrew Isaacs About the Webinar: The transition to renewable energy is underway. This transition can be viewed through many lenses. General population lenses (Climate change is happening. We don’t know what we need to do exactly, but we’re doing it too slow!), Political lenses (How do we satisfy enough of our voters, how do we take credit for the good changes, and distance ourselves from the…

Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Download Q&A Responses Featured Speaker: Shahil Shah, Senior Engineer, NREL Shahil Shah About the Webinar: Dynamic stability is a major concern in operating power systems with high levels of inverter-based resources (IBRs). Dynamic stability problems in IBR grids manifest as oscillations or control interactions that are observed either locally between a few IBRs or span a wider network involving tens to hundreds of IBRs. It is quite challenging to evaluate the stability of IBR grids…

Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Featured Speaker: Nitika Mago, Manager, Electric Grid Operations, ERCOT Nitika Mago About the Webinar: As of May 31, 2022, ERCOT has integrated about 35,755 MW of wind and 11,669 MW of solar capacity on its grid. ERCOT currently receives both hourly and intra-hour 5-minute wind and solar forecasts from three different vendors and has built tools and processes to integrate these various forecasts into ERCOT’s Real Time operations and forward-looking studies. Since about 2018, ERCOT…

Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Download Q&A Responses Featured Speakers: Li Yu, Manager, Transmission Planning & Ken Aramaki, Director, T&D and Interconnection Planning, Hawaiian Electric Company; Li Yu About the Webinar: Hawaiian Electric has been aggressively pursuing its renewable energy goals. In 2021, Hawaiian Electric re-affirmed its commitment with a climate change action plan – to reduce carbon emissions by 2030 to 70% below 2005 levels, and to achieve net zero emissions by 2045. The key to achieving these goals…

Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Download Q&A Responses Featured Speaker: Bruce Tsuchida, Principal, The Brattle Group Webinar Abstract: This study, from the Proactive Planning Task Force, examines how costs vary in the generator interconnection (GI) process, depending on the level of proactive planning. It studies three levels of proactiveness using the MISO and SPP regions as testbeds. It finds significant cost reductions using expanded study windows and additional cost reductions with increased study scope. Bruce Tsuchida About the Speaker: Mr. T.…

Download Presentation View Webinar Recording Download Q&A Responses Featured Speakers: Bethany Frew, Group Manager, Capacity Expansion & Electricity Markets Group, NREL & Yinong Sun, Researcher, Capacity Expansion & Electricity Markets Group, NREL Bethany Frew About the Webinar: This presentation provides a summary of competitive wholesale electricity market modeling tools and analysis being conducted in the Grid Planning and Analysis Center (GPAC) at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). A specific emphasis is placed on the impact of forward and operational…