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SUMMARY:2025 Fall Technical Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Presentations from our 2025 Fall Technical Workshop held in Philadelphia can be downloaded below. \n\n\n\nRecordings of workshop sessions will soon be available on the ESIG YouTube Channel. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTutorial: Power System Needs and Services Operating with High Shares of Inverter-Based Resources\n\n\n\nThe tutorial covers the importance of grid reliability services – in particular\, how system needs for services are changing with increasing shares of inverter-based resources (wind\, solar PV and battery storage)\, how their location of delivery can impact system behavior\, and how these needs can be met by a mix of resource technologies\, including emerging grid-forming inverter technology. Topics covered include a framework and demonstration of a method to quantify the need for services while simultaneously accredit resources for their ability to provide services. Such a framework can help system operators and planners to determine if they have enough services to cover the needs at all times. This tutorial also discusses the approaches for procuring services in place today\, and the risks and lost opportunity with insufficient interconnection requirements for new generation resources. \n\n\n\nSpeakers include: \n\n\n\nJulia Matevosyan\, Associate Director\, Chief Engineer\, ESIGMatthew Richwine\, Founding Partner\, Telos EnergyDeepak Ramasubramanian\, Principal Technical Leader\, EPRI \n\n\n\nDOWNLOAD TUTORIAL PRESENTATIONS \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction/Opening Remarks\n\n\n\nOpening RemarksMark Ahlstrom\, NextEra Energy & ESIG Board of Directors’ President \n\n\n\nKeynoteJason Connell\, VP of Planning\, PJM Interconnection \n\n\n\nIndustry OverviewDebra Lew\, Executive Director\, ESIG \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOpening Plenary Session: Grid Events\n\n\n\nSession Chair: Julia Matevosyan\, Associate Director\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \n\n\n\nWhat happened during recent grid events\, what triggered them\, and what are we learning about system vulnerabilities and response? \n\n\n\nIberian Blackout of April 2025Bruno Gouverneur\, Head of Market & Operations\, ENTSO-E (Belgium) \n\n\n\nChilean Grid Blackout of February 2025: Causes and LessonsVictor Velar Guerrero\, Manager\, Studies and Real-Time Simulation\, Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional (CEN) (Chile) \n\n\n\nGrid Transition and Performance: What Do We See and What Do We Do? Fred Huang\, Director of Operations Support\, ERCOT \n\n\n\nBlackout Prevention – Layers of DefenseDuncan Burt\, Chief Strategic Growth Officer\, Reactive Technologies (UK) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 1A: Resources for Firm Capacity Services\n\n\n\nSession Chair: Steve Capanna\, Policy Director\, Crux Alliance \n\n\n\nAs systems plan for increasing clean energy\, what role remains for gas or is clean firm capacity ready to fill the gap? \n\n\n\nThe role of thermal generation in decarbonized electricity systems: learnings from the ESIG Task Force on Planning for 100% Clean ElectricityElaine Hart\, Principal\, Sylvan Energy Analytics \n\n\n\nMeeting the Modern Resource Adequacy Challenges: A Case for Flexible TechnologyJenny Zhao\, Senior Manager\, Market Development\, Wärtsilä North America \n\n\n\nMeeting Growing and Dynamic Energy Demand with an All-of-the-Above StrategyMatt Kalemba\, Vice President\, Integrated Resource Planning\, Duke Energy \n\n\n\nPower System Trends in New York: Clean Firm ResourcesJason Frasier\, Senior Manager\, Transmission Planning\, NYISO \n\n\n\nThe Evolving Role of Thermal and Clean Firm Technologies in Low-emissions Power SystemsMax Schoenfisch\, International Energy Agency (IEA) (virtual presentation) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 1B: Managing Increasing Complexity in the Control Room\n\n\n\nSession Chair: John Simonelli\, CEO and Managing Director\, Flashover LLC \n\n\n\nWhat tools and strategies are operators using to manage growing complexity—and where are the biggest gaps? \n\n\n\nUtilizing Operational Experience of HVDC and STATCOM for Future Functional RequirementsRajiv Porwal\, Director\, System Operation\, Grid-India (India) (virtual presentation) \n\n\n\nNew Adaptive Zonal Controllers (NAZA) and Innovative Solutions for System Operations at RTEAlexandre Parisot\, RTE (France) \n\n\n\nGridgeo – a situational awareness tool at ERCOTXiangjun Xu\, Manager\, Grid and Market Solution (GMS) Technology Development – Markets & UI\, ERCOTTejaswi Potluri\, Manager\, Grid and Market Solution (GMS) Technology Development – Grid\, ERCOT \n\n\n\nControl Center of the Future: Challenges and OpportunitiesVikas Singhvi\, Program Manager\, EPRI \n\n\n\nOperational Complexities and Strategic SolutionsJonathan Gravelin\, Senior Manager\, Control Room Operations\, ISO New England \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 2A: Expediting Transmission Development\n\n\n\nSession Chair: Rob Gramlich\, Founder and President\, Grid Strategies \n\n\n\nHow can we accelerate transmission planning and construction to keep pace with rapid changes in the resource mix and load growth—and what are we learning from current major initiatives and early efforts to comply with FERC Order 1920? \n\n\n\nOptimizing Energy and Land with TerraGrid and RoutifyAaron Bloom\, Executive Director\, Transmission Fundamentals\, NextEra Energy Resources \n\n\n\nAdvancing Transmission in the MISO RegionJennifer Curran\, Senior Vice President\, Planning and Operations\, MISO \n\n\n\nExpediting Transmission DevelopmentSunny Raheem\, Director\, System Planning\, Southwest Power Pool \n\n\n\nAllison Clements\, Principal\, 804 Advisory \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 2B: Grid Operator use of AI and Advanced Methods within Power System Applications\n\n\n\nSession Chair: Laura Walter\, Senior Lead Data Scientist\, PJM \n\n\n\nWhere is AI already delivering value in power system planning and operations—and what’s next? \n\n\n\nBuilding Trust in Large Language Models: A Journey\, Not a Destination: Update from MISOMichael Parran\, Manager Grid R&D\, MISO \n\n\n\nAI in Grid Operations and Planning at ISO-NETongxin Zheng\, Technical Director\, ISO-NE \n\n\n\nAdvanced AI Solution for Critical Power Transmission Reliability and Flexibility in SPPShawn Monroe\, Principal Strategist for AI\, Hitachi Vantara \n\n\n\nAI for Ops and Planning: Early Learnings and R&D ActivitiesAidan Tuohy\, Director\, EPRI \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 3A: Resource Adequacy Assessments for Large Geographic Regions\n\n\n\nWide-Area Resource Adequacy Assessments – Probabilistic Planning for Interconnected Grids – Derek StenclikSession Chair: Derek Stenclik\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy \n\n\n\nWhat are the best practices for assessing RA over large regions\, and how are they evolving with changing risk and resource profiles? \n\n\n\nWestern Resource Adequacy ProgramSarah Edmonds\, President & CEO\, Western Power Pool \n\n\n\nRA Assessments for Large Geographic RegionsAndrew French\, Commissioner\, Kansas Corporation Commission \n\n\n\nNYISO Resource Adequacy & Capacity Market – External AreasDylan Zhang\, Manager\, Resource Adequacy\, NYISO \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 3B: Modernizing the Interconnection Queue: AI\, Automation\, and Process Reform\n\n\n\nSession Chair: Lauren Campbell\, Director of Policy and Economic Analysis\, Grid Strategies LLC \n\n\n\nHow are interconnection processes being reformed\, and what role can AI play in improving efficiency? \n\n\n\nSPP: GI Backlog\, AI\, Automation and Process ReformJennifer Swierczek\, Manager\, Generator Interconnection\, Southwest Power Pool \n\n\n\nMISO: Accelerating the Interconnection Process with Advanced Software and AutomationRyan Westphal\, Manger\, Generation Interconnection\, MISO \n\n\n\nPJM: Interconnection Queue ProgressDonnie Bielak\, Director\, Interconnection Planning\, PJM Interconnection \n\n\n\nEnergy Resource Interconnection Service (ERIS): A Review of Current Practice and Considerations for its FutureWill Gorman\, Research Scientist\, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory \n\n\n\nNEER Automating Interconnection StudiesCody Doll\, Director – Transmission Studies\, NextEra Energy Resources \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 4A: Capacity Accreditation\n\n\n\nSession Chair: Emma Nicholson\, Principal\, Charles River Associates \n\n\n\nHow are capacity accreditation methods evolving to reflect the changing resource mix? \n\n\n\nCapacity Accreditation Overview: A “Critical Periods” Reliability FrameworkArne Olson\, Senior Partner\, Energy and Environmental Economics (E3) \n\n\n\nMarginal ELCC Implementation and Lessons Learned in PJMWalter Graf\, Chief Economist\, PJM Interconnection \n\n\n\nMISO’s Upcoming Direct Loss of Load Accreditation ApproachMichael Robinson\, Principal Market Design Advisor\, MISO \n\n\n\nStakeholder Perspectives on Evolving Accreditation Methods used by ISOs for Capacity AuctionsDan Pierpont\, Vice President\, Wholesale Market Policy\, LS Power \n\n\n\nGrant Glazer\, Senior Manager of Regulatory and Market Affairs\, MN8  \n\n\n\nHwikwon Ham\, Commissioner\, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 4B: Integrated Planning with DERs\n\n\n\nSession Chair: Cristin Lyons\, ScottMadden \n\n\n\nHow can customers\, DERs\, and demand flexibility provide transmission and/or distribution system services? \n\n\n\nDER Value for Integrated PlanningJulieta Giraldez\, Director of Integrated Planning\, Electric Power Engineers \n\n\n\nIntegrated Planning at HECOKen Aramaki\, Director of T&D\, Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) \n\n\n\nPlanning for DERs and the Benefits of an Integrated ApproachCarlo Brancucci\, CEO\, encoord \n\n\n\nIntegrating DERs into Distribution and Resource PlanningObadiah Bartholomy\, Manager\, Distributed Energy Strategy\, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 5A: Flexibility Solutions in Distribution Systems\n\n\n\nSession Chair: Julieta Giraldez\, Director of Integrated Planning\, Electric Power Engineers \n\n\n\nWhat are the new needs in distribution planning and operations to enable flexibility and grid services from DERs on both transmission and distribution services? \n\n\n\nBeyond Planning: How to Orchestrate the Full Value of DERsPaul George\, DSO Commercial Lead\, Electricity North West (UK)Chris Broadhurst\, Chief Commercial Officer\, Electron \n\n\n\nDecentralized Energy Markets and a Path to DSOs: An EU PerspectiveAlex Papalexopoulos\, President and CEO\, ECCO International \n\n\n\nLessons from the World´s Most Electrified Country: Next Generation Active Distribution Grid Operations in NorwayAugusto Andrade\, Product Management\, Kongsberg Digital (Norway) \n\n\n\nGridShare and the Evolution of Flexibility MarketsUmar Waqas\, Vice President\, Grid Modernization\, GrandBridge Energy (Canada) (virtual presentation) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 5B: GFM Project Examples\n\n\n\nSession Chair: Alyssa Jenkins\, Principal Consultant\, Mitsubishi Electric Power Products\, Inc. \n\n\n\nWhat is the industry learning from real-world deployments of grid-forming inverters? \n\n\n\nGreat Britain Grid-Forming Deployments ExperienceXiayao Zhou\, Engineering Compliance Manager\, National Energy System Operator (NESO)(UK) \n\n\n\nGrid-Forming Requirements and Deployment Plans in the Chilean Power SystemVictor Velar Guerrero\, Manager\, Studies and Real-Time Simulation\, Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional (CEN) (Chile) \n\n\n\nStudy the Control and Protection Improvements for a Weak Grid Area with High IBRsJing Wang\, Researcher III\, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) (virtual presentation) \n\n\n\nGFM Resources Performances During HECO Grid EventsLi Yu\, Manager\, Transmission Planning\, Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) \n\n\n\nDynamic Properties and Frequency Response of IBR-dominating Power SystemsSlava Maslennikov\, Technical Manager\, ISO New England \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 6A: Finance & Investment\n\n\n\nSession Chair: Abe Silverman\, Assistant Research Scholar\, Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute\, Johns Hopkins University \n\n\n\nWhat investment structures and risk-sharing models are needed to accelerate transmission and clean energy infrastructure? \n\n\n\nLou Schick\, Director of Investments\, Clean Energy Ventures \n\n\n\nFinance and Investment – The Basics of the Capital Stack for Existing and Emerging TechKelli Joseph\, VP\, Electricity Markets and Policy Credit Risk\, Fifth Third Bank \n\n\n\nBryan Long\, Executive Director\, US Power Origination\, JP Morgan \n\n\n\nJacob Mays\, Assistant Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering\, Cornell University \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 6B: Importance of In-The-Loop Testing for Model Validation\n\n\n\nSession Chair: Reza Pourramezan\, Manager\, Advanced Grid Innovation Laboratory for Energy (AGILe)\, New York Power Authority \n\n\n\nWhy is in-the-loop testing and real time simulations critical for accurate model validation of inverter-based devices? \n\n\n\nReal-Time Simulation and HIL Testing: Advancing Power System Innovation and ReliabilityReza Pourramezan\, Manager\, Advanced Grid Innovation Laboratory for Energy (AGILe)\, New York Power Authority \n\n\n\nLeveraging Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Testing to Improve Model Fidelity and AccuracyAditya Ashok\, Director\, Energy Systems Research\, Opal-RT Technologies \n\n\n\nSoftware-in-the-Loop simulation – a must for today’s MMC grid forming convertersBryan Buterbaugh\, Application Engineer\, Hitachi Energy \n\n\n\nAddressing Challenging System Stability and Model Validation while Retaining OEM ConfidentialityLukas Unruh\, Power System Studies Engineer\, Electranix \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 7A: Fireside Chat: Collaborative Approaches to Planning\n\n\n\nSession Chair: Lisa Schwartz\, Senior Policy Researcher and Strategic Advisor\, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory \n\n\n\nHow can we build more effective\, collaborative planning processes between system operators\, regulators and stakeholders? \n\n\n\nMike Bull\, Deputy Executive Secretary\, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and Jody Londo\, Director of Regulatory & Strategic Analysis\, Xcel Energy \n\n\n\nSchuyler Matteson\, Clean Energy Planning Lead\, New York State Department of Public Service and Jason Frasier\, Senior Manager\, Transmission Planning\, New York ISO \n\n\n\nKen Aramaki\, Director of T&D\, Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSession 7B: Technical Challenges and Solutions with Integration of Large Loads\n\n\n\nSession Chair: Julia Matevosyan\, Associate Director\, ESIG \n\n\n\nWhat technical challenges do large\, fast-growing loads present—and how are planners and operators adapting? \n\n\n\nConsiderations for Load Power Variability RequirementsAndrew Isaacs\, Vice President\, Electranix \n\n\n\nImpact of AI Workload and E-Statcom as a Mitigation Measure Sergey Kynev\, Business Development Manager\, Siemens Energy \n\n\n\nUnderstanding LLM-Induced Load Profiles and Grid ComplicationsAmin Zamani\, Senior Director\, Advanced Technology Integration\, Quanta Technology\, LLC \n\n\n\nData Center Power System: Architecture and Modeling ConsiderationsShahil Shah\, Principal Engineer\, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) (virtual presentation) \n\n\n\nStability and Operation Considerations for an Off-Grid Data CenterNaresh Acharya\, Technical Director\, GE Vernova Consulting Services \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nClosing Plenary: Fireside Chat Session on the Future of Demand Flexibility\n\n\n\nSession Chair: Pearl Donohoo-Vallett\, Technical Advisor\, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) \n\n\n\nShould demand flexibility be treated as supply or demand\, and what mechanisms are needed to scale it responsibly? \n\n\n\nDemand Response Participation in MISOMichael Robinson\, Principal Market Design Advisor\, MISO \n\n\n\nAmber Motley\, Director\, Short Term Forecasting\, CAISO \n\n\n\nTravis Kavulla\, Vice President\, Regulatory Affairs\, NRG Energy \n\n\n\nKaren Onaran\, CEO and President\, Electricity Consumers Resource Council \n\n\n\nSanem Sergici\, Principal\, The Brattle Group
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2025-fall-technical-workshop/
LOCATION:Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown\, 201 North 17th St.\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19103\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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SUMMARY:Partner Workshop: Grid Forming Technology and System Flexibility: Technical Challenges and Regulatory and Policy Solutions
DESCRIPTION:Explore the Current Landscape of Grid Forming Technology Adoption Across Europe \nFull-day workshop exploring the deployment of Grid-Forming Technology (GFM) across Europe. This invitation-only workshop is organized back-to-back with the 24th Wind & Solar Integration Workshop (7-10 October 2025). \nLeading experts and innovative professionals examine the present state of Grid Forming Technology (GFM) deployment and its impact on system flexibility at the European level. \nThis workshop invites participants to contribute their technical proficiency and strategic insight in identifying key regulatory and policy gaps\, addressing implementation challenges\, and shaping actionable solutions to advance targeted emission reductions. \nInsights will be provided through expert contributions on both technical hurdles and regulatory frameworks. \nWorkshop Agenda \nWorkshop Summary
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/partner-workshop-grid-forming-technology-and-system-flexibility-technical-challenges-and-regulatory-and-policy-solutions/
LOCATION:Berlin Marriott Hotel\, Inge-Beisheim-Platz 1\, Berlin\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:2025 Fall O&M Users Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Members of the ESIG O&M Users Group are invited to attend the 2025 Fall O&M Users Group Meeting at the Wigwam Resort in Scottsdale\, AZ. \nThe meeting will feature a plenary session\, manufacturer-specific roundtables and tech talks. The roundtables provide the opportunity for frank and open discussion among users who share their information\, knowledge and experience. As a reminder\, participation in the roundtables is limited to employees of ESIG member organizations that own\, operate\, or maintain wind generation or solar equipment. \n\n \nWe’ve made a few changes to the schedule!\n\nSplitting Solar into TWO tracks!\nAdding a working session for the revision of the Operating Practices Guidebook\nWe will be alternating our Legacy Roundtables (Vestas Legacy\, Siemens Legacy\, and Gamesa) between the Spring and Fall meetings. If you have any Legacy questions\, make sure to provide them to the Roundtable Chair prior to the conference.\nThere will be no Blades Roundtable this Fall 2025\, because we will be hosting the Blade Damage Workshop on Monday.\n\n\n2025 Fall Plenary\nCurrent Views on Bolted Joints \nFasten your seatbelts for a riveting conversation on bolted joints during the Fall 2025 O&M Plenary session! From the foundation to the blades\, wind turbines contain thousands of bolts. We will hear from speakers about typical failure modes\, best practices associated with installation\, maintenance\, and inspection of critical bolted joints\, as well as lessons learned based on their respective experiences. Be sure to join us for an informative discussion on what really holds wind turbines together. \n \n\n\n\n \n \n  \n\nPre-Meeting Workshop: Fifth Annual ESIG/EPRI Blade Damage Workshop\nThe goal of the Blade Damage Workshop is to facilitate discussions across organizations for the sake of: \n\nimproving the industry’s ability to respond optimally to blade damage or defects\nimproving our collective understanding of emergent issues\nenhancing the dissemination of experiential knowledge of blade asset management strategy\n\nThe Blade Damage Workshop requires separate registration (see button below). Registration is FREE. The workshop will be held on Monday\, September 22nd at The Wigwam Resort. \n \n\n \nThe host hotel for the fall meeting is the Wigwam Resort. The special ESIG room rate is $239/night. The deadline to make your reservation is September 1\, 2025. \nPlease Note: We have a limited amount of rooms available at the government per diem rate. If you need a room at this rate\, please contact Brooke Brown at brooke@esig.energy to make arrangements.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2025-fall-om-meeting/
LOCATION:The Wigwam Resort\, 300 E Wigwam Blvd.\, Litchfield Park\, AZ\, 85340\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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SUMMARY:2025 Forecasting & Markets Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Presentations from our 2025 Forecasting & Markets Workshop held in Nashville can be downloaded below. \nRecordings of workshop sessions will soon be available on the ESIG YouTube Channel. \nTutorial: System Operations in the US and Europe\nThe Tutorial covers the following topics: \n\nOverview of Information Flow and Decision-making in Typical Grid Operation Environments\nOverview of Market Operations Processes\nSensitivity of Operation/Markets to Meteorological and Other Information\n\nSpeakers include: \nErik Ela\, Director of System Operation and Electricity Markets\, ESIG\nYonghong Chen\, Chief Scientist\, Grid Planning and Analysis Center\, NREL\nJean Gillain\, Business Development Manager – APAC & ME\, N-SIDE \nDOWNLOAD TUTORIAL PRESENTATIONS \n\nIntroduction/Opening Remarks\nOpening Remarks\nMark Ahlstrom\, NextEra Energy & ESIG Board of Directors’ President \nIndustry Overview\nDebra Lew\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nOpening Plenary Session: Recent Advancements in Wind\, Solar and Load Forecasting\nSession Chair: Jeff Freedman\, Research Faculty\, Atmospheric Sciences Research Center\,  SUNY at Albany \nWhat’s Needed for Best Practice Forecasts\nSue Ellen Haupt\, Senior Scientist\, Research Applications Laboratory\, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research \nNOAA Regional Models (HRRR\, RRFSv1\, RRFSv2) status in 2025\nStan Benjamin\, Senior Scientist\, NOAA (retired) \nProbabilistic PV Forecasts – Fleet Ramp Rates and Minimizing Asymmetric Costs\nThomas Haley\, Lead Data Scientist\, Clean Power Research \nRecent Advancements in Wind\, Solar and (Load) Forecasting\nLars Rohwer\, Senior Meteorologist\, energy and meteo systems GmbH (Germany) \nSession 2A: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Applications in Forecasting\nSession Chair: Justin Sharp\, Senior Technical Leader\, EPRI \nOverview of AI Weather Predictions – How Does it Work and What are The Implications to Power System Applications\nSue Ellen Haupt\, Senior Scientist\, Research Applications Laboratory\, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research \nSubseasonal to Seasonal Forecasting Advances Using Machine Learning Methods\nKarl Critz\, CTO\, Salient Predictions \nComparison of AI Weather Predictions and Traditional Numerical Weather Predictions\nJared Lee\, Project Scientist\, NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research \nLet’s Not Forget About Machine Learning – Forecasting Beyond the AI Buzz\nAndrew Akman\, Principal Data Scientist for Operational Forecasting\, AEMO (Australia) \nSession 2B: Evolving Capacity Markets and their Value in Achieving Resource Adequacy\nSession Chair: Bethany Frew\, Group Manager\, NREL\n \nJHU Performance for Capacity Markets\nBen Hobbs\, Deputy Chair\, Dept. Environmental Health & Engineering\, Johns Hopkins University\, and Chair\, CAISO Market Surveillance Committee \nMISO’s Reliability-based Demand Curve\nZhaoxia Xie\, Director – Market Design and Development\, MISO \nCapacity Market Reforms at ISO New England\nTongxin Zheng\, Chief Technologist\, ISO New England \nSession 3A: New Forecasting Methods and Integration of Forecasts into Operations and Markets\nSession Chair: David Larson\, Senior Team Leader\, EPRI \nWhy Forecasts were Off in February 2025 in the South\nJeff Baskin\, Senior Technical Analyst/Meteorologist\, Southwest Power Pool \nAlternative Forecast Error Metrics\nWill Hobbs\, Renewable Energy and Storage R&D\, Southern Company \nForecasting Data Center Load for Operations\nMarija Marković\, Power System Engineer\, EPRI \nERCOT Forecasting Large Load Behavior in Operations\nLuke Butler\, Manager for Forecasting & Analysis\, ERCOT \nFrom Forecasts\, Procurements to Operations: Perspective of a Community Choice Aggregator\nGabriel Head\, CAISO Day Ahead Manager\, Ava Community Energy \nSession 3B: Long Duration Energy Storage: Operations\, Value and Accreditation\nSession Chair: Mahika Sri Krishna\, Senior Research Analyst\, Long Duration Energy Storage Council \nOperations\, Optimization and Dispatch of TVA Hydro\nGabe Miller\, Hydrologist\, TVA \nOpportunities and Valuation for Pumped Storage Hydropower: Case Study with Tennessee Valley Authority\nStuart Cohen\, Electric Systems Modeler\, NREL \nChallenges Assessing the Contribution and Accreditation of Long Duration Energy Storage to System Adequacy\nDonny Holaschutz\, Energy and Sustainability Consultant – Managing Partner\, inodú \nAccreditation for Long Duration Energy Storage in Hawaii\nRyan Deyoe\, Power Markets Specialist\, Telos Energy \nSession 4A: Advancements in Forecasting: From DERs and Data Centers to New Methods for Wind and Solar Forecasting\nSession Chair: Jon Black\, Manager\, Advanced Forecasting and Analytics\, ISO New England \nNERC Reliability Guidelines for DER Forecasting Practices\nShayan Rizvi\, Senior Engineer\, Northeast Power Coordinating Council \nDER Impacts on Load Forecasts\nAmir Javanbakht\, Senior Analyst Load Forecasting\, Clean Power Alliance \nForecasting of Electrification and Data Centers\nFarnaz Farzan\, Principal Advisor\, Team Lead\, Quanta Technology \nImproved Short-term Forecasting with Skycams and LIDAR\nLars Rohwer\, Senior Meteorologist\, energy and meteo systems GmbH (Germany) \nSession 4B: Integrating Electric Storage Resources into Electricity Markets: Enhancements to Improve Efficiency and Reliability\nSession Chair: Todd Levin\, Electricity Markets Team Lead\, Argonne National Laboratory \nEnergy Storage in Electricity Markets: A Roadmap\nSerena Patel\, Energy Research Associate\, The Brattle Group \nReal-time Co-optimization Plus Batteries\nKenneth Ragsdale\, Principal\, ERCOT \nContract Design for Storage in Electricity Markets\nFarhad Billimoria\, Head of Research-West\, Aurora Energy Research \nHow Can Energy Storage Best Participate in Electricity Markets?\nGary Cate\, Principal Director\, Energy Markets\, Fluence \nSession 5A: Utility\, ISO & Meteorology Probabilistic Forecasting Developments\nSession Chair: Nitika Mago\, Senior Manager\, Electric Grid Operations\, ERCOT \nProbabilistic Forecasting Developments in CAISO\nRebecca Webb\, Manager of Operational Forecasting\, CAISO \nUpdate on Probabilistic Near-term Uncertainty & Risk Assessments at ERCOT\nRiaz Khan\, Senior Operations Engineer\, ERCOT \nWhat’s New With Probabilistic Forecast Development – Meteorologist Perspective\nCraig Collier\, Chief Meteorologist\, Head of Operations\, Energy Forecasting Solutions\, LLC \nProbabilistic Day-Ahead Forecasting of Wind\, Solar and Load\nRanjit Deshmukh\, Associate Professor\, University of California at Santa Barbara\nGuillermo Terren-Serrano\, Postdoctoral Scholar\, University of California at Santa Barbara \nSession 5B: Dynamic Operating Reserve Methods: Forecasting Reserve for Improved Operations\nSession Chair: Jimmy Nelson\, Director\, Energy & Environmental Economics \nSecondary Reserves and How to Procure Them – A Comparison of Denmark and Vietnam\nBa Hoai Nguyen\, Deputy Manager\, NSMO (Vietnam)\nUlrik Møller\, Senior Economist\, Energinet (Denmark) \nRegulation Reserve Forecasting in MISO\nChristine Ross\, Lead\, Markets Research and Development\, MISO \nUncertainty Reserve in NYISO\nFrankie Biancardi\, Market Design Specialist\, NYISO \nDynamic Dimensioning in the Netherlands\nGiancarlo Marzano\, Senior Account Management Lead\, N-SIDE \nSession 6A: Emerging Forecasting Applications\nSession Chair: Adria Brooks\, Director of Transmission Planning\, Grid Strategies \nNew Developments in the Application of Weather Information in Electric Grid Analysis – Power Flow\nTom Overbye\, Professor\, Texas A&M \nProjecting Water Availability and Drought Risk for Hydropower\nShih-Chieh Kao\, Program Manager\, Water Power Program\, Oak Ridge National Laboratory \nWind Forecasting for Dynamic Line Ratings\nJake Gentle\, Program Manager\, Secure Renewables & Grid Integration\, Idaho National Laboratory \nA New Approach for Grid-Wide Wind Measurement with Embedded Optical Fibers\nTiffany Menhorn\, Vice President\, North America\, Prisma Photonics \nVietnam’s Renewable Revolution: Solutions with Satellite Image\, Forecasting Combination\, and AGC\nBa Hoai Nguyen\, Deputy Manager\, NSMO (Vietnam) \nSession 6B: The Increasing Need And Value For Long- And Short-Term Price Forecasts\nSession Chair: Robin Hytowitz\, Program Lead\, Electricity Markets\, EPRI \nShort to Long-Term Power Forecasting Solutions\nScott Bruns\, Director\, US Power Markets\, Enverus \nThe Increasing Need And Value For Long- And Short-Term Price Forecasts\nJennifer Newman\, Vice President of Research\, REsurety \nThe Increasing Need and Value of Long- and Short-term Price Forecasts\nMcKenzie Fowler\, Director\, Energy Modeling\, PowerIntel \nLong- And Short-Term Price Forecasting\nNorm Richardson\,President & Founder\, EnCompass \nSession 7A: Weather\, Extreme Events and Resilience\nSession Chair: Allison Campbell\, Power Systems Data Scientist\, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory \nReliability\, Resilience and Extreme Weather\nMaria Kachadurian\, Senior Analyst\, Performance Analysis\, NERC \nProbabilistic Time Series Modeling for Improving Grid Reliability\nChris Hayes\, Principal Meteorologist\, DNV \nHigh-resolution Time Series Weather and Energy Modeling: a Utility Grid Planning Example\nRob Cirincione\, CEO\, Sunairio \nDownscaled Earth System Model Data for Resilient Energy System Planning\nGrant Buster\, Data Scientist\, NREL \nIncorporating Multivariate Weather Hazards into System Planning with Long Duration Energy Storage\nNeal Mann\, Energy Systems Engineer\, Argonne National Laboratory \nSession 7B: Technology Neutrality and Market Participation Models\nSession Chair: Paul Sotkiewicz\, President and Founder\, E-Cubed Policy Associates \nMarket Participation Models\nGabe Murtaugh\, Director of Market Development\, Hydrostor \nTechnology-Neutral (Resource-agnostic) Markets – Why Have We Gotten RTO Capacity Markets So Mixed Up?\nMichael Milligan\, GridLab \nSouthwest Power Pool Market Participation Models\nDaniel Harless\, Lead Engineer\, Market Development\, SPP \nZach Ming\, Partner\, Energy & Environmental Economics \nUniversal Participation Model Redux\nMark Ahlstrom\, Vice President of Renewable Energy Policy\, NextEra Energy Resources \nTechnology Agnostic Participation Options in Electricity Markets\nErik Ela\, Director of System Operation and Electricity Markets\, ESIG
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2025-forecasting-markets-workshop/
LOCATION:Doubletree by Hilton – Nashville Downtown\, 315 4th Ave. North\, Nashville\, TN\, 37219\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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DTSTAMP:20260714T203038
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SUMMARY:2025 Spring O&M Users Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Members of the ESIG O&M Users Group are invited to attend the 2025 Spring O&M Users Group Meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel & Spa in Denver\, Colorado. \nThe meeting will feature a pre-meeting workshop\, plenary session and manufacturer-specific roundtables. The roundtables provide the opportunity for frank and open discussion among users who share their information\, knowledge and experience. As a reminder\, participation in the roundtables is limited to employees of ESIG member organizations that own\, operate\, or maintain wind generation or solar equipment. \nBelow you’ll find information on accommodations. We encourage you to make your reservation as soon as possible. If your plans change\, you can always cancel your reservation with the hotel up to 72 hours prior to your scheduled arrival without penalty. \n \n  \n\n\n \n \n\nPre-Meeting Workshop: Operating Practices Guidebook\nESIG is coordinating an expansion and revision of the Operating Practices Guidebook in 2025. There will be a workshop held on Monday 1pm – 5pm for anyone who is interested in supporting the effort. No commitment is required. All volunteer authors and reviewers are strongly encouraged to attend. And we still have open spots for more volunteers! Reach out to brooke@esig.energy for more information. \nTour: Vestas Nacelles Factory\nMonday\, March 31\, 2025\, noon – 3:00 PM \nFully operational since 2010\, the Nacelles Factory in Brighton proudly manufactures nacelles and hubs for wind turbines in 265\,000 square feet of building space. \nTransportation for the tour will leave the Brown Palace hotel at 12PM on Monday March 31st\, and return to the hotel before 3PM. If you plan to rideshare to the facility from the airport\, please let Brooke know so we can ensure you will have a spot back to the hotel. \nWe want to emphasize that this is different from the original schedule\, if you signed up for the tour and will no longer be able to attend\, send Brooke an email in order to issue a refund. \nOpening Plenary: Solar\nIn an ESIG O&M first\, solar is taking over the plenary session!   We will have three presenters to discuss lessons learned with solar O&M\, including module failure modes and serial defects\, lessons learned with solar O&M\, and specific recommendations related to module replacement.  We also have a special fourth speaker to discuss (drumroll please…) battery storage!  We’ll hear about a case study on capacity and round-trip efficiency tests\, and learn a bit about BESS O&M along the way.  Come join us for our first solar + storage session! \nTech Talks\nTwo practical roundtable discussions on gearboxes\, including uptower gearbox inspection\, gear oil sampling do’s/don’ts\, understanding oil analysis reports\, and follow up actions.  These sessions will be in roundtable format to allow for a dialogue with all attendees\, led by industry experts on TCM\, benchmarking\, oil testing\, and gearbox repair. \nAbout the Roundtables\nThe heart of the meeting consists of manufacturer-specific roundtables for user group members only. The format consists of open discussions\, moderated by Roundtable Chairpersons\, centered on a specific wind turbine component or specific model of wind turbine. The Roundtables provide the opportunity for frank and open discussion among users\, who share their information\, knowledge and experience. \nParticipation in the Roundtables is limited to employees of ESIG member organizations that own\, operate\, or maintain wind generation equipment. \n\n\n  \n  \n \n  \n \n  \n  \n\n \n \nThe host hotel for the fall event is the Brown Palace Hotel & Spa. \nThe special ESIG room rate is $249 per night. The deadline to make your reservation is March 10\, 2025. \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR ROOM \nPlease Note: We have a limited amount of rooms available at the government per diem rate. If you need a room at this rate\, please contact Brooke Brown at brooke@esig.energy to make arrangements. \n\n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2025-spring-om-meeting/
LOCATION:The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa\, 321 17th Street\, Denver\, 80202
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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DTSTAMP:20260714T203038
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SUMMARY:2025 Spring Technical Workshop
DESCRIPTION:  \nPresentations from our 2025 Spring Technical Workshop held in Austin can be downloaded below. \nRecordings of workshop sessions are now available on the ESIG YouTube Channel. \n2025 Spring Technical Workshop Introduction / Opening Remarks\nOpening Remarks\nMark Ahlstrom\, NextEra Energy & ESIG Board of Directors’ President \nKeynote – Opportunities and Challenges in the Texas Power Grid – ERCOT Perspective\nVenkat Tirupati\, Vice President of Grid Transformation\, ERCOT \nIndustry Overview\nDebra Lew\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nOpening Plenary Session: Discussion on Large Loads – Challenges and Solutions\nSession Chair: Erik Ela\, Director of System Operation and Electricity Markets\, ESIG \nDownload Presentation\nAgee Springer\, Senior Manager\, Grid Interconnections\, ERCOT \nDownload Presentation\nJeff Bladen\, Head of Energy\, Verrus \nDownload Presentation\nKatelynn Vance\, Manager\, ET Planning & Strategic Initiatives\, Dominion Energy \nDownload Presentation\nAmanda King\, Director\, Interconnection and Planning\, EPE \nDownload Presentation\nBryn Baker\, Senior Director for Policy and Market Innovation\, Clean Energy Buyers Alliance \nSession 1A: Grid-forming Inverters\nSession Chairs: Andrew Isaacs\, Vice President\, Electranix and Lukas Unruh\, Power Systems Studies Engineer\, Electranix \nLarge AI-based Data Center Load Challenges (flicker and network reliability) and Mitigation Techniques Using GFM\nSam Maleki\, Director\, T&D Engineering and Consulting\, RMS Energy \nGFM IBR: Functional Specifications\, Simulation Strategies\, and Scenario Recommendations\nHossein Ashourian\, Power System Modeling and Simulation Specialist\, EMTP \nUtility-Scale Grid-Forming Projects & Lessons Learned\nSarah Walinga\, Staff Power Control Engineer\, Tesla and Ali Mohammadpour\, Staff Power Systems Engineer\, Tesla \nBenefits of GFM in Stability-constrained Areas\nDeepak Ramasubramanian\, Senior Technical Leader\, EPRI \nEstablishing Grid-Forming Capability Requirements at IESO: Motivation\, Development\, and Verification\nMohamed ElNozahy\, Engineering Manager\, IESO \nSession 1B: Demand Flexibility\nSession Chair: Alison Silverstein\, Consultant\, Alison Silverstein Consulting \nValue of Lost Load in Texas\nSanem Sergici\, Principal\, The Brattle Group \nVirtual Power Plant Study\nAngela Long\, Founder & CEO\, Rockcress Consulting \nThe Impact of Demand Flexibility in Wholesale Power Markets\nBeth Garza\, Senior Fellow\, R Street Institute \nDemand Flexibility from Small Retail Customers\nMichael Lee\, Former CEO\, Octopus Energy US \nSession 2A: Control Room of the Future and System Operations\nSession Chair: Aidan Tuohy\, Director\, EPRI \nEPRI Report\nJohn Simonelli\, CEO and Managing Director\, Flashover LLC \nOnline Stability Assessment\, Lessons Learned and Challenges\nVamsi Madam\, Manager of Real Time Grid Operations Support\, ERCOT \nInertia Monitoring in Hawaii and GFL vs GFM Contribution\nJin Tan\, Principal Engineer\, NREL \nInertia\, Oscillations\, System Strength Monitoring\nDuncan Burt\, Chief Strategic Officer\, Reactive Technologies \nSession 2B: DER Integration for Transmission and Distribution Services\nDER Integration for T&D Services\nSession Chair: Obadiah Bartholomy\, Manager\, Distributed Energy Strategy\, SMUD \nEmerging Issues for DER Grid Services in Deregulated Markets\nArushi Sharma Frank\, Founder and Principal\, Luminary Strategies \nGrid Services Compensation Fund\nJen Schilling\, Vice President\, Grid Modernization\, Eversource \nCase Studies of DER Management\nAstrid Atkinson\, CEO and Co-Founder\, Camus Energy \nSourcing DERs for Distribution Grid Services\nDarren Murtaugh\, Director\, Electric Distribution Strategy\, ICF \nSession 3A: FERC 901\nFERC 901 Milestone 3 – An Overview\nSession Chair: JP Skeath\, Manager\, Engineering & Security Integration\, NERC\n \nProject 2022-02 – Uniform Model Framework for IBRs\nJohn Schmall\, Transmission Planning\, ERCOT \nProject 2020-06 – Verification of Models and Data for Generators\nDavid Marshall\, SPC Transmission and Markets\, Southern Power \nProject 2021-01 – System Model Validation with IBRs\nHari Singh\, Core Electric Cooperative \nProject 2022-04 – Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) Modeling\nDan Kell\, Global Director\, eGrid\, Hatch Ltd \nSession 3B: Integrated Planning\nSession Chair: Liz Cook\, Vice President of Technical Strategy\, Association of Edison Illuminating Companies\n \nIntegration of High Levels of Clean Energy in China’s Northeast Power Grid of SGCC\nHuang Zhen\, Deputy Chief Engineer of State Grid Corporation of China & Director of Northeast Branch of State Grid Corporation of China \nTen-Year Network Development Plan 2024\nRalph Pfeiffer\, Head of System Development – International Planning Products\, Amprion (Germany) \nGrid of the Future: Optimizing Across T&D\nMark Schoenheider\, Manager\, Operations Strategy\, Planning Grid Technology and Modernization\, Xcel Energy \nSystem Expansion Modeling\nAaron Burdick\, Director\, Integrated System Planning\, E3 \nIntegrated Planning Guidebook\nCarlo Brancucci\, Co-founder and CEO\, encoord \nSession 4A: Oscillations and Stability\nSession Chair: Deepak Ramasubramanian\, Senior Technical Leader\, EPRI \nLarge Load Impact on Stability Limits\nYunzhi Cheng\, Manager\, Operations Stability Analysis\, ERCOT \nFeedback and Oscillations\nLingling Fan\, Professor\, University of South Florida \nInvestigation of Persistent Sub-synchronous Oscillations in the Netherlands\nAleksandar Boričić\, Dynamics & Stability Expert\, System Operations\, Tennet \nStability Screening Methods and EMT/PSSE Linkages\nMatt Richwine\, Founding Partner\, Telos and Nick Miller\, Principal\, Hickory Ledge \nSession 4B: Unlock Expansion of Grid to Facilitate Large Loads\nSession Chair: Jeff Bladen\, Head of Energy\, Verrus \nColocation of Generation and Large Loads\nKaren Onaran\, President and CEO\, ELCON \nProtection Settings and Studies for Co-located Load/Generation\nElliott Flick\, VP of Commercial Projects\, Constellation Energy \nNew Market Participation Model for Co-location\nSai Moorty\, Principal\, Market Design & Development\, ERCOT \nElectrification & System Integration of Industrial Heat\nMichael Walsh\, Business Advisor\, RedoxBlox (Ireland) \nSession 5A: Grid-Enhancing Technologies Case Studies\nSession Chair: James Okullo\, Director of Transmission Planning\, ESIG \nPower Flow Control Experience in Southern Company\nFranchesca Aponte\, Transmission Planning Project Manager\, Southern Company and Elizabeth Chase Battaglio\, Manager – Transmission Planning East\, Southern Company \nExperience with Dynamic Line Ratings at GRE\nMichael Craig\, Manager\, Energy Management Systems\, Great River Energy \nTopology Optimization Case Study at EDF Renewables\nAlexandra Miller\, Director\, Transmission Analytics & Policy\, EDF Renewables and Pablo Ruiz\, CEO\, NewGrid and Senior Consultant\, The Brattle Group \nThe Promise and Pitfalls of High Performance Conductors\nCasey Baker\, Senior Program Manager\, Transmission Projects\, GridLab  \nSession 5B: Improved Modeling for System Planners\nSession Chair: Josh Novacheck\, Electricity System Planning Engineer\, NextEra Energy \nIncorporating Stressful Grid Conditions for Reliable and Cost-Effective Electricity System Planning\nTrieu Mai\, Senior Energy Analyst\, NREL \nManaging Variability with High Fidelity Capacity Expansion\nRuss Philbrick\, CEO/CTO\, Polaris System Optimization \nIncorporation of Transmission Power Flow in Resource Adequacy Modeling\nKevin Carden\, President\, Astrape \nIterative Portfolio Optimization and Modeling Approaches for Planning\nDerek Stenclik\, Founding Partner\, Telos \nSession 6A: Transmission Planning\nSession Chair: Warren Lasher\, Lasher Energy \nProbabilistic Methods Applied to MISO’s LRTP Business Case\nArmando Figueroa-Acevedo\, Senior Engineer\, MISO  \nMeeting Accelerated Demand Growth in ERCOT with 765kV Transmission\nSun Wook Kang\, Senior Manager\, Dynamic Studies – Grid Planning\, ERCOT \nTransmission Value Assessment\nDev Millstein\, Staff Scientist\, LBNL \nIntegrating Siloes of Transmission Planning\nAhmed Rashwan\, Senior Director\, Transmission Planning and Operations\, Utilities\, EPE \nSession 6B: Resource Adequacy\nResource Adequacy: Introduction\nSession Chair: Tom Acker\, Sr. Principal Research Engineer\, SRP \nResource Adequacy in ERCOT\nJulie Jin\, Supervisor\, ERCOT \nClimate Change Implications for Resource Adequacy in the US Desert Southwest\nJon Cook\, Principal Resource Analyst\, SRP \nResource Adequacy Under System Transformation: Energy Storage\, Capacity Markets\, and Scarcity Pricing\nTodd Levin\, Electricity Markets Team Lead\, ANL \nZonal vs Nodal Reliability Analysis in NYISO\nAlex Rudkevich\, President\, Enelytix \nCause Evaluation of Load Loss Hours in Monte-Carlo Dispatch Simulations\nMax Muller\, Engineer for Energy Economic Scenarios\, TransnetBW GmbH (Germany) \nSession 7: Closing Plenary Session: Scale\, Speed and Supply Chains\nDownload Presentation\nSession Chair: Steve Martz\, Vice President\, Integrated Planning\, Xcel Energy\n \nDownload Presentation\nDamir Novosel\, President\, Quanta Technologies \nDownload Presentation\nJohn Francis\, Business Transformation Partner\, ScottMadden \nDownload Presentation\nKevin Jacobs\, Director\, Supply Chain Consulting\, Wood Mackenzie \n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2025-spring-technical-workshop/
LOCATION:Hyatt Regency Austin\, 208 Barton Springs Rd\, Austin\, TX\, 78704\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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SUMMARY:2024 ESIG/G-PST Special Topic Workshop: A Deeper Look at Oscillations
DESCRIPTION:Presentations from our 2024 ESIG/G-PST Special Topic Workshop: A Deeper Look at Oscillations held in Tucson can be downloaded below. \nRecordings of each of these sessions will be available soon on the ESIG YouTube Channel. \n\nIntroduction & Background\nMark O’Malley\, Leverhulme Professor of Power Systems\, Imperial College London \nSession 1: Oscillation Monitoring\, Tracing & Mitigation in Operations\nChair: Nick Miller\, Principal\, HickoryLedge \nSetting the Stage\nNick Miller\, Principal\, HickoryLedge \nExperience with Oscillations in ISO-NE\nSlava Maslennikov\, Technical Manager\, ISO-NE \nNGESO Experience and Sub-synchronous Oscillation Guidance Document\nXiaoyao Zhou\, Engineering Compliance Manager\, National Grid ESO \nGE Experience with Oscillations\nJason MacDowell\, Chief Systems Integration Officer\, Vernova’s Consulting Services \nSession 2: Research Efforts in Tracing the Oscillations\nChair: Deepak Ramasubramanian\, Senior Technical Leader\, EPRI \nTracing the Oscillations – A Few Pieces of the Puzzle\nYunjie Gu\, Lecturer in Power Systems\, Imperial College London\n(with input from Shahil Shah\, NREL and Slava Maslennikov\, ISO-NE) \nNovel Approach to Modeling Multi-time-domain Problems for Identification of Resonances in IBR Systems\nJose Daniel Lara\, Senior Staff Researcher Power Grid Optimization\, NREL \nOscillation Damping for the Grid of the Future\nSam Maleki\, Senior Principal Power Systems Engineer\, Electric Power Engineers \nSession 3: System Planning and Interconnection Studies in an IBR World\nChair: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nDealing with Control System Interactions\nSebastian Achilles\, GM\, Grid Integration and Stability. Consulting Services . GE Vernova \nDealing with System Oscillations\nYunzhi Cheng\, Manager\, Operations Stability Analysis\, ERCOT \nDealing with Oscillations – How Much Can We Do in the Planning Process?\nTim Green\, Professor of Electrical Power Engineering and Director of Energy Futures Lab\, Imperial College London \nDo We Have the Tools We Need?\nDeepak Ramasubramanian\, Senior Technical Leader\, EPRI \nSession 4: Mitigation and Next Steps\nChair: Tim Green\, Professor of Electrical Power Engineering and Director of Energy Futures Lab\, Imperial College London \nWhat’s on the Horizon for Mitigation Measures?\nLingling Fan\, Professor\, University of South Florida \nOptions for Mitigation Measures\nEnrique Mallada\, Associate Professor\, Johns Hopkins University \nWorkshop Wrap-up & Summary\nMark O’Malley\, Leverhulme Professor of Power Systems\, Imperial College London
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2024-esig-g-pst-special-topic-workshop-a-deeper-look-at-oscillations/
LOCATION:Loews Ventana Canyon Resort\, 7000 N Resort Dr\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85750
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240325
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240329
DTSTAMP:20260714T203038
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SUMMARY:2024 Spring Technical Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Presentations from our 2024 Spring Technical Workshop held in Tucson can be downloaded below. \nRecordings of each of these sessions are now available here on the ESIG YouTube Channel. \n\nTutorial: Electromagnetic Transient Analysis Simulation Tools\nModerator: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nIntroduction & Industry Need; Identification of Need for EMT Studies and EMT Study Scope; Data Intake and Organization; System Model Construction and Quality Assurance; Simulations; Analysis and Actions/Mitigations\nJulia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG\nLukas Unruh\, Lead Studies Engineer\, Electranix\nMatthew Richwine\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy \nAvailable Tools (PSCAD)\nMathias Pielahn\, EMT Simulation Specialist\, PSCAD (Canada)\nJessie Lapsley\, System Studies Engineer\, PSCAD (Canada) \nEMTP Overview\nAnton Stepanov\, Research & Development Specialist\, EMTP (Canada) \nAccelerating Large-scale IBR Integration Studies in Real-time Using HYPERSIM\nShijia Li\, Director – Team Lead – Power Systems\, Opal-RT Technologies (Canada) \nAvailable Tools Overview\nPaul Forsyth\, VP Marketing & Sales\, RTDS Technologies Inc. (Canada) \nIntroduction & Keynote Comments \nKeynote: A New Paradigm for System Control\nDeepak Divan\, Professor and Director of Center for Distributed Energy\, Georgia Institute of Technology \nIndustry Overview\nCharlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nOpening Plenary Session: Grid Forming Technology Applications\nChair: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nGFM Technology and Project Specifications\nFrank Berring\, Head of Business Development\, Large Scale\, SMA America \nAre All GFM Controls Created Equal? – Lessons Learned\nLukas Unruh\, Lead Studies Engineer\, Electranix \nGFM BESS Project Development Experience and Future Plans\nAmit Barnir\, Vice President\, US – Network Infrastructure\, Zenobē \nIntegration of GFM Solutions for Compliance on Plant Level\nBenjamin Braun\, Principal Engineer Power Systems Control\, Fluence (Germany) \nSession 2: Markets for Transmission\nChair: Aaron Bloom\, Executive Director Transmission\, NextEra Energy \nInterprovincial Planning in Canada\nMadeleine McPherson\, Assistant Professor\, University of Victoria (Canada) \nLarge-scale Transmission Expansion: What’s the Prognosis?\nRoss Baldick\, Professor\, University of Texas at Austin \nRegional Transmission Planning Reforms\nMatthew Christiansen\, General Counsel\, FERC \nRegulatory Options for Improvement of Interregional Transmission Investment Signals\nJoshua Macey\, Assistant Professor\, University of Chicago \nSession 3A: Transmission Expansion Studies \nTransmission Expansion Studies\nChair: Juliet Homer\, Senior Energy Research Engineer/Analyst\, PNNL \nContext\, Resource Adequacy and HOT Paths\nDavid Palchak\, Manager and Research Engineer\, NREL \nEconomic Analysis: Benefit-cost of Portfolios and Regional Insights\nAmy Rose\, Energy Analyst\, NREL \nZonal-to-nodal: National Transmission Plans and Production Cost Modeling\nJarrad Wright\, Senior Researcher\, NREL \nSystem Security: AC Power Flow\nNader Samaan\, Chief Engineer and Team Lead (Grid Analytics)\, Electricity Security Group\, PNNL \nSession 3B: Grid Forming Technology Developments\nChair: Jason MacDowell\, Chief Systems Integration Officer\, ESIG & GE Energy Consulting\n \nBESS Applications – Project Examples\, Grid Forming\, and Augmentation\nPrashant Kansal\, Sr. Staff Power Systems Engineer\, Tesla \nBeyond Inertia Capabilities for Grid of the Future\nSam Maleki\, Senior Principal Power Systems Engineer\, Electric Power Engineers \nStabilize High-IBR Power Systems with Grid-Forming Inverters\nShuan Dong\, Researcher\, NREL \nGFM Inverter Hardware Testing\nShahil Shah\, Principal Engineer\, NREL \nSession 4A: Resilience\nChair: Josh Novacheck\, Transmission Planning Engineer\, NextEra Energy Resources \nOperational Impacts of Extreme Weather Events\nStephen George\, Director\, Operational Performance\, Training & Integration\, ISO New England \nExtreme Events and Transmission Analysis in Probabilistic Modeling\nMegan Pamperin\, Strategic Assessments Engineer\, MISO \nResilience and Transmission Task Force\nRyan Deyoe\, Power Markets Specialist\, Telos Energy \nForward Looking Extreme Weather Datasets\nCasey Burleyson\, Scientist\, PNNL \nSession 4B: Virtual Power Plants \nVirtual Power Plant Considerations (SMUD Snapshot)\nChair: Obadiah Bartholomy\, Manager\, Distributed Energy Strategy\, SMUD \nVPP – Planning and Operating a Utility Asset\nAngela Long\, CEO\, Rockcress Consulting \nCost and Value of VPPs\nRyan Hledik\, Principal\, The Brattle Group \nVPP Participation Models: What is the Objective?\nElaine Hale\, Senior Research Engineer\, NREL \nSession 5A: Transmission Interconnection Process\nChair: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nGFM Battery Application for Weak Grid Conditions in the Chilean Power System\nAnton Stepanov\, Research & Development Specialist\, EMTP (Canada) \nGrid Interconnection Process – Lessons from Australia\nJarman Stephens\, Co-founder\, gridmo (Australia) \ni2X Transmission Roadmap\nCynthia Bothwell\, Technology Manager/Grid Integration Engineer\, Boston Government Services\, contractor to US Dept. of Energy \nNear-term Solutions to New Generator Interconnection\nSarah Toth\, Senior Associate\, Rocky Mountain Institute \nIBR Interconnection Requirements\, Latest Developments\nJulia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nSession 5B: Resource Adequacy\nChair: Bethany Frew\, Group Manager\, Capacity Expansion & Electricity Markets Group\, NREL \nRA Metrics and Criteria\nDerek Stenclik\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy / ESIG RA Task Force Lead \nA Comparison of Three Different Reserve Margin Methods in the Context of an Island System\nArne Olson\, Senior Partner\, Energy and Environmental Economics\, Inc. \nEvolution of Probabilistic Modeling and Need for Revised Risk Metrics for Resource Adequacy\nDurgesh Manjure\, Sr. Director\, Resource Adequacy Planning\, MISO \nA Probabilistic Approach to Resource Adequacy Assessment\nAnaisha Jaykumar\, Reliability Engineer\, SERC Reliability Corporation \nEuropean Resource Adequacy Assessment (ERAA) 2023 – Methodology and Results\nRalph Pfeiffer\, Asset Management – Head of National and European Grid Planning Processes\, Amprion GmbH (Germany)\nMarlene Petz\, System Development – Team Lead System Adequacy\, Austrian Power Grid AG (Austria) \nSession 6: Price-based Demand Flexibility\nChair: Lisa Schwartz\, Sr. Policy Researcher and Strategic Advisor\, LBNL \nPrice-based Demand Response as a Resource in System Planning\nJuan Pablo Carvallo\, Research Scientist\, LBNL \nPrice-Based Demand Flexibility\nJason Klotz\, Sr. Manager Distribution Resource Planning\, Strategy & Engagement\, Portland General Electric \nDynamic Pricing – AgFIT Pilot\nMitch Sears\, Executive Officer\, Valley Clean Energy \nReal Time Pricing Lessons Learned and PG&E New Hourly Flex Pricing Pilots\nRobert Kasman\, Dynamic Rates Product Manager\, PG&E \nSession 7A: System Planning\nChair: Leah Kaffine\, Director\, Fundamentals\, Pattern Energy Group \nIntegrated System Planning Process at Xcel Energy\nSteve Martz\, Vice President\, Integrated Planning\, Xcel Energy \nERCOT Reliability\, Economic and Resiliency Planning\nPrabhu Gnanam\, Director\, Grid Planning\, ERCOT \nHow Do the Answers Change if You Study 100% Clean Energy vs 100% Clean Electricity?\nJeremy Hargreaves\, Principal\, Evolved Energy Research \nDecoupling the Value of Energy Storage\nCarlo Brancucci\, Co-founder & CEO\, encoord \nSession 7B: DER\nChair: Bryan Palmintier\, Manager: Transmission and Distribution Interactions Group\, NREL \nIntegrated System Planning with a DER Perspective\nGreg Adams\, Technical Executive Consultant\, EPRI \nHarnessing the Power of Consumer Flexibility\nTom Breare\, Global Head of Partnerships\, Kraken (United Kingdom) \nDynamic Operating Envelopes\nBrad Smith\, Smart Energy Lead\, GRIDSIGHT (Australia) \nAnalyzing the Reliability of Distributed PV Plus Storage\nJuan Pablo Carvallo\, Research Scientist\, LBNL \nSession 8A: System Oscillations\nChair: Mark O’Malley\, Leverhulme Professor of Power Systems\, Imperial College London \nA System Oscillation Reference Guide\nNick Miller\, Principal\, HickoryLedge \nSystem Oscillation History in the GB System\nXiaoyao Zhou\, Operability Policy Manager\, Networks\, National Grid ESO (UK) \nManaging System Oscillations in the ERCOT System\nYunzi Cheng\, Manager\, Operations Stability Analysis\, ERCOT \nAnalysis of Oscillations in AEMO’s West Murray Zone\nShahil Shah\, Principal Engineer\, NREL \nDamping System Oscillations with IBR Controls\nVahan Gevorgian\, Chief Engineer\, NREL \nSession 8B: EV Impacts on Electrification\nChair: Sean Morash\, Principal\, Telos Energy \nESIG Grid Planning for Vehicle Electrification Task Force Report\nSean Morash\, Principal\, Telos Energy \nApplications of AI to Managing EV Charging Loads\nMike Ting\, Sr. Product Manager\, Itron \nUtility Planning for Distribution-Optimized Electric Vehicle Charging\nKyle Garton\, Head of Product\, WeaveGrid \nRevolutionizing Grid Dynamics: Distributed AI for Electric Vehicles\nYC Zhang\, Vice President of Product Solutions\, Utilidata \nTurning EV Load into a Flexible System Resource\nNick Morelli\, Expert Stategic Analyst\, Pacific Gas & Electric \nClosing Plenary Session: Plant Retirement Planning – A Panel Discussion\nChair: Paul Sotkiewicz\, President & Founder\, E-Cubed Policy Associates \nFraming the Discussion\nPaul Sotkiewicz\, President & Founder\, E-Cubed Policy Associates \nSolution: Keeping a Gas Plant Without Running It\nMatt Schuerger\, Senior Fellow\, ESIG \nSolution: Reliability Standards\nMark Olson\, Manager\, Reliability Assessments\, NERC \nSolution: Transmission Buildout and RMR Contracts\nDavid Lapp\, Maryland Office of People’s Counsel \nSolution: Storage\nPaul Denholm\, Sr. Energy Analyst\, NREL \nSolution: Demand Flexibility\nDebbie Lew\, Associate Director\, ESIG \n  \n\n \n    
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2024-spring-technical-workshop/
LOCATION:Loews Ventana Canyon Resort\, 7000 N Resort Dr\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85750
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:2023 Fall O&M Users Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Members of the ESIG O&M Users Group are invited to attend the 2023 Fall O&M Users Group Meeting at the Dallas/Fort Worth Marriott Hotel & Golf Club at Champions Circle in Fort Worth\, TX. \nThe workshop will feature a plenary session and manufacturer-specific roundtables. The roundtables provide the opportunity for frank and open discussion among users\, who share their information\, knowledge and experience. As a reminder\, participation in the roundtables is limited to employees of ESIG member organizations that own\, operate\, or maintain wind generation or solar equipment. \nBelow you’ll find a preliminary outline of the event schedule along with information on accommodations. The plenary topic will be announced soon\, so stay tuned! \nRegistration for the event will be posted in the coming weeks. If you are interested in leading a roundtable\, please reach out to Brooke at brooke@esig.energy. \n\nEvent Schedule\n \n\nRegistration\nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n  \n \n\nAccommodations\nThe host hotel for the spring event is the Dallas/Fort Worth Marriott Hotel & Golf Club at Champions Circle in Fort Worth\, TX. \nThe special ESIG room rate is $154 per night. The deadline to make your reservation is August 28\, 2023. \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR ROOM\n**We encourage you to make your reservation as soon as possible\, as we expect our room block to fill fast due to a nearby NASCAR event that week. You can always cancel your reservation with the hotel up to 24 hours prior to your scheduled arrival without penalty.** \nPlease Note: We have a limited amount of rooms available at the government per diem rate. If you need a room at this rate\, please contact Brooke Brown at brooke@esig.energy to make arrangements.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2023-fall-om-users-group-meeting/
LOCATION:Dallas/Forth Worth Marriott Hotel & Golf Club at Champions Circle\, 3300 Championship Parkway\, Forth Worth\, 76177\, United States
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:2023 Spring O&M Users Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Members of the ESIG O&M Users Group are invited to attend the 2023 Spring O&M Users Group Meeting at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee in Milwaukee\, WI. \nThe workshop will feature a plenary session as well as manufacturer-specific roundtables. The roundtables provide the opportunity for frank and open discussion among users\, who share their information\, knowledge and experience. Participation in the roundtables is limited to employees of ESIG member organizations that own\, operate\, or maintain wind\, solar\, and energy storage equipment. \n\nEvent Schedule\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nAbout the Roundtables \nThe heart of the meeting consists of manufacturer-specific roundtables for user group members only. The format consists of open discussions\, moderated by Roundtable Chairpersons\, centered on a specific wind turbine component or specific model of wind turbine. The Roundtables provide the opportunity for frank and open discussion among users\, who share their information\, knowledge and experience. \nParticipation in the Roundtables is limited to employees of ESIG member organizations that own\, operate\, or maintain wind generation equipment. \n\nRegistration\nBelow you will find a breakdown of registration costs for the Milwaukee meeting. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPlease note: early-bird rates are available until Monday\, March 20. \n \n  \n  \n  \n\nAccommodations\nThe host hotel for the spring event is the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee in downtown Milwaukee\, WI. \nThe special ESIG room rate is $164 per night. The deadline to make your reservation is March 27\, 2023.  \nCLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR ROOM\n**We encourage you to make your reservation as soon as possible\, as we expect our room block to fill fast. If you are considering attending\, we strongly encourage you to make your reservation. You can always cancel your reservation with the hotel up to 72 hours prior to your scheduled arrival without penalty.** \nPlease Note: We have a limited amount of rooms available at the government per diem rate. If you need a room at this rate\, please contact Brooke Brown at brooke@esig.energy to make arrangements.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2023-spring-om-users-group-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230327
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DTSTAMP:20260714T203038
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SUMMARY:2023 Spring Technical Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Our 2023 Spring Technical Workshop in Tucson\, Arizona featured more than 80 industry leaders from around the world. All of the presentations from the workshop can be downloaded below. \nWorkshop Session Recordings: Click here to view session recordings of from the spring workshop. \n\nSpecial Session: An Introduction to the Global Power System Transformation Consortium\nClick here to download all presentations listed below. \nGPST Overview (including short descriptions of G-PST five action pillars)\nKarin Wadsack\, Program Manager\, NREL \nGPST Grid Forming Technology Council (accelerating the application of GFM equipment)\nJason MacDowell\, Chief Systems Integration Officer\, ESIG \nIntroduction to International Activities through Pillar 2\, Country Partnerships\nAmy Rose\, Energy Analyst\, NREL \nUkrenergo Synchronization with ENTSO-E: Recent Experiences and Power System Repair/Restoration Activities\nKateryna Deikun-Stepanchuk\, Senior Engineer\, Ukrenergo (Ukraine)\nLiubov Lapko\, Head of Group of Operation Calculation of Regimes\, Optimization and Loss Forecasting\, Ukrenergo (Ukraine) \nVariable Renewable Energy Challenges and Considerations on the Colombia Power System\nJulian Castano Marin\, Postoperative Analyst\, XM (Colombia)\nJorge Andrés Mola\, Planning Analyst\, XM (Colombia) \nVietnam\, a System in Rapid Transition\nQuynh Pham\, Deputy Manager of Power System Analysis and Planning Engineer\, NLDC\, Vietnam\nBui Duy Linh\, Renewable Operator\, NLDC\, Vietnam \n\nTutorial: Integrating Planning Tools and Processes for Effective Planning of Future Power Systems\nIntegrated Strategic System Planning – What Are the Needs\, What Does a Framework Look Like?\nAnish Gaikwad\, Senior Program Manager\, EPRI \nLinking Modeling Tools for Analyzing High Renewable Systems\nElaine Hale\, Senior Research Engineer\, NREL \nAdvanced Linkages Between Power Flow and Production Cost\nAndrew Bachert\, Principal\, GE Energy Consulting \nStarting Up Integrated Planning Processes\nAngie Bond-Simpson\, Director\, Integrated System Planning & Support\, Salt River Project \nData Management and Linking Tools\nArmando Figueroa Acevedo\, Engineer – Strategic Assessments\, MISO \nTool Integration to Study Future Energy Systems\nCarlo Brancucci\, Co-founder/CEO\, encoord \nLinking Planning Processes\nJohn Goldis\, Chief Technology Officer\, Newton Energy Group \nIntroduction & Keynote Comments\nWelcome\nMark Ahlstrom\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors & NextEra Energy Resources \nKeynote Comments: Planning for the Energy Transition\nAlice Jackson\, SVP\, System Strategy & Chief Planning Officer\, Xcel Energy \nMeeting Overview & Introduction\nCharlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nOpening Plenary: A Panel Discussion: High VRE Future – A Way Forward\nChair: Danielle Merfeld\, SVP & CTO\, Hanwha Qcells \nPanelists:\nAlice Jackson\, SVP\, System Strategy & Chief Planning Officer\, Xcel Energy\nJaquelin Cochran\, Director\, Grid Planning and Analysis Center\, NREL\nDebbie Lew\, Associate Director\, ESIG \nSession 1: Interregional Transmission\nSession Introduction\nChair: Debbie Lew\, Associate Director\, ESIG \nInterregional Transmission – A Landscape Analysis\nDev Millstein\, Research Scientist\, LBNL \nNational Transmission Needs Study\nAdria Brooks\, Transmission Engineer\, US Department of Energy \nNational Transmission Planning Study Update\nDavid Palchak\, Transmission Group Manager\, NREL \nEuropean Transmission Planning with Offshore Networks\nAntje Orths\, Chief Engineer\, Energinet (Denmark) \nSession 2: Scaling EVs – Grid Considerations\nChair: Obadiah Bartholomy\, Manager\, Distributed Energy Strategy\, SMUD \nUtility EV Forecasting Grid Expansion\nAndy Eiden\, Principal Planning & Strategy Analyst\, Distributed Resources\, Portland General Electric \nValue of EV Managed Charging to Bulk Power Systems\nElaine Hale\, Senior Research Engineer\, NREL\nLuke Lavin\, Researcher\, Grid Planning and Analysis Center\, NREL \nEvolution of Distribution Planning for Utilities\nSergio Islas\, Sr. Advisor – Distribution System Operator\, Southern Cal Edison \nReliability Considerations with Large-scale EV Charging\nJoe Eto\, Senior Advisor: Electricity Markets & Policy Department\, LBNL \nSession 3: GFM Requirements and Specifications\nChair: Ben Kroposki\, Director – Power Systems Engineering Center\, NREL \nGFM Batteries: A Unique Window of Opportunity\nJulia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nENTSO-E Requirements for Generators 2.0 Including GFM Specifications\nMario Ndreko\, Electrical System Design\, TenneT TSO GmbH (Germany) \nPerformance Based GFM Specification and Testing\nLukas Unruh\, Power System Studies Engineer\, Electranix \nUNIFI GFM Performance Requirements\nDeepak Ramasubramanian\, Technical Leader\, EPRI \nNG ESO GFM Specification Best Practice Application Guide\nNick Harvey\, Head of Network Operability\, National Grid ESO (United Kingdom) \nAEMO Draft Grid Forming Specifications\nNilesh Modi\, Specialist\, AEMO (Australia) \nSession 4: Power Systems Operation\nChair: Josh Novacheck\, Transmission Planning Engineer\, NextEra Energy Resources \nOptimal Real-time Operations of Storage and Hybrids\nAndy Kruse\, Sr. Manager\, Business Development\, Ascend Analytics \nLessons Learned from 20 Years of International Renewables Integration Consulting\nThomas Ackermann\, CEO/Founding Partner\, Energynautics (Germany) \nNew Valuation and Opportunities for Pumped Storage Hydro\nNick Miller\, Principal\, HickoryLedge LLC \nAn Update from Kaua’i\nCameron Kruse\, Engineering &Technology Manager\, Kauai Island Utility Cooperative \nSession 5: IBR Studies and Tools\nChair: Jason MacDowell\, Chief Systems Integration Officer\, ESIG \nDynamic Stability Screening Approaches for High IBR Systems\nMatt Richwine\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy \nAnalysis of 19.5 Hz Oscillation on Kaua’I Island System\nJin Tan\, Principal Engineer\, NREL \nDynamic Performance Optimization for 100% Inverter-based Power Systems: Experiences from Hawai’i Island\nUlrich Münz\, Principal Key Expert\, Siemens \nNew System Strength Metrics\nYue Zhu\, Research Associate\, Imperial College London (UK) \nNERC EMT Modeling Guide\nAlex Shattuck\, Senior Engineer – Engineering and Security Integration\, NERC \nSession 6: Different Aspects of Resource Adequacy\nChair: Tom Acker\, Sr. Principal Engineer\, Salt River Project \nClimate and Weather Impacts on Resource Adequacy\nJustin Sharp\, Principal/Owner\, Sharply Focused LLC \nProbabilistic Operational Reserves Strategy with Increasing Solar and Storage\nSean Morash\, Principal\, Telos Energy \nImproving RA Representations in Capacity Expansion Planning\nGord Stephen\, Grid Systems Research Engineer\, University of Washington \nModeling Transmission and Demand Side Resources in RA Studies\nIrene Danti Lopez\, EPRI \nRA Reform: Uncertain Heterogenous Markets\nLeah Kaffine\, Director of Energy Market Fundamentals\, Pattern Energy \nSession 7: Planning Implications with Storage and IBRs\nChair: Aidan Tuohy\, Senior Program Manager\, EPRI \nEnergy Storage Developments and Application in the Northeast China Grid\nSun Yu\, Northeast China Branch of SGCC (China) \nLong Duration Energy Storage\nBabu Chalamala\, Manager of Energy Storage Technology and Systems Department\, Sandia National Laboratory \nApplication of GFM Batteries in Australia\nNilesh Modi\, Specialist\, AEMO (Australia) \nRenewables and Pumped Hydro for the Alaskan Railbelt\nJonghwan Kwon\, Energy Systems Engineer\, ANL \nSession 8: Closing Plenary Session: Flexibility in Sector Coupling\nChair: Anders Bavnhoj Hansen\, Chief Engineer\, Energinet (Denmark) \nENTSO-E/G Long-term Scenarios for a Sector Coupled System\nAntje Orths\, Chief Engineer\, Energinet (Denmark) \nSector Coupling System Design Towards Carbon Neutrality and Market Challenges – a German Perspective\nRalph Pfeiffer\, Head of National and European Grid Planning Processes\, Amprion GmbH (Germany) \nPower Market Solutions for a Highly Sector Coupled System – a US LMP Perspective\nAlex Rudkevich\, President\, Newton Energy Group \nIntegrated Energy Sector Planning\nCarlo Brancucci\, Co-founder/CEO\, encoord \nSystem Development Towards a Highly Sector Coupled Energy System – Strategy and R&D Roadmap for Denmark\nAnders Bavnhoj Hansen\, Chief Engineer\, Energinet (Denmark)
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2023-spring-technical-workshop/
LOCATION:Loews Ventana Canyon Resort\, 7000 N Resort Dr\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85750
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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SUMMARY:2022 Meteorology and Market Design for Grid Services Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Our 2022 Meteorology and Market Design for Grid Services Workshop was held at The Curtis Hotel in downtown Denver\, Colorado. \nAll of the presentations from the workshop can be downloaded below. \nWorkshop Session Recordings: For recordings of each of the sessions\, please see the workshop playlist here. \n\nTutorial: Forecasting for Energy and Ancillary Service Markets: Role of Storage\, Hybrids and DER in an Uncertain Environment\nIntroduction to Forecasting and Operations\nAidan Tuohy\, Program Manager and Erik Ela\, Principal\, EPRI \nElectricity Markets and Forecasts\, How They Interact\nAidan Tuohy\, Program Manager and Erik Ela\, Principal\, EPRI \nForecasting Hybrid and Co-Located\, Resources\nAmber Motley\, Senior Manager\, Short Term Forecasting\, CAISO \n\nSession 1: Introduction and Opening Plenary: The Increasing Ubiquity of VRE Forecasting\nChair: Mark Ahlstrom\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors\, & NextEra Energy Resources \nIntroduction\nCharlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nHow are Forecasts Performing and Markets Adapting \nPascal Storck\, Head of Technology\, Vaisala \nForecasting and Market Participation for Hybrids \nGary Dorris\, CEO & Co-founder\, Ascend Analytics \nForecasting and Market Participation for Large Wind and Solar Power Plants\nCongcong Wang\, Lead Day-Ahead Market and Reliability Commitment\, MISO \nForecasting and Market Participation for VPPs \nLars Rohwer\, energy & meteo systems \nDER Technology Forecasting – How will it Impact the Rest of the System? \nNate Blair\, Group Manager – Distributed Systems and Storage Analysis\, NREL \n\nSession 2: Solar and Wind Forecasting R&D Advances\nSession 2A\nChair: Craig Collier\, Chief Meteorologist\, Head of Operations\, Energy Forecasting Solutions\, LLC \nShort and Medium Range Forecasting System Improvements\nDave Turner\, Manager – NOAA ASRE Program\, NOAA \nDispatching Long Duration Storage on High PV Systems\nBrady Cowiestoll\, Engineer\, NREL \nAdvances in PV Nowcasting Applications\nNick Engerer\, CTO & Co-founder\, Solcast \nSession 2B\nAmerican Made Challenges Solar Forecasting Prize\nChair: Tassos Golnas\, Technology Manager\, Solar Energy Technologies Office\, DOE \nDOE Solar Forecasting Prize Panel  \nA Hybrid Approach for Intra-day Solar Forecasting\nXianglei Huang\, Professor\, University of Michigan \nSolar Intelligence Services\nGeoff Galgon\, Nimbus AI \nSolar Forecast Arbiter – Performance\, Lessons Learned and Next Steps\nDavid Larson\, Engineer/Scientist III\, Grid Ops & Planning\, EPRI \n\nDOE Probabilistic Solar Power Forecasting Panel \nSolar Uncertainty Management and Mitigation for Exceptional Reliability in Grid Operations\nBri-Mathias Hodge\, Associate Professor\, University of Colorado Boulder; Chief Scientist\, NREL \nOperational Probabilistic Tools for Solar Uncertainty\nAidan Tuohy\, Program Manager\, EPRI \nUsing Probabilistic Solar Forecasts for Operating Reserves Requirements\nBen Hobbs\, Director\, JHU Environment\, Energy\, Sustainability & Health Institute\, Johns Hopkins University \n\nSession 3: Integration of Probabilistic Forecasts into the EMS and MMS – Status and Prospects\nChair: Nitika Mago\, Manager\, Electric Grid Operations\, ERCOT \nForecaster Experience Working with a TSO on the Current and Planned use of Probabilistic Forecasts in Market Operation \nJeff Lerner\, Customer Solutions Manager\, ENFOR \nForming Weather-Aware Uncertainty Requirements\nAmber Motley\, Senior Manager\, Short Term Forecasting\, CAISO \nIntegration of Probabilistic Forecasts into the EMS and MMS – Status and Prospects\nSankaran Rajagopal\, Director\, Energy Market Management Business Solutions\, Siemens \nA Market Management Systems (MMS) Perspective\nKhosrow Moslehi\, Director\, Product Management\, Hitachi Energy \nIntegration of Renewables Forecasts into the EMS and MMS\nTolu Dina\, Manager – Operations Performance and Analysis\, NYISO \n\nSession 4: Dynamic Reserve Applications Panel Discussion\nChair: Debbie Lew\, Associate Director\, ESIG \nBatteries and Ramping Reserves \nArne Olsen\, Senior Partner\, Energy and Environmental Economics\, Inc. \nThe Case for Dynamic Reserve Allocation in NY State \nRana Mukerji\, Senior Vice President–Market Structures\, NYISO \nDynamic Operating Reserves in SPP \nKathryn Dial\, Senior Technical Analyst\, Southwest Power Pool \nSurvey of Adoption of Dynamic Reserve Practices \nJo Ann Ranola\, Grid Ops & Planning\, EPRI \n\nSession 5: Impacts of Climate Change\nChair: Laurent Dubus\, Senior Scientist on Weather and Climate\, RTE \nClimate Change Impacts on Wind Power Generation\nSara C. Pryor\, Professor\, Cornell University \nRenewable Resource Interannual Variability under Current and Future Climate Scenarios \nSue Ellen Haupt\, Deputy Director\, Research Applications Laboratory\, NCAR \nPotential Impacts of Climate Change on BPS Planning and Operation \nBri-Mathias Hodge\, Associate Professor\, University of Colorado Boulder; Chief Scientist\, NREL \n\nSession 6: Extreme Weather Conditions\nChair: Aidan Tuohy\, Program Manager\, EPRI \nThe Evolving Role of Extreme Weather Events in the Power System \nJosh Novacheck\, Electricity System Research Engineer\, NREL \nPlanning Data Sets Accounting for Extreme Weather Events \nJustin Sharp\, Principal & Owner\, Sharply Focused \nPlanning for Extreme Weather Events Case Study \nRichard Tabors\, President\, Tabors\, Caramanis and Rudkevich \n\nSession 7: High VRE Futures – How Are Markets Evolving?\nMarket Evolution on High Variable Renewable Future – Panel Intro\nChair: Erik Ela\, Principal\, EPRI \nMarket Design Evolution for a Decarbonized Energy Future\nKaren Palmer\, Senior Fellow\, Resources for the Future \nIntraday Settlements to Mitigate DER Forecast Uncertainty Risk\nPamela MacDougall\, Environmental Defense Fund \nGFM Penetration and Market Product Requirements\nJulian Leslie\, Head of Networks and Chief Engineer\, National Grid ESO \nForecasting and Market Evolution in AEMO\nLiam McManus\, Operational Forecasting Analyst\, AEMO \n\nSession 8: Closing Plenary – Taking Stock: Where are We and What Lies Ahead?\nChair: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nPanel discussion with forecast developers\, forecast users\, researchers and consultants to talk about issues\, gaps\, opportunities and needs based on their experience and observations from the workshop. \n\nWhere is there room for improvement?\nWhat are the remaining barriers?\nWhere is the greatest value to be obtained?\n\nPanelists:\nMark Ahlstrom\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors\, & NextEra Energy Resources\nCraig Collier\, Chief Meteorologist\, Head of Operations\, Energy Forecasting Solutions\, LLC\nTassos Golnas\, Technology Manager\, Solar Energy Technologies Office\, DOE\nDebbie Lew\, Associate Director\, ESIG\nLaurent Dubus\, Senior Scientist on Weather and Climate\, RTE (France)\nAidan Tuohy\, Program Manager\, EPRI\nErik Ela\, Principal\, EPRI\nSue Ellen Haupt\, Deputy Director\, Research Applications Laboratory\, NCAR \n\nWorkshop Sponsors
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2022-meteorology-and-market-design-for-grid-services-workshop/
LOCATION:The Curtis Hotel\, 1420 Stout St.\, Denver\, CO\, 80202
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220606
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220610
DTSTAMP:20260714T203038
CREATED:20211012T162033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185046Z
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SUMMARY:2022 Special Topic Workshop: Grid-Forming IBRs
DESCRIPTION:Our 2022 Special Topic Workshop: Grid-Forming IBRs was held at The Curtis Hotel in downtown Denver\, Colorado. \nAll of the presentations from the workshop can be downloaded below. \nFor recordings of each of the sessions\, please see the workshop playlist here. \n\nTutorial: Grid-forming IBRs\nGrid-Forming Tutorial\nDeepak Ramasubramanian & Wenzong Wang\, EPRI \n\nIntroduction to Workshop Agenda and Opening Remarks\nIntroduction\nJulia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \n\nSession 1: Defining Technical Requirements and Qualification of Services\nChair: Jeff Billo\, Director\, Operations Planning\, ERCOT \nGB Grid-forming\nTony Johnson\, Technical Codes and Markets \nUpdate of GB Grid Forming Best Practice Guide\nDechao Kong\, Technical Specialist (HVDC & Power Electronics)\, National Grid ESO (UK) \nHECO GFM Requirements\nAndrew Isaacs\, Vice President\, Electranix \nGFM Functional Specification in UNIFI\nDeepak Ramasubramanian\, Technical Leader\, EPRI \n\nSession 2: Defining Target System\, Desired Performance and System Needs Studies\nDefining Target System\, Desired Performance and System Needs Studies\nChair: Nilesh Modi\, Manager\, Operational Analysis & Engineering\, AEMO \nA Structured Approach Towards 100% Renewable Energy\nChris Davies\, Manager\, Future Energy Systems\, AEMO \nTransition to Fewer Synchronous Generators – South Australia Case Study\nJames Lindley\, Group Manager\, Systems Capability\, AEMO \nEfficient Management of System Strength During the Power System Transition\nSamantha Christie\, Manager\, System Planning\, AEMO \n\nSession 3: Grid Forming Capabilities and Challenges (specifications\, requirements and cost)\nChair: Jason MacDowell\, Senior Technical Director\, GE Energy Consulting \nA View from Hitachi\nMarija Vujacic\, Global Product Specialist – Battery Energy Storage\, Hitachi Energy \nA View from GE\nDustin Howard\, Technical Director\, GE Energy Consulting \nA View from SMA\nDaniel Duckwitz\, Product Manager\, Grid Services\, SMA \n\nSession 4: Incentivizing New Grid Services\nChair: Mark O’Malley\, Chief Scientist\, ESIG \nCapabilities and Optimal Deployment of Grid Forming Technology in Australian Market\nTony Morton\, Global Technical Head – Power Systems\, Vysus Group \nGB Stability Pathfinder Update\nJulian Leslie\, Head of Networks and Chief Engineer\, National Grid ESO \n\nSession 5: Performance Monitoring – GFM Projects and Pilots\nChair: Vahan Gevorgian\, Chief Engineer\, NREL \nEU-funded Project OSMOSE\nCarmen Cardozo\, Research Engineer\, RTE \nExperience of Using Grid Forming Converters for Islanding and Black Start at Dersaloch Wind Farm\nIsaac Gutierrez\, Lead Electrical Engineer\, ScottishPower Renewables \nPractical Experiences and Lessons Learned from Connections and Planning Considerations of Grid Forming Inverters in Australia\nBabak Badrzadeh\, Technical Director – Power Systems\, Aurecon \n\nSession 6: Performance Benchmarking\, Modelling and Testing\nChair: Ryan Quint\, Senior Manager\, NERC \nPower System Modelling to Facilitate Uptake of IBR – Status Update\nJames Guest\, Senior Engineer\, AEMO \nModeling Issues: User-defined vs Generic\, Phasor-domain vs EMT\nAlex Shattuck\, Lead Electrical Engineer\, Vestas \nModeling and Performance Validation of GFM IBRs\, Hawaii Experience\nAndrew Isaacs\, Vice President\, Electranix \nModeling of GFM\nDeepak Ramasubramanian\, Technical Leader\, EPRI \n\nSession 7: Research Roadmaps\nChair: Nick Miller\, Consultant\, HickoryLedge \nUNIFI Progress\nBen Kroposki\, Director\, Power Systems Engineering Center\, NREL \nRTE Research and Development Update\nThibault Prevost\, Research Engineer\, RTE \nG-PST-CSIRO Australian Research Plan\nBehrooz Bahrani\, Director of Grid Innovation Hub and Senior Lecturer\, Monash University \nCSIRO AEMO Roadmap\nJohn Fletcher\, Professor\, University of New South Wales \n\nSession 8: Closing Panel Session – What’s Next?\nChair: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nPanel discussion with a cross-section of workshop representatives to talk about gaps\, needs and opportunities ahead of us. \n\nAre we on the way to breaking the cycle or not?\nWhat are the barriers that still exist?\nWhat do we need to do to solve the problems?\n\nPanelists:\nJason MacDowell\, Senior Technical Director\, GE Energy Consulting\nMark O’Malley\, Chief Scientist\, ESIG\nRyan Quint\, Senior Manager\, NERC\nNick Miller\, Consultant\, HickoryLedge\nDaniel Duckwitz\, Product Manager\, Grid Services\, SMA\nJulian Leslie\, Head of Networks and Chief Engineer\, National Grid ESO (UK) \n\n  \n\n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2022-special-topic-workshop-grid-forming-ibrs/
LOCATION:The Curtis Hotel\, 1420 Stout St.\, Denver\, CO\, 80202
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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DTSTAMP:20260714T203038
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185045Z
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SUMMARY:2022 Spring Technical Workshop
DESCRIPTION:  \nOur 2022 Spring Technical Workshop in Tucson\, Arizona featured more than 50 industry leaders from around the world\, who presented and lead discussion on a number of key areas\, including Resource Adequacy\, GFM\, IBR\, Flexibility\, Transmission\, DER\, among others. All of the presentations from the workshop can be downloaded below. \nSoon\, we’ll also post recordings of each session. \n\nTutorial: Hydrogen – How can hydrogen-derived fuels ‘complete’ the energy transition and how will we integrate those into planning and operations?\nCo-Chairs: Aidan Tuohy\, EPRI & William D’haeseleer\, KU Leuven (Belgium) \nHydrogen Tutorial Overview\nAidan Tuohy\, Program Manager\, EPRI \nHydrogen – a New Energy Carrier\, for all Means\nWilliam D’haeseleer\, Professor\, KU Leuven (Belgium) \nPanel Discussion \nHydrogen via Electrolytic Processes\nBrittany Westlake\, Senior Technical Leader\, EPRI \nFlexibility and Grid Services from Hydrogen Electrolysers\nPierluigi Mancarella\, Chair Professor\, University of Melbourne (Australia) \nHydrogen’s Role in Industrial Decarbonization\nElizabeth Endler\, Principal Technology Advisor & Senior Principal Science Expert\, Shell \n\nIntroduction & Keynote Comments\nWelcome\nMark Ahlstrom\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors & NextEra Energy Resources \nKeynote Comments: What’s Been Happening and Where Are We Going?\nDanielle Merfeld\, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer\, GE Renewable Energy \nMeeting Overview & Introductory Remarks\nCharlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \n\nOpening Plenary: System Disturbances and Renewable Energy \nChair: Luke Robinson\, Manager Grid Performance & Integration\, AEMO (Australia) \nThe Changing Impacts of System Disturbance Events\nTahir Kapetanovic\, Head of National Control Center\, Austrian Power Grid (Austria)\, Chair of ENTSO-E System Operations Committee \nMaintaining Operational Demand in South Australia (400 MW) – March 14\, 2021 Event\nCallan Masters\, Principal Engineer\, AEMO (Australia) \nRenewable Power Plants Interaction with Power Grid and Grid Code Practices in China\nYongning Chi\, Chief Engineer of Renewable Energy Center of CEPRI (China) \n\nSession 1: Resource Adequacy\nSession Keynote Address: Commissioner Jimmy Glotfelty\, Public Utility Commission of Texas \nEvolutions in Resource Adequacy\nChair: Mark O’Malley\, Chief Scientist\, ESIG \nEuropean-wide RA Study ERAA: Methodology\nRalph Pfeiffer\, Head of National and European Grid Planning Processes\, Amprion \nRA Study of the West\nElaine Hart\, Founding Principal\, Moment Energy Insights \nCharacterization of Extreme Weather Events and Grid Impacts\nHannah Bloomfield\, Research Associate – Climate Risk Analytics University of Bristol (United Kingdom) \nEvolution of RA for a Decarbonized Future\nGenevieve de Mijolla\, Engineer / Scientist III\, EPRI \nCapacity Accreditation and Market Constructs\nChair: Derek Stenclik\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy \nConsiderations in Capacity Accreditation Using ELCC\nNick Schlag\, Partner\, Energy & Environmental Economics (E3) \nCPUC “Slice of Day” Method for Improving Their RA Approach\nPeter Griffes\, Chief\, Comprehensive Market Design\, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. \nEffective Load Carrying Capability at PJM \nAndrew Levitt\, Sr. Market Strategist\, PJM Interconnection \n\nSession 2: Progress with Grid Forming Inverters\nSession Keynote Address: Transition to Grid Forming Applications – Why and By When is it Needed?\nChristian Schaefer\, Executive Advisor – Power Systems\, GHD\, (Australia) \nGrid Forming Inverters – A Quickly Evolving Landscape\nChair: Jason MacDowell\, Senior Technical Director\, GE \nESIG GFM Whitepaper Overview\nJulia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nPositive Sequence Generic Model for GFM\nDeepak Ramasubramanian\, Technical Leader\, EPRI \nGrid Forming Wind Power\nVahan Gevorgian\, Principal Engineer\, NREL \nGrid Forming Inverters – Some Practical Considerations\nChair: Nick Miller\, HickoryLedge LLC \nUpdate on Grid Forming Invertors and Stability Pathfinders – Breaking the Chicken and Egg Cycle\nJulian Leslie\, Head of Networks and Chief Engineer\, National Grid ESO (UK) \nGrid-Forming Type 3 Wind Turbine – Design Considerations and Prototype Demonstration Results\nDustin Howard\, Technical Director\, GE Energy Consulting \nGrid Forming Control\nCornelius Heck\, Team Leader\, Stability Analysis and Large Projects\, Strategic Grid Planning\, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH (Germany) \n\nSession 3: Flexibility and Complexity – Storage\, Hydro\, & Operations\nSession Keynote Address: A Holistic View of Systems Integration \nAntje Orths\, Chief Engineer\, Energinet (Denmark) \nLooking For Flexibility\nChair: Aidan Tuohy\, Program Manager\, EPRI \nValue and Role of Pumped Storage Hydropower Under High Variable Renewables\nChrissy Bisceglia\, Senior Engineer & Project Manager\, GE Energy Consulting \nBreakthrough Low-Cost Multi-Day Energy Storage\nAnnie Baldwin\, Director of Product Management\, and Scott Burger\, Sr. Manager of Analytics\, Form Energy \nIt’s All About the Timing – Modeling Energy Storage in Non-Chronological Capacity Expansion\nKai Van Horn\, National Grid \nPlanning & Operations: A Few New Things to Consider\nChair: Caitlin Murphy\, Senior Energy Policy Analyst\, NREL \n40C Coordinated Expansion Planning – Overview and Relevance\nMiguel Ortega-Vazquez\, Principal Technical Leader\, EPRI \nProbabilistic Methods in Operations\nWill Hobbs\, Southern Company \nImpact of Thermal Plant Operational Flexibility on VRE Curtailment\nBethany Frew\, Engineer\, NREL \n\nSession 4: Transmission and DER\nSession Keynote Address: Is the Interconnection Process Broken – How Can We Fix It?\nCarlos Rodriguez\, Senior Vice President\, Interconnections and Grid Analysis\, Invenergy\n \nInterconnection Processes: Symptom or Solution?\nChair: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nNERC IRPS Interconnection Process Reform Guideline\nJens Boemer\, Principal Technical Leader\, EPRI \nGenerator Interconnection Process Overview\nJennifer Swierczek\, Supervisor\, Generator Interconnection\, Southwest Power Pool \nInterconnection Process – Symptom or Solution – OEM Perspective\nAlex Shattuck\, Lead Electrical Engineer\, Vestas \nGenerator Interconnection – Current Issues at FERC\nKelsey Bagot\, Legal Advisor\, FERC \nBuildings as a Source of Grid Flexibility\nChair: Obadiah Bartholomy\, Manager\, Distributed Energy Resources\, SMUD \nUnlocking End-user Flexibility\nHenrik Madsen\, Professor\, Technical University of Denmark \nPlanning Grid Flexibility into Buildings\nMark Frankel\, Director of Policy and Innovation\, Ecotope \nA National Roadmap for Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings\nAndy Satchwell\, LBNL
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2022-spring-technical-workshop/
LOCATION:Loews Ventana Canyon Resort\, 7000 N Resort Dr\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85750
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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SUMMARY:2022 Spring O&M Users Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Members of the ESIG O&M Users Group are invited to attend the 2022 Spring O&M Users Group Meeting at the Westin La Paloma Resort & Spa in Tucson\, Arizona. We’re looking forward to seeing everyone back in-person and have modified our meeting schedule to accommodate folks who are attending in-person and remotely. \nThe workshop will feature a plenary session as well as manufacturer-specific roundtables. The roundtables provide the opportunity for frank and open discussion among users\, who share their information\, knowledge and experience. Participation in the roundtables is limited to employees of ESIG member organizations that own\, operate\, or maintain wind generation equipment. \nCOVID Safety & Policy: ESIG leadership has decided that all participants of the meeting will be required to be fully vaccinated and proof of vaccination will be required during online registration.  \nMasks will be optional for participants during the event. For additional explanation of these policies along with other measures being taken to ensure the health\, safety and well-being of our attendees\, please click here. \n \nBelow you will find the event schedule. A more detailed schedule will be available soon. \nTuesday\, March 15\n7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast \n8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Solar O&M Roundtable (offered in-person & online) \n11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Balance of Plant Roundtable (offered in-person & online) \n12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch\n\n2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Siemens Roundtable (offered in-person & online) \nWednesday\, March 16\n7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Registration & Breakfast \n8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Plenary Session – Plant Controls (offered in-person only)\nESIG is excited to bring the O&M User Group a plenary session on plant controls! We will hear from speakers with experience on problems with modelling and controlling inter-plant harmonics\, dive into design and operations of hybrid plant controls\, and learn about advances in control systems. Bring your inner control freak and join us for the discussion! \n11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. GE 2x Roundtable (offered in-person & online) \n12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch\n\n2:00 – 5:00 p.m. GE 1x Roundtable (offered in-person & online) \n6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Networking & Awards Reception \nThursday\, March 17\n7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Breakfast \n8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Clipper Roundtable (offered in-person & online) \n11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Gamesa Roundtable (offered in-person & online)\n*A boxed lunch will be provided to attendees \n \nEarly Bird pricing as been extended to March 4\, 2022. \nPlease note: Those registering as a Virtual Roundtable Participant will receive registration links for each of the roundtables prior to the workshop. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER\n \n  \n \n \nThe meeting will be held at: \nWestin La Paloma Resort & Spa\n3800 E. Sunrise Drive\nTucson\, AZ 85718\nMain Tel: 520-742-6000 \nThe group rate is USD $179.00 per night plus tax. The hotel has agreed to waive the resort fee. \nThe room block expires Friday\, March 4. \nA limited number of per diem rooms are available. Please email sandy@esig.energy to inquire about these. \nTo make your reservation click here. \n\nCancellations and Refunds \nAll registration cancellations and requests for refunds of registration fees must be submitted to Sandy Smith at  sandy@esig.energy by March 11 to receive a full refund.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2022-spring-om-users-group-meeting/
LOCATION:Loews Ventana Canyon Resort\, 7000 N Resort Dr\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85750
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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SUMMARY:Reliability Working Group Fall 2021 Session
DESCRIPTION:The Reliability Working Group will hold an online session on Wednesday\, November 17\, 3:00 – 5:00 pm (eastern US). The focus of the session will be reviewing the draft of the whitepaper on Power System Needs with High Share of Inverter Based Resources and Grid Forming Inverter Technology\, that is being developed by the working group’s High Share of Inverter-Based Generation Task Force. The purpose of the paper is to discuss system needs\, grid forming technology and control methods\, share international projects where grid forming technology has been applied\, share experience with requirements/market products incentivizing grid forming capability and to identify future needs for grid forming resources. \nUlrich Muenz \nAdditionally Ulrich Muenz\, Siemens\, will present on the following topic: \nDynamic Security Optimization for N-1 Secure Operation of Hawai`i Island’s Power Systems with 100% Inverter-based Resources \nReliable power system operation with 100% inverter-based renewable generation is an unsolved and challenging problem. The main reason is that today’s power systems require that at least 25% of the load is supplied by synchronous generators at any time\, e.g. gas turbines\, steam turbines\, or diesel generators\, as documented in studies for Hawaii and Ireland. One of the most challenging factors for achieving reliable N-1 secure operation with 100% inverter based renewable generation is dynamic security\, i.e.\, power system stability after N-1 contingencies. This road block for high renewable generation can be overcome using Dynamic Security Optimization (DSO) technology for tuning controller parameters of generation units in order to improve the dynamic security of the power system. In this presentation\, we provide an overview of the developed technology as well as first results from our U.S. Department of Energy ARPA-E funded project with Hawaiian Electric’s\, Hawai`i Island Service Territory (HECO) as well as our partners Pacific Northwestern National Laboratory and OPAL-RT. \nDynamic Security Optimization continuously adapts the local controllers of both conventional and renewable generators to increase power oscillation damping and ensure power system reliability as the generation mix changes. This will be demonstrated in the course of our project in a real-time simulation of Hawai`i Island’s power system. Compared to many alternative solutions for power oscillations damping\, the Dynamic Security Optimization solution does not require real-time communication and is brownfield-ready because it builds on existing controller structures and does not require a fundamental change of the control architecture. \nThe objective of the High Share of Inverter-Based Generation Task Force is to develop an understanding of the options for stable operation of future power systems with a very high share of inverter-based generation like wind\, solar and storage\, and a roadmap for making the transition from the power system of today to a future one dominated by inverter-based generation\, working with research organizations\, OEMs\, and system operators to build a consensus. \nReliability Working Group Chair: Jason MacDowell\, GE Power \nHigh Share of Inverter-Based Generation Task Force\nTask Force Chair: Julia Matevosyan\, ERCOT \nJason MacDowell \nJulia Matevosyan \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \n\nRegistration: Please note registration is only open to current members of ESIG. If you have any questions on your membership status or if you are interested in membership\, please contact ESIG Director of Marketing & Operations\, Ryan Willis (ryan@esig.energy).
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/reliability-working-group-fall-2021-session/
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211025
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211117
DTSTAMP:20260714T203038
CREATED:20211007T150129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185045Z
UID:15436-1635120000-1637107199@www.esig.energy
SUMMARY:2021 Fall Operations and Maintenance Users Group Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The 2021 Fall O&M Users Group Meeting will be held online during October and November. Below you will find the schedule of sessions\, along with corresponding registration links for each. As we add additional roundtable sessions they will be included below. \nIf you have any questions\, please let us know at info@esig.energy. \n\nFall Plenary Session\n“Hot and Cold” – Renewable Plant Operations in Extreme Weather Conditions\nWednesday\, November 17 – 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. (eastern US)\nAdditional details\, including a list of speakers for this session will be announced soon. Register below! \nREGISTER \n\nRoundtable Sessions\nThe heart of the meeting consists of manufacturer-specific roundtables for users group members only. The format consists of open discussions\, moderated by Roundtable Chairpersons\, centered on a specific wind turbine\, solar\, or energy storage model and component. The Roundtables provide the opportunity for frank and open discussion among users\, who share their information\, knowledge and experience. \nParticipation in the Roundtables is limited to employees of ESIG member organizations that own\, operate\, or maintain wind generation equipment. \nBelow you’ll find a list of the roundtable sessions currently scheduled. These online sessions are scheduled to last two and a half hours.  \n\n\n\nSiemens – Monday\, October 25 (1:30 – 4:00 p.m. eastern) REGISTER\nRoundtable Co-chairs: Matt Brzezinski\, Pattern Energy; Dushyant Tank\, Pattern Energy\nGE 2x – Wednesday\, October 27 (1:30 – 4:00 p.m. eastern) REGISTER\nRoundtable Co-chairs: Eric Eggleston\, ConEdison; Susan Owens\, Patriot Renewables; Matt Conwell\, Invenergy\nGamesa – Friday\, October 29 (1:30 – 4:00 p.m. eastern) REGISTER\nRoundtable Co-chairs: Lindsay Galbraith\, Patriot Renewables; Josh Alvarado\, CMI Energia\nSolar – Monday\, November 1 (1:30 – 4:00 p.m. eastern) REGISTER\nRoundtable Co-chairs: Anthony Morabito\, DTE Energy; Chris McNalley\, Consumers Energy; Dylan Sontag\, Silicon Ranch\nBalance of Plant – Tuesday\, November 2 (1:30 – 4:00 p.m. eastern) REGISTER\nRoundtable Co-chairs: Matt Allsup\, Innergex; Matt Kessel\, RWE Renewables; Todd Montevideo\, Madison Gas and Electric Company\nVestas V100+ – Wednesday\, November 3 (1:30 – 4:00 p.m. eastern) REGISTER\nRoundtable Co-chairs: Chris Hogg\, Xcel Energy; Eric Robinson\, Consumers Energy\nVestas V82/Legacy – Monday\, November 8 (1:30 – 4:00 p.m. eastern) REGISTER\nRoundtable Co-chairs: Derek Mayon\, BP; Ryan Verrier\, Liberty Power\nGE 1x – Wednesday\, November 10 (1:30 – 4:00 p.m. eastern) REGISTER\nRoundtable Co-chairs: Chris McNalley\, Consumers Energy; Marcus Schriner\, DTE Energy\nClipper – Monday\, November 15 (1:30 – 4:00 p.m. eastern) REGISTER\nRoundtable Co-chairs: Dan Jones\, Minnesota Power; Wes Slaymaker\, WES Engineering\nMitsubishi – Tuesday\, November 16 (1:30 – 4:00 p.m. eastern) REGISTER\nRoundtable Co-chair: William Whitney\, Leeward Energy\nSuzlon– Tuesday\, November 23 (1:30 – 4:00 p.m. eastern) REGISTER\nRoundtable Co-chairs: Mike Brown\, Clearway Energy; Mike Dionne\, Patriot Renewables\n\n\n\nAs we schedule additional roundtables\, those details will be distributed and posted on Groups.io.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2021-fall-operations-and-maintenance-users-group-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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SUMMARY:2021 Fall Technical Workshop
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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. \nBelow you will find a list of the scheduled session topics\, speaker/presentation information and registration links for each session. \n\nKeynote/Opening Plenary: GFM Inverters and a Look to the Future\nTuesday\, October 5\n3:00 – 5:15 p.m. (US-EDT) \n \nWelcome & Introduction\nMark Ahlstrom (@markahlstrom)\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors\, NextEra Energy Resources \nKeynote Comments\nWarren Lasher\, Senior Director of System Planning\, ERCOT \nAn IBR Future\nJulia Matevosyan\, Lead Planning Engineer\, ERCOT \nPositive Sequence Modeling of GFM Inverters and 100% IBR Systems\nDeepak Ramasubramanian\, Technical Leader\, EPRI \nRethinking System Services with GFM\nTim Green (@OtherProfGreen)\, Professor\, Co-Director of the Energy Futures Laboratory (EFL)\, Imperial College London \nRethinking Simulation Tools with GFM\nNick Miller\, Principal\, HickoryLedge\, LLC \nMark Ahlstrom \nWarren Lasher \nJulia Matevosyan \nDeepak Ramasubramanian \nTim Green \nNick Miller \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\nSession 1: Resource Adequacy and Storage for High VG Penetration\nThursday\, October 7\n3:00 – 4:45 p.m. (US-EDT) \n \nChair: Debbie Lew\, Associate Director\, ESIG \nLetting Go of LOLE – New Metrics for Resource Adequacy\nDerek Stenclik\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy \nThe Western Resource Adequacy Program\nGregg Carrington\, Chief Operating Officer\, Northwest Power Pool \nResource Adequacy and Energy Storage\nKeith Parks\, Senior Trading Analyst\, Xcel Energy \nStorage as a Facilitator for Decarbonization in the Northeast\nJohn Simonelli\, Managing Director\, Flashover LLC \nDebbie Lew \nDerek Stenclik \nGregg Carrington \nJohn Simonelli \n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nSession 2: Evolving System Planning Considerations Including DER\nTuesday\, October 12\n3:00 – 4:45 p.m. (US-EDT) \n \nChair: Obadiah Bartholomy\, Manager\, Distributed Energy Resources\, Sacramento Municipal Utility District \nAEMO VPP Integration Trial\nMatt Armitage\, Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)\, Australia \nIntegrated Grid Planning\nMarc Asano\, Director of Integrated Grid Planning\, Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) \nRisk-controlled Expansion Planning with Distributed Resources\nMiguel Heleno\, Research Scientist\, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory \nStochastic Nodal Resource Adequacy\nRichard Tabors\, President\, Tabors Caramanis Rudkevich \nObadiah Bartholomy \nMatt Armitage \nMarc Asano \nMiguel Heleno \nRichard Tabors \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\nSession 3: Hybrid Power Plants\nThursday\, October 14\n3:00 – 4:45 p.m. (US-EDT) \n \nChair: Caitlin Murphy\, Senior Energy Analyst\, NREL \nRemoving Roadblocks and Barriers for Hybrid Resource Participation\nDerek Stenclik\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy \nA Comparison of the Value of Stand-alone vs Hybrid Power Plants\nWill Gorman\, Researcher\, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory \nFuture Value of PV-Battery Hybrids\nAnna Schleifer\, NREL \nPerspective from an Owner/Operator\nDan Belarmino\, Green Mountain Power \nCaitlin Murphy \nDerek Stenclik \nWill Gorman \nAnna Schleifer \nDan Belarmino \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\nSession 4: Rate Alignment and Demand Participation\nTuesday\, October 19\n3:00 – 4:45 p.m. (US-EDT) \n \nChair: Ahmad Faruqui\, Principal\, Brattle \nInnovative Pathways to 100% Renewables\nDoug Smith\, Chief Power Supply Executive\, Green Mountain Power \nOrchestrating Demand\nTom Hines\, Principal\, Tierra Resource Consultants LLC \nBid-in Demand Participation Models\nDick O’Neill\, Distinguished Research Fellow\, ARPA-E \nRetail Pricing and Consumer Demand\nMike Oldak\, Oldak Consulting \nAhmad Faruqui \nDoug Smith \nTom Hines \nDick O’Neill \nMike Oldak \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\nSession 5: ERCOT – A Work in Progress\nThursday\, October 21\n3:00 – 4:45 p.m. (US-EDT) \n \nChair: Jason MacDowell\, Senior Technical Director\, GE Energy Consulting \nIBR Integration in ERCOT\nJulia Matevosyan\, Lead Planning Engineer\, ERCOT \nEMT Modelling and Studies in ERCOT – Latest Developments and Challenges\nXiaoyu (Shawn) Wang\, Senior Planning Engineer\, ERCOT \nPractices and Challenges to Manage Transmission Constraints\nPrabhu Gnanam\, Manager\, Transmission and Interconnection Studies\, ERCOT \nLong-Term West Texas Export Special Study Update\nJameson Haesler\, Senior Planning Engineer\, ERCOT \nJason MacDowell \nJulia Matevosyan \nXiaoyu (Shawn) Wang \nPrabhu Gnanam \nJameson Haesler \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\nSession 6: Electric Transportation and Distribution Infrastructure\nTuesday\, October 26\n3:00 – 4:45 p.m. (US-EDT) \n \nChair: Mike Hogan\, Senior Advisor\, Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) \nUnlocking Flexibility with EV Smart Charging\nFrancisco Boshell\, Innovation Team Lead\, International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)\, Germany \nDistribution System Upgrades for Fleet Electrification\nJay Oliver\, Managing Director\, Grid Systems Integration\, Duke Energy \nImpact of Transportation Electrification on Distribution System Upgrades\nNigel Turvey\, Visiting Senior Industrial Fellow\, University of Bath\, England \nHeavy-duty Truck Electrification and the Impacts of Depot Charging on Electricity Distribution Systems\nMatteo Muratori\, Team Lead – Integrated Transportation and Energy Systems Analysis\, NREL \nMike Hogan \nFrancisco Boshell \nJay Oliver \nNigel Turvey \nMatteo Muratori \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nClosing Plenary: Transmission – the Great Enabler\n \nThursday\, October 28\n3:00 – 5:00 p.m. (US-EDT) \nChair: Aaron Bloom\, Senior Director\, Regulatory Affairs\, NextEra Energy \nRecognizing Multiple Benefits in Transmission Planning\nHannes Pfeifenberger\, Principal\, Brattle \nCalculating Transmission Benefits at PacifiCorp\nRick Vail\, Vice President – Transmission\, PacifiCorp \nEuropean Calculation of Transmission Benefits\nAlbert Moser\, Professor\, RWTH Aachen University\, Germany \nInefficiencies of Interconnection Queue Process\, Cost Allocation and Ideas for Reform\nRob Gramlich\, Founder and President\, Grid Strategies \nPlanning Transmission for Offshore Wind\nTheodore Paradise\, Executive Vice President\, Transmission Strategy & Counsel\, Anbaric \nAaron Bloom \nHannes Pfeifenberger \nRick Vail \nAlbert Moser \nRob Gramlich \nTheodore Paradise \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n \n \n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2021-fall-technical-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Conference,Meeting
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210302
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210409
DTSTAMP:20260714T203038
CREATED:20200415T174632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185039Z
UID:15046-1614643200-1617926399@www.esig.energy
SUMMARY:2021 Spring Technical Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The 2021 Spring Technical Workshop will be held online with sessions beginning on March 2 and closing on April 8. \nBelow you will find a list of the scheduled session topics\, speaker/presentation information and registration links for each session. Please note\, all sessions are FREE to attend. \n\nOpening Session and Keynote Comments – VIEW SESSION\nTuesday\, March 2\n3:00 – 4:00 p.m. (US-EST) \nChair: Mark Ahlstrom (@markahlstrom)\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors\, NextEra Energy Resources \nIntroduction\nMark Ahlstrom (@markahlstrom)\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors\, NextEra Energy Resources \nKeynote: 100% Clean by 2050\, What Does it Look Like?\nChristopher Clack (@DrChrisClack)\, Founder & CEO\, Vibrant Clean Energy \nMark Ahlstrom \nChristopher Clack \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nVIEW SESSION\n\n\nOpening Plenary: Electricity Pricing – VIEW SESSION\nThursday\, March 4\n3:00 – 4:30 p.m. (US-EST) \nElectricity Pricing\nChair: Debbie Lew\, Associate Director\, ESIG \nModern Pricing Designs\nAhmad Faruqui\, Principal\, Brattle \nResidential Time-of-use and Demand Rates at APS\nCharles Miessner\, Consultant\, APS\, Chairman EEI Rates Committee \nFlexible Demand Programs on the Path to 100% Renewable Supply\nSteve Beuning\, Vice President Power Supply and Programs\, Holy Cross Energy \nDebbie Lew \nAhmad Faruqui \nCharles Miessner \nSteve Beuning \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nVIEW SESSION\n\nSession 3: Grid Forming Inverter Research Landscape – VIEW SESSION\nTuesday\, March 9\n3:00 – 5:00 p.m. (US-EST) \nIntroduction\nChair: Julia Matevosyan\, Lead Planning Engineer\, ERCOT\nDebate format on the disconnect between what is needed for system operations and what the OEMs can deliver. Presentation of system operations requirements\, with reactions from the OEMs; consultant and researcher providing possible ideas to bridge the gap. \nSystem Operations\nAustralian Experience with Grid Forming Inverters\nBabak Badrzadeh\, Technical Director – Power Systems\, Aurecon\, Australia\nVirtual Synchronous Machines – Grid Forming Converters\nJulian Leslie\, Head of Networks\, ESO\, National Grid\, United Kingdom \nOEMs\nPresentation\nEckard Quitmann\, Head of Integration Department\, ENERCON\, Germany\nPresentation\nGary Custer\, Principal Application Engineer\, SMA \nConsultant\nGrid-forming Definition\nAndrew Isaacs\, Vice President\, Electranix \nResearcher\nResearch Landscape for Grid Forming Inverters\nTim Green (@OtherProfGreen)\, Professor\, Co-Director of the Energy Futures Laboratory (EFL)\, Imperial College London\, United Kingdom \nJulia Matevosyan \nBabak Badrzadeh \nJulian Leslie \nEckard Quitmann \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nGary Custer \nAndrew Isaacs \nTim Green \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nVIEW SESSION\n\nSession 4: The Advent of the Inverter Based System – VIEW SESSION\nThursday\, March 11\n3:00 – 4:30 p.m. (US-EST) \nChair: Jason MacDowell\, Senior Director – Technology\, Strategy & Policy\, GE Power \nBulk Power System Reliability with Increasing Inverter Technology – IRPWG Update\nRyan Quint\, Senior Manager\, BPS Security and Grid Transformation\, NERC \nIEEE P2800\, A Draft IEEE Standard for Inverter-Based Resources Interconnecting with Transmission Systems\nJens Boemer\, Principal Technical Leader\, EPRI \nWill We Be Ready for a Future Without Synchronous Machines? \nSebastian Achilles\, Managing Director Power Systems Operation and Planning\, GE Power \nJason MacDowell \nRyan Quint \nJens Boemer \nSebastian Achilles \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nVIEW SESSION\n\nSession 5: The Changing Planning Environment – VIEW SESSION\nTuesday\, March 16\n3:00 – 4:30 p.m. (US-EDT) \nChair: Ken McIntyre\, Executive Director System and Operations Integration\, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) \nLinking Different Modeling Tools and Domains\nNidhi Santen\, Senior Technical Leader\, Energy & Environmental Analysis\, EPRI \nDo Traditional Unit Commitment Algorithms Work with the Changing Resource Mix? Getting the Tails into Production Cost Modeling\nRuss Philbrick\, CEO/CTO\, Polaris Systems Optimization \nLA 100: Consideration in Planning for 100% Clean Energy\nGreg Huynh\, Operating Agent Manager\, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) \nKen McIntyre \nNidhi Santen \nRuss Philbrick \nGreg Huynh \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nVIEW SESSION\n\nSession 6: Is There Green Hydrogen in Your Future? – VIEW SESSION\nThursday\, March 18\n4:00 – 5:30 p.m. (US-EDT) \nChair: Bethany Frew\, Engineer\, NREL \nGreen Hydrogen\, Fuel Cells and Electric Vehicles\nCorky Mittelsteadt\, Vice President\, Electrolyzer Technology\, Plug Power \nDistributed PV Hydrogen Production\nAlan Yu\, CEO\, LAVO\, Australia \nWind to Hydrogen with the Port of Rotterdam\nElizabeth Endler\, Program Manager – Advanced Energy Storage\, Shell \nBethany Frew \nCorky Mittelsteadt \nAlan Yu \nElizabeth Endler \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nVIEW SESSION\n\nSession 7: Energy Storage Developments – VIEW SESSION\nTuesday\, March 23\n3:00 – 4:30 p.m. (US-EDT) \nChair: Bob Zavadil\, Chief Operating Officer\, Co-Founder\, EnerNex \nOakland Clean Energy Initiative Battery Storage\nRic O’Connell (@RicOConnell8)\, Founding Executive Director\, GridLab \nRole of Hydropower in a Low Carbon Future\nPierre-Olivier Pineau\, Professor\, Dept. of Decision Sciences\, HEC Montréal\, Canada \nIs There a Business Case for Battery Backup at Data Centers?\nMike Della Penna\, Project Lead\, Carbon-free Energy\, Google \nBob Zavadil \nRic O’Connell \nPierre-Olivier Pineau \nMike Della Penna \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nVIEW SESSION\n\nSession 8: Transmission – Breaking the Logjam – VIEW SESSION\nThursday\, March 25\n3:00 – 4:30 p.m. (US-EDT) \nChair: Wayne Galli\, Executive Director\, NextEra Energy Transmission \nTransportation Corridors and Transmission Line Siting\nMorgan Putnam (@morgancputnam)\, Consultant \nDynamic Line Rating – How Pennsylvania Power & Light (PPL) is Lifting Congestion Costs in the PJM Region\nDavid Quier\, Director of Asset Management\, PPL\nJoey Alexander\, Director of Business Development\, Ampacimon US \nThe Value of Inter-regional Coordination and Transmission in Decarbonizing the US Electricity System\nPatrick Brown\, MIT \nWayne Galli \nMorgan Putnam \nDavid Quier \nJoey Alexander \nPatrick Brown \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nVIEW SESSION\n\nSession 9: Distribution System Planning Evolution – VIEW SESSION\nTuesday\, March 30\n3:00 – 4:30 p.m. (US-EDT) \nChair: Miroslav Begovic\, Professor\, Electrical & Computer Engineering\, Texas A&M University \nUK Open Network’s Project and Active Network Management System for DER Flexibility\nJason Brogden\, Energy Networks Association \nUFLS and DER: Shadows on the Tombstone of Old UFLS\nNick Miller\, HickoryLedge LLC \nBlackstart from DER\nVahan Gevorgian\, Chief Engineer\, NREL \nMiroslav Begovic \nJason Brogden \nNick Miller \nVahan Gevorgian \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nVIEW SESSION\n\nSession 10: The Evolving Hybrid Power Plant – VIEW SESSION\nThursday\, April 1\n3:00 – 4:30 p.m. (US-EDT) \nChair: Derek Stenclik\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy \nOptionality Value of Hybrids\nMark Ahlstrom (@markahlstrom)\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors\, NextEra Energy Resources \nThe CA Hybrid Power Plant Model\nMark Rothleder\, Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer\, California ISO \nEnhancing the Value of Solar Energy at High Penetrations\nAndrew Mills\, Research Scientist\, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab \nDerek Stenclik \nMark Ahlstrom \nMark Rothleder \nAndrew Mills \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nVIEW SESSION\n\nSession 11: Co-optimization Techniques and Results – VIEW SESSION\nTuesday\, April 6\n3:00 – 4:30 p.m. (US-EDT) \nChair: Lindsay Anderson (@lndsyandrsn)\, Associate Professor\, Biological and Environmental Engineering\, Cornell University \nG&T Planning\nChristopher Clack (@DrChrisClack)\, Founder & CEO\, Vibrant Clean Energy \nT&D Planning\nBryan Palmintier\, Manager\, Grid-connected Energy System Modeling Group\, NREL \nGas and Electric Network Planning\nAlex Rudkevich\, Enelytix \nLindsay Anderson \nChristopher Clack \nBryan Palmintier \nAlex Rudkevich \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nVIEW SESSION\n\nClosing Plenary: Resource Adequacy\, Rolling Blackouts and Wildfires – VIEW SESSION\nThursday\, April 8\n3:00 – 5:00 p.m. (US-EDT) \nIntroduction\nChair: Mark O’Malley (@profmarkomalley)\, Chief Scientist\, ESIG \nCA Summer 2019-2020 Events\nPhil Pettingill\, ISO Director\, Regional Integration\, CAISO (Followed by two short responses) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMarket Design\, System Operations\, and Software Challenges – Erik Ela\, Principal\, EPRI\nWhat are the Resource Adequacy Options for CA? – Arne Olsen (@ArneOlsonE3)\, Senior Partner\, E3\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAU Summer 2019-2020 Events\nBen Jones\, Supply Adequacy Stream Lead\, Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) (Followed by short response) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat are the RA Options for AU? – David Bones\, Executive Manager Risk\, Assurance and Regulation\, GHD Advisory\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMark O’Malley \nPhil Pettingill \nErik Ela \nArne Olsen \nBen Jones \nDavid Bones \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nVIEW SESSION
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2021-spring-technical-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201105T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201105T173000
DTSTAMP:20260714T203038
CREATED:20201022T150518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185041Z
UID:15228-1604592000-1604597400@www.esig.energy
SUMMARY:System Operation & Market Design Working Group Fall Session
DESCRIPTION:The Fall System Operation and Market Design Working Group will be held on November 5\, 2020. This working group often focuses on research and the future evolution of how operations or electricity market designs are evolving given a changing resource mix or other aspects that require evolution. During this session\, panelists from system and market operators will discuss key recent events to help in understanding operations and market design challenges arising from evolving resource mixes. Detailing the events and showing real data with existing systems will be beneficial to other operators\, researchers\, and practitioners to understand the current challenges facing systems and the mitigation strategies that are being deployed. \nAfter an update from the working group chairs on other key events that have occurred in 2020 regarding system and market operation\, the panelists will then provide a detailed review of notable events. Participants are encouraged to provide brief updates from other regions when appropriate and during the panel Q&A. The session will be 90 minutes. \nSystem Operation and Market Design Updates \nErik Ela\, Principal Technical Leader\, EPRI \nAidan Tuohy\, Program Manager\, EPRI \nEvent Overviews \nStephen Rose\, R&D Analyst\, MISO \nAmber Motley\, Senior Manager\, Short Term Forecasting\, CAISO \nClyde Loutan\, Principal\, Renewable Energy Integration\, CAISO \nBrian Nelson\, Manager\, Electricity Market Monitoring\, AEMO \nNilesh Modi\, Principal Engineer\, AEMO \n  \nQ&A Panel and Other Updates from Working Group Members\n \n  \nErik Ela \nAidan Tuohy \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nStephen Rose \nAmber Motley \nClyde Loutan \nNilesh Modi \nBrian Nelson \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/system-operation-market-design-working-group-fall-session/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200929
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201113
DTSTAMP:20260714T203038
CREATED:20200910T170136Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185040Z
UID:15169-1601337600-1605225599@www.esig.energy
SUMMARY:2020 Fall Technical Workshop (Online)
DESCRIPTION:The 2020 Fall Technical Workshop will be held online via WebEx\, September 29 – November 12. Below you will find the full schedule of sessions\, along with corresponding registration links for each. \nRegistration for these sessions will be FREE. If you have any questions\, please let us know at info@esig.energy. \nWe hope you are able to join us for these informative sessions featuring industry leaders from around the world! \nDownload Printable Agenda \n\nTuesday\, Sept. 29 – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (US-EDT) VIEW SESSION\nOpening Session and Keynote Comments\nChair:  Mark Ahlstrom\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors\, NextEra Energy Resources \nIntroduction\nMark Ahlstrom\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors\, NextEra Energy Resources \nLocal Welcome\nHala Ballouz\, President\, Electric Power Engineers\, Inc. \nKeynote Speaker – Meeting the Challenges\nDan Woodfin\, Senior Director\, System Operations\, ERCOT \nMeeting and Industry Overview\nCharlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nMark Ahlstrom \nHala Ballouz \nDan Woodfin \nCharlie Smith \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \nVIEW SESSION\n\nThursday\, Oct. 1 – 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. (US-EDT) VIEW SESSION\nOpening Plenary Session: 100% Clean Energy – The Accelerating Demands\nChair:  Ric O’Connell\, Founding Executive Director\, GridLab \nFrom the Towards 100% Workshop to the G-PST\nMark O’Malley\, University College Dublin / ESIG \n90% Zero-Carbon Electricity by 2035 – Technical Considerations\nAmol Phadke\, Senior Scientist\, University of California\, Berkeley \n90% Zero-Carbon Electricity by 2035 – Policy and Regulatory Considerations\nMike O’Boyle\, Director of Electricity Policy\, Energy Innovation \nThe Last 10%\nPaul Denholm\, Senior Energy Analyst\, NREL\n \nRic O’Connell \nMark O’Malley \nAmol Phadke \nMike O’Boyle \nPaul Denholm \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \nVIEW SESSION\n\nTuesday\, Oct. 6 – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (US-EDT) VIEW SESSION\nSession 3: Challenges with Weak Grids and Low Inertia Systems\nChair:  Julia Matevosyan\, Lead Planning Engineer\, ERCOT\nCo-chair: Megan Miller\, Planning Engineer\, ERCOT \nProject MIGRATE – Conclusions and Recommendations\nThibault Prevost\, Research Engineer\, RTE\, France \nGB Grid Forming Inverter Requirements\nJulian Leslie\, Head of Networks\, ESO\, National Grid\, United Kingdom \nERCOT Update on Weak Grid Analysis\nShun-Hsien (Fred) Huang\, Manager of Regional Planning\, Transmission Planning\, ERCOT \nJulia Matevosyan \nMegan Miller \nThibault Prevost \nJulian Leslie \nFred Huang \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \nVIEW SESSION\n\nThursday\, Oct. 8 – 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. (US-EDT) VIEW SESSION\nSession 4: Hydrogen Production and Flexibility Requirements\nChair:  Mark O’Malley\, University College Dublin / ESIG\nCo-chair: Jason MacDowell\, Senior Director – Technology\, Strategy & Policy\, GE Power \nGreen Fuels for Denmark – Decarbonising Road Transport\, Marine Shipping and Aviation\nMichael Paludan-Müller Nylykke\, Lead Business Developer\, Ørsted \nGreen Hydrogen Production from Massive VG Deployment in Western Australia\nLuke Blackbourn\, Manager\, Government & External Relations\, Yara Pilbara\, Australia \nElectrolyzer Cost and Efficiency – Status and Prospects\nBryan Pivovar\, Fuel Cell Senior Scientist\, NREL \nMark O’Malley \nJason MacDowell \nMichael Nylykke \nLuke Blackbourn \nBryan Pivovar \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \nVIEW SESSION\n\nTuesday\, Oct. 13 – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (US-EDT) VIEW SESSION\nSession 5: Corporate Procurement of 24/7 Clean Energy\nChair:  Devon Swezey\, Global Energy Markets and Policy Lead\, Google\nCo-chair: Adam Forni\, Program Manager\, 24×7 Carbon-Free Energy Technologies\, Google \n24/7 Clean Energy Procurement and Electricity System Decarbonization\nMelissa Lott\, Senior Research Scholar\, Lead\, Power Sector and Renewables Research Initiative\, Columbia University Center on Global Energy Policy \nGoogle’s Path to 24/7 Clean Energy\nMaud Texier\, Carbon-Free Energy Lead\, Google \nCreating 24/7 Clean Energy Supply\nDai Owen\, VP\, Origination and Power Marketing\, EDF Renewables \nDevon Swezey \nAdam Forni \nMelissa Lott \nMaud Texier \nDai Owen \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \nVIEW SESSION\n\nThursday\, Oct. 15 – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (US-EDT) VIEW SESSION\nSession 6: Fuels for the Future\nChair:  Eric Miller\, Senior Advisor\, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy\nCo-chair:  Bethany Frew\, Engineer\, NREL \nLow Carbon Fuels – How to Achieve the Last 10%-20% Decarbonization\nJeffery Preece\, Program Manager\, EPRI \nIntermountain Power Plant Turbines for 100% Hydrogen\nMike Ducker\, Vice President\, Renewable Fuels & Western Region\, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas \nHydrogen Injection into Pipelines\nSikander Mahmood\, Future Networks Project Manager\, Cadent Gas Limited\, United Kingdom \nEric Miller \nBethany Frew \nJeffery Preece \nMike Ducker \nSikander Mahmood \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \nVIEW SESSION\n\nTuesday\, Oct. 20 – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (US-EDT) VIEW SESSION\nSession 7: Inter-Regional Transmission – Are We There Yet?\nChair:  Wayne Galli\, Executive Director\, NextEra Energy Transmission\nCo-Chair:  Aaron Bloom\, Director\, New Product R&D\, NextEra Analytics \nCritical Success Factors for Inter-Regional Transmission Projects\nJason MacDowell\, Senior Director – Technology\, Strategy & Policy\, GE Power \nWhat Do We Need from FERC?\nJohn Moore\, Director\, Sustainable FERC Project\, Climate & Clean Energy Program\, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) \nPlanning for the Next Round of Transmission for Renewables\nBob Zavadil\, Chief Operating Officer & Co-founder\, EnerNex \nWayne Galli \nAaron Bloom \nJason MacDowell \nJohn Moore \nBob Zavadil \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \nVIEW SESSION\n\nThursday\, Oct. 22 – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (US-EDT) VIEW SESSION\nSession 8: DER Evolution and System Impacts\nChair:  Obadiah Bartholomy\, Manager\, Distributed Energy Strategy\, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) \nDER Integration and Demand Response\nKen Donohoo\, Director\, Utility Engineering Services\, Electric Power Engineers\, Inc \nA View on the Value of DER\nSam Whelan\, Supervisor\, Portfolio Planning and Rates\, Holy Cross Energy \nOvercoming Barriers to Providing Wholesale Market Services from DER\nPriya Sreedharan\, PhD\, Program Director\, GridLab \nObadiah Bartholomy \nKen Donohoo \nSam Whelan \nPriya Sreedharan \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \nVIEW SESSION\n\nTuesday\, Oct. 27 – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (US-EDT) VIEW SESSION\nSession 9: System Planning Considerations for High VRE Penetration\nChair:  Bruce Tsuchida\, Principal\, The Brattle Group\nCo-chair:  Sasha Kuzura\, The Brattle Group \nRenewables Integration in India\nVarun Sivaram\, Senior Research Scholar\, Columbia SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy \nProvision of Grid Services from Wind Plants\nClyde Loutan\, Principal\, Renewable Energy Integration\, CAISO \nReducing GHG Emissions in California at High VRE Penetrations\nJimmy Nelson\, Managing Consultant\, Energy + Environmental Economics (E3) \nBruce Tsuchida \nSasha Kuzura \nVarun Sivaram \nClyde Loutan \nJimmy Nelson \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \nVIEW SESSION\n\nThursday\, Oct. 29 – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (US-EDT) VIEW SESSION\nSession 10: Offshore Wind Developments\nChair:  Fara Courtney\, Principal Consultant\, Outer Harbor Consulting\nCo-chair:  Melinda Marquis\, Offshore Wind Grid Integration Lead\, NREL \nOffshore Transmission in New England: The Benefits of a Better Planned Grid\nHannes Pfeifenberger\, Principal\, The Brattle Group \nTransmission System Regulatory and Policy Consideration for Offshore Wind\nMichael Goggin\, Vice President\, Grid Strategies \nOffshore Wind and Hydrogen Hubs\nPeter Markussen\, Director\, Energinet\, Denmark \nFara Courtney \nMelinda Marquis \nHannes Pfeifenberger \nMichael Goggin \nPeter Markussen \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \nVIEW SESSION\n\nTuesday\, Nov. 10 – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (US-EST) VIEW SESSION\nSession 11: Advances in System Operation and Market Design for High VRE Penetration\nChair:   Aidan Tuohy\, Program Manager\, EPRI\n \nIntegrated Dynamics and Scheduling Model – Maui Case Study\nJin Tan\, Senior Engineer\, NREL \nForecasting and Operating through Extreme Weather Events\nJosh Novacheck\, Electricity System Research Engineer\, NREL \nValuing Hydropower Flexibility in Evolving Electricity Markets: Current Status and Future Outlook\nAudun Botterud\, Principal Energy Systems Engineer\, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) \nAidan Tuohy \nJin Tan \nJosh Novacheck \nAudun Botterud \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \nVIEW SESSION\n\nThursday\, Nov. 12 – 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. (US-EST) VIEW SESSION\nClosing Plenary Session – Generation and Storage Technology – Status and Prospects\nChair:   Alejandro Moreno\, Director\, Water Power Technologies Office\, Department of Energy\nCo-chair: Nick Miller\, Principal\, HickoryLedge LLC \nWind Technology\nPaul Veers\, Senior Research Fellow\, NREL \nSolar PV Technology\nBecca Jones-Albertus\, Director\, Solar Energy Technologies Office\, Department of Energy \nBattery Energy Storage Technologies\nBabu Chalamala\, Manager\, Energy Storage Technology and Systems Department\, Sandia National Laboratories \nPumped Storage and Variable Speed Reversible Pump Turbines\nDavid Havard\, Head of Advanced Offering\, GE Renewable Energy\, France \nAlejandro Moreno \nNick Miller \nPaul Veers \nBecca Jones-Albertus \nBabu Chalamala \nDavid Havard \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \nVIEW SESSION\n\n \n  \n  \n \n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/esig-fall-tech/
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200701
DTSTAMP:20260714T203038
CREATED:20200415T174411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185039Z
UID:15038-1590969600-1593561599@www.esig.energy
SUMMARY:2020 Meteorology & Market Design for Grid Services Workshop (ONLINE)
DESCRIPTION:The 2020 Meteorology & Market Design for Grid Services Workshop will be held online via WebEx throughout the month of June. Below you will find the schedule of sessions. \nRegistration for each session will be FREE. If you have any questions\, please let us know at info@esig.energy. \nWe hope you are able to join us for these informative sessions from industry leaders during the month of June. \n\nTuesday\, June 2 – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION\nOpening Keynote Session – Thoughts on Market Optimization\nChair: Mark Ahlstrom\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors\, NextEra Energy Resources \nOptimization:  Are We Getting What We Need?\nEdward Rothberg\, CEO & Co-founder\, Gurobi \nOptimization:  How Much is Too Much?\nMike Hogan\, Senior Advisor\, RAP \nPanelist:  Mark O’Malley\, Professor\, UC Dublin; Chair\, ESIG Research and Education Working Group \n\n \nThursday\, June 4 – 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION\nOpening Plenary Session – Joint Session with WEMC: Climate Services in Support of the Energy Sector in a Changing Climate\nChair: Alberto Troccoli\, Director/Professor\, WEMC/UEA\, United Kingdom \nIntroduction\nSue Ellen Haupt\, RAL Deputy Director\, NCAR \nClimate Science and Its Relevance to Renewable Energy\nSara Pryor\, Professor\, Cornell University \nClimate Services: What They Are and How to Use Them\nCarlo Buontempo\, C3S Director\, ECMWF \nClimate Services in Support of TSO Long Term Studies\nLaurent Dubus\, Lead Scientist on Weather & Climate\, RTE \n\nTuesday\, June 9 – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION\nMarkets Session 1: Grid Services Under Uncertainty\nChair: Bethany Frew\, Engineer\, NREL\nCo-Chair: Rob Gramlich\, President\, Grid Strategies \nAccounting for Uncertainty via Operating Reserve Demand Curves\nJacob Mays\, Postdoctoral Associate\, Cornell University \nMarket Power and Unit De-commitment in Regional Markets\nSteve Beuning\, Vice President\, Holy Cross Energy \nForecasting Applications for Dynamic Reserve Allocation\nHenry Lee\, System Operations Director\, HECO \n\nThursday\, June 11 – 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION\nForecasting Session 1: Solar/Wind Forecasting R&D Project Updates\nChair:  Tassos Golnas\, Technology Manager\, DOE\nCo-Chair:  Eric Grimit\, Technology Manager\, Applied Meteorology\, Vaisala \nDOE PV Forecasting Program Update\nTassos Golnas\, Technology Manager\, DOE \nThe Value of Solar Forecasting\nRodrigo Amaro e Silva\, Researcher University of Lisbon\, Portugal \nShort Term Utility Scale PV Power Forecasting in the Australian NEM\nNick Engerer\, Chief Technology Officer\, Solcast\, Australia \n\nTuesday\, June 16 – 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION\nMarkets Session 2: New Products for a New Reality\nChair:  Erik Ela\, Senior Technical Leader\, EPRI\nCo-Chair:  Julia Matevosyan\, Lead Planning Engineer\, ERCOT \nImbalance Reserve and Real Time Flex Ramp Requirement Products\nAmber Motley\, Short Term Forecasting Manager\, CAISO \nNew Market Product Developments in MISO\nJessica Harrison\, Senior Director of R&D\, MISO \nNew Market Products Down Under\nMike Davidson\, Manager Operational Forecasting\, AEMO\, Australia \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \n\nThursday\, June 18 – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION\nForecasting Session 2: Extreme Weather Events\nChair:  Josh Novacheck\, Electricity System Research Engineer\, NREL\nCo-Chair:  Craig Collier\, Chief Meteorologist\, Head of Operations\, Energy Forecasting Solutions \nExtreme Weather and the Grid of the Future\nJustin Sharp\, Principal & Owner\, Sharply Focused \nImpact of Extreme Events on Wind and Solar Forecasts\nUlrich Focken\, Managing Director & Co-founder\, Energy and Meteo\, Germany \nImpact of Extreme Weather Events on Resource Adequacy Methods and Calculations\nGord Stephen\, University of Washington \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \n\nTuesday\, June 23 – 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION\nMarkets Session 3: Control and Dispatch of Hybrid Resources\nChair:  Paul Sotkiewicz\, Consultant\nCo-Chair:  James Pigeon\, Manager\, Distributed Resources Integration\, NYISO \nAggregated DERs and Hybrid Resources\nMatt Rippe\, Sr. Operations Engineer\, NextEra Analytics \nChallenges and Opportunities for DER Markets and dLMP\nHongyu Wu\, Assistant Professor\, Kansas State \nMarket Models and Forecasting for Hybrid Power Plants\nMark Ahlstrom\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \n\nThursday\, June 25 – 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION\nForecasting Session 3: IEA Wind Task 36 Joint Session: Updates in Best Practices/Tools\nChair:  John Zack\, UL Renewables\nCo-Chair:  Corinna Möhrlen\, Managing Director\, WEPROG\, Germany \nTask 36 Overview\nGregor Giebel\, Senior Researcher\, DTU\, Denmark \nUpdate on Recommended Practice Documents and Issues\nJeff Lerner\, Business Development and Project Manager\, ENFOR \nOverview\, Demonstration and Results of Probabilistic Forecasting Game\nCorinna Möhrlen\, Managing Director\, WEPROG\, Germany \nUpdate on Recommended Practice Documents and Issues\nJohn Zack\, Senior Advisor\, UL Renewables \nNWP Wind Forecasting Benchmarks\nWill Shaw\, Earth System Measurements & Data Manager\, PNNL \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link. \n\nMonday\, June 29 – 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. (eastern US) VIEW SESSION\nClosing Plenary Session: Forecasting and Operation Challenges Under Coronavirus Conditions\n(Sponsored by EPRI)\nChair:  Debra Lew\, Consultant\nCo-Chair:  Aidan Tuohy\, Program Manager\, EPRI \nSetting the Scene\nAidan Tuohy\, Program Manager\, EPRI \nA European Point of View\nJulian Leslie\, Head of Networks\, ESO\, National Grid\, United Kingdom \nAn Australian Point of View\nTjaart Van Der Walt\, General Manager\, Real-time Operations\, AEMO\, Australia \nA US Point of View\nDave Edelson\, Manager\, Operations Performance and Analysis\, NYISO \nQ&A Session: We will be using the slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/2020-meteorology-market-design-for-grid-services-workshop-online/
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Towards 100% Renewable Energy Pathways Workshop
DESCRIPTION:All deep decarbonization scenarios involve increasing electrification of energy end-use and increasing utilization of renewable resources.\n\nThe purpose of this workshop is to develop a coordinated international research roadmap to address the technical challenges associated with incorporating very large amounts of variable generation (wind and solar) into the energy supply mix\, recognizing the accompanying electrification of the economy and its social science dimension. In particular\, the workshop will focus on the issues of operating a power system with 100% instantaneous penetration of inverter-based resources in a reliable and economic manner. The ultimate goal of the energy systems integration effort is the decarbonization of the complete energy system\, through the integration of electrical\, thermal and gas systems with application to the transportation\, buildings and industry sectors. The bookend scenario of 100% annual energy from renewables will also be considered as a limiting case for illustrative purposes.\n\nThe roadmap will provide a research framework to allow cooperation among multiple independent parties. It is recognized that not all regions will follow the same pathways at the same time\, but the chosen pathways must lead to a common destination. The pathways will identify major technology development needs\, analytical efforts\, and decision points needed to support the selected path. The vision is that the resulting roadmap will allow parties\, using their available resources and working in a loosely coordinated fashion\, to make progress toward common goals while identifying and taking advantage of advances in other international efforts.\n\n\n\nOpening Session\n\nChair: Mark Ahlstrom\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors\n\nA Word From Our Sponsor\nRic O’Connell\, GridLab\n\nA Sense of Urgency\nMichael O’Boyle\, Energy Innovations\n\nWorkshop and Agenda Overview\nCharlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG\n\nResearch Roadmap\nMark O’Malley\, Chief Scientist\, NREL; Chair\, ESIG Research & Education Working Group\n\n\n\nWorkshop Background: Where Are We At\, Where Are We Going\, and How Will We Get There\n\nChair: Ric O’Connell\, GridLab\n\nWhere Are We At?\nVera Silva\, CTO\, GE Renewables and Grid Business\n\nWhere Are We Going?\nNick Miller\, Consultant\n\nPossible Pathways Towards 100% RE: How Will We Get There?\nMark Ahlstrom\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors\n\n\n\nParallel Tracks\n\nTrack 1: Adequacy\nChair: Aaron Bloom\, NextEra Analytics\nAdequacy Issue Orientation: Aaron Bloom\, NextEra Analytics \nTrack 2: Volts and Amps\nChair: Jason MacDowell\, GE\nVolts and Amps Issue Orientation: Jason MacDowell\, GE \nTrack 3: Distribution Systems\, Microgrids and Customers\nChair: Debbie Lew\, GE\nDistribution Systems\, Microgrids and Customers Issue Orientation: Debbie Lew\, GE \nTrack 4: Flexibility\, Operations and Balancing\nChair: Aidan Tuohy\, EPRI\nFlexibility\, Operations and Balancing Issue Orientation: Aidan Tuohy\, EPRI \nTrack 5: Markets\nChair: Erik Ela\, EPRI\nMarkets Issue Orientation: Erik Ela\, EPRI
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/towards-100-renewable-energy-pathways-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Conference,ESIG Workshops
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