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SUMMARY:2026 Summer Workshops: Forecasting\, Grid Solutions\, and Large Loads
DESCRIPTION:ESIG’s 2026 Summer Workshops bring together five practitioner communities for focused deep-dive sessions on June 15–17 at the Embassy Suites Denver – Downtown Convention Center. \n\n\n\nOur annual Forecasting and Meteorology in Power Systems Workshop anchors the week—and alongside it\, four additional workshops address emerging challenges tied to that work: Integrating economic and reliability models for power systems planning\, advanced grid solutions\, flexible interconnections for large loads\, and large load modeling\, testing and interconnection requirements (co-led with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratory of the Rockies).  \n\n\n\nEach workshop has its own agenda and speaker roster. A joint networking reception Tuesday evening will bring the groups together around shared challenges. Attendees can participate in one workshop or register for multiple. \n\n\n\nEarly bird registration ends May 15\, 2026! \n\n\n\nREGISTER \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2026 Summer Workshops: Agendas Now Available!\n\n\n\nAll workshop attendees are invited to the joint Networking Reception on Tuesday\, June 16 from 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nIntegrating Economic and Reliability Models for Power Systems Planning WorkshopMonday\, June 15 | 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nPower systems planning has always required linking tools that weren’t designed to work together—and the stakes are higher than ever. This one-day workshop tackles the questions practitioners are actively working through: What weather data belongs in your planning models\, and how do you incorporate it? How do you link resource adequacy\, production cost simulation\, and capacity expansion modeling? How do you bridge economic and reliability analysis? And what advanced geospatial techniques are actually being used to reflect transmission network and siting realities? A focused day for model users and developers\, utility planners\, and researchers who need to go beyond the surface. \n\n\n\nIntegrating Economic and Reliability Models for Power Systems Planning Workshop agenda \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nForecasting and Meteorology in Power Systems WorkshopMonday\, June 15\, 1:00 p.m. – Tuesday\, June 16\, 5:15 p.m.\n\n\n\nDecades ago\, it was about forecasting load. Twenty years ago\, we started forecasting wind. Ten years ago\, solar. Now we are forecasting for wildfires\, extreme weather\, and public safety power shutoffs—and tomorrow we will be forecasting for large load operations. This workshop brings together the meteorologists\, grid operators\, and developers who are advancing what’s possible\, with sessions covering AI and machine learning in forecasting models\, extreme event and damage prediction\, probabilistic forecast applications\, wildfire risk\, and the emerging challenge of forecasting flexible large load behavior. If your work depends on knowing what the grid is about to face\, you’ll want to be in this room. \n\n\n\nForecasting and Meteorology in Power Systems Workshop agenda \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLarge Load Modeling\, Testing and Interconnection Requirements Workshop (joint with the National Laboratory of the Rockies) Tuesday\, June 16 | 8:00 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe rapid growth of large dynamic digital loads is creating real-time reliability\, modeling\, and interconnection challenges that ISOs\, RTOs\, utilities\, and NERC are actively working to address—developing performance and modeling requirements\, and establishing the model validation standards those requirements depend on.. This one-day hybrid workshop brings together industry stakeholders to tackle the technical questions at the center of that work: how to model large loads accurately for phasor domain and EMT impact studies\, how to validate those models to the fidelity required for reliability assessments\, and how interconnection requirements are being shaped to ensure large loads don’t create adverse system impacts. The workshop will also share key findings from the DOE-funded project Foundational Studies and Technical Solutions for Large Dynamic Digital Loads to ground the broader industry discussion in current research. \n\n\n\nLarge Load Modeling\, Testing and Interconnection Requirements Workshop agenda \n\n\nregister for virtual attendance \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdvanced Grid Solutions WorkshopWednesday\, June 17 | 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.\n\n\n\nThe industry is under growing pressure to expand grid capability faster\, more flexibly\, and at lower cost than traditional solutions alone can provide. Utilities and ISOs are now working through the hard practical questions: how to build roadmaps for advanced grid solutions and decide which tools to prioritize\, how to move from pilots to actual adoption at scale\, and where AI can improve planning and operations versus where more caution is still warranted. This workshop brings together transmission planners\, operations and system studies staff\, technology providers\, and researchers for a focused day on evaluation\, trust\, implementation\, and what the industry needs to do next. \n\n\n\nAdvanced Grid Solutions Workshop agenda \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFlexible Interconnections for Large Loads WorkshopWednesday\, June 17 | 8:00 a.m. – 5:15 p.m.\n\n\n\nLarge-load connection requests are growing quickly\, and in many cases the fastest path to service may depend on some form of flexible interconnection rather than waiting for fully firm transmission solutions. Utilities\, ISOs/RTOs\, developers\, and regulators are all actively working through how these arrangements should be studied\, operated\, and governed. This workshop draws on experience with flexible interconnections for DERs and generators to ask what large-load interconnections can learn from those cases\, and then goes further: how flexible large-load interconnections should be treated in planning and resource adequacy studies\, what controls and telemetry are needed to make flexible service credible\, what market rules need to change\, and how tariffs and regulatory frameworks will need to evolve for flexible interconnections to scale. \n\n\n\nFlexible Interconnections for Large Loads Workshop AGENDA \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEARLY BIRD REGISTRATION ENDS MAY 15\, 2026!\n\n\n\nREGISTER \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional Events\n\n\n\nencoord Bites & Beverages Networking Social\n\n\n\nWednesday\, June 17 | 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. \n\n\n\nJoin encoord for a post-ESIG networking event in Denver! Connect with industry peers over drinks and appetizers. \n\n\n\nThis informal mixer brings together energy industry professionals to connect\, continue conversations\, and expand your network in a casual setting. Whether you’re attending ESIG or simply part of the broader energy community\, this is a great opportunity to meet and engage with peers. \n\n\n\nEnjoy drinks and hearty appetizers\, along with live painting by local Colorado artist Jesse Crock. Two pieces created during the event will be raffled off. \n\n\n\nIf you’re coming from ESIG\, encoord’s office is just 13 minutes away from the host hotel\, an easy stop to keep the conversations going. \n\n\n\nPlease RSVP by June 12. \n\n\n\n\nRSVP to encoord bites & beverages\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccommodations\n\n\n\nThe 2026 summer workshop series will be held at the Embassy Suites Denver Downtown Convention Center. The ESIG room rate is $239/night. We encourage you to book your room soon; we do expect the room block to sell out. Room reservations can be cancelled up to 48 hours before the arrival date without penalty. \n\n\n\nThe deadline to make your reservation at the special rate is May 22\, 2026. \n\n\n\nRESERVE YOUR ROOM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Sponsors
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2026-summer-workshops/
LOCATION:Embassy Suites Denver – Downtown Convention Center\, 1420 Stout St.\, Denver\, CO\, 80202
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SUMMARY:ESIG Interconnection Short Course
DESCRIPTION:Join ESIG from June 15 – 17\, 2026 in Portland\, OR for the next Interconnection Short Course\, hosted by the Bonneville Power Administration.  \n\n\n\nThis three-day in-person training is intended to enhance the knowledge and ability of the current workforce through coursework focused on best practices for performing the study work necessary to interconnect inverter-based resources to the bulk power system reliably. Training participants will learn practical methods and best practices that can be leveraged into enhanced study practices across the industry. These training modules will focus on the expected day-to-day needs of engineers performing interconnection studies\, model quality tests\, or inverter-based resource model and simulation work as well as managing study practices within their organization. \n\n\n\n**PLEASE NOTE: WiFi will not be available in the meeting rooms. Please plan accordingly! \n\n\n\n\nregister for interconnection short course\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterconnection Studies Short Course – Agenda\n\n\n\n* Specific topics and agenda order my change. Click the down arrows next to the dates to see the agendas.\n\n\n\nDay 1: Monday\, June 15\n8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.Check-in and Breakfast \n\n\n\n8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.Course IntroductionIntroduce the course; course logistics; present key takeaways; introduce grid transformation \n\n\n\n9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.Power System FundamentalsPerformance indicators of a reliable grid9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Break \n\n\n\n10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Power System Fundamentals grid reliability in normal operations; grid reliability in abnormal conditions \n\n\n\n12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.Lunch \n\n\n\n1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Changes to Power System Fundamentals with High IBR PenetrationDifferences between synchronous and IBR; Changes in grid performance due to increased IBR penetration \n\n\n\n2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.Break \n\n\n\n3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Need for Enhanced and IBR-Specific Essential Reliability ServicesAdapting essential reliability services to the new paradigm; Linking services to new grid performance needs \n\n\n\n\nDay 2: Tuesday\, June 16\n8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.Breakfast \n\n\n\n8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.Review of Day 1Review key points of day 1; clarifying questions answered \n\n\n\n8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.Detailed Discussion of Essential Reliability Service NeedsDiscussing root causes of performance changes and what services are needed \n\n\n\n9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Break \n\n\n\n10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.Introduction to Navigating the New ParadigmSoft changes to stakeholder makeup; overview of current regulatory makeup and technical challenges \n\n\n\n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Planning a High IBR GridOverview of new planning needs; Implementing new ERS; Necessary study types; When to use different simulation domains and simulation introduction (high level) \n\n\n\n12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.Lunch \n\n\n\n1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.IBR Plant Characteristics and Necessary DataHow are IBR constructed; What data is necessary to model; Efficient spot checks and best practices for mitigating suspect data \n\n\n\n2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.Break \n\n\n\n3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Modeling IBRModel types; Simulation domain types; Type testing and model benchmarking \n\n\n\n\nDay 3: Wednesday\, June 17\n8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.Breakfast \n\n\n\n8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.Review of Day 2Review key points of day 2; clarifying questions answered \n\n\n\n8:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.Model Quality Assessment and Design EvaluationPerforming MQA; tests to run and why \n\n\n\n9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.Break \n\n\n\n10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.Application of Best Practices to Study ProcessesPerforming studies with best practices in mind; what studies to perform at what time \n\n\n\n11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Analyzing Study Results and Mitigating Non-Conforming BehaviorsAnalyzing study results; working with stakeholders to mitigate deficiencies \n\n\n\n12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.Lunch \n\n\n\n1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.Capturing Operational Performance DataWhat to measure\, what resolution\, storage time\, etc. \n\n\n\n2:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.Break \n\n\n\n3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.Event Analysis and Model ValidationHow to validate IBR plant model based on event data \n\n\n\n4:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.Summary and ClosingKey messages from previous three days \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAccommodations\n\n\n\nESIG has a special room rate of $179/night at The Porter Portland\, Curio Collection by Hilton\, 1355 S W 2nd Avenue\, Portland\, about a two-minute walk to the meeting.  Reserve your room using the button below\, or by calling Toll-Free Number: 1-800-HILTONS\, and asking for the ESIG Training Group room block. Group code: 91C \n\n\n\nPlease NOTE: The rates will show as $185 (they include the 3% booking fee\, or Portland Tourism Fee).  This is a mandatory fee that Hilton used to show as a tax\, but it is separated out now.  Rest assured\, when they reserve their room and view rate details\, they will see the rate is $179 + taxes/fees. \n\n\n\n\nRESERVE YOUR ROOM
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/interconnection-short-course/
LOCATION:US General Service Administration\, 1220 SW Third Avenue\, Portland\, Oregon\, 97204\, United States
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