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SUMMARY:Webinar: Introducing ESIG International
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \n\n\n\nView Webinar Recording \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Speakers: Alejandro Moreno\, Director of International Programs\, ESIG; Debbie Lew\, Executive Director\, ESIG; Charlie Smith\, Principal Consultant\, ESIG \n\n\n\nAbout the Webinar: Join our staff to learn about — and provide input into — ESIG’s new international program. This presentation will discuss our plans to build out the ESIG model for sharing best-in-class technical expertise in Europe\, India\, China and Southeast Asia. Just like in the U.S.\, ESIG International will develop platforms for collaboration\, education and knowledge-sharing so that everyone in the sector has access to the most effective technical solutions and has the confidence to plan and operate their systems as they evolve. The presentation will cover our current plans for convening organizations and identifying the highest technical priorities in each region\, as well as the knowledge-sharing mechanisms and collaborations that will have the greatest impact in each cultural context. We have just begun the initial scoping to identify the initial priorities\, approaches and key partners: now is an ideal time to come hear more about our plans and tell us what you would most like to see. \n\n\n\nAbout the Speakers: Alejandro Moreno is ESIG’s Director of International Programs. Under his leadership\, ESIG will conduct thorough scoping and gap analyses to evaluate the pace and feasibility of successful organizational implementation in appropriate international regions. Alejandro joins ESIG with nearly 20 years of experience leading national-level energy and grid strategies\, programs and partnerships. Prior to joining ESIG\, Moreno served in leadership roles in the Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy division\, most recently as the Acting Assistant Secretary and the Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary. \n\n\n\nDebbie Lew is the Executive Director of ESIG. She has over 30 years of experience in the energy industry with a focus on power system studies. She previously worked at GE Energy Consulting\, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory\, and was seconded to the Hawaiian Electric Company. She is a Fellow of the IEEE and the Past Chair of the IEEE Power & Energy Society’s Renewables System Integration Coordinating Committee. She is a member of the National Academies of Sciences\, Engineering\, and Medicine Board on Energy and Environmental Systems. She has a PhD in Applied Physics from Stanford University and BS degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics from MIT. \n\n\n\nCharlie Smith is a member of the IEEE Power and Energy Society; a member of CIGRE\, the International Council on Large Electric Systems; a US representative to the IEA Wind Annex Task 25 on Design and Operation of Power Systems with Large Amounts of Wind Power\, and a Fellow of the IEEE. He is a guest editor for the IEEE Power and Energy magazine\, and a past editor for the IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy. He is a recipient of the IEEE PES Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award\, and currently serves as the Technical Advisor to the US National Committee for IEC SC 8A\, Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Generation. \n\n\n\nHe received his BSME and MS degrees from MIT in 1970. He currently is the Principal Consultant with the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG). Previously\, he served as President of Electrotek Concepts\, an international power engineering consulting firm. He has 50 years of experience in the electric power industry. \n\n\n\nRegistration Cost: FREE \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.
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-esig-international/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Alliander System Operations - Managing Flexibility
DESCRIPTION:Download the Presentation \n\n\n\nWatch the Recording \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Speakers: Mitchel Haeve\, Product Manager\, System Operations\, Alliander; Akhtar Hussain Javed\, Policy Advisor\, Operations\, Alliander; Mark Nigge-Uricher\, Senior Business Developer\, Alliander; Manuel Dakessian\, System Operator\, Alliander \n\n\n\nAbout the Webinar: The energy transition demands smarter\, more adaptive grid operations. This webinar explores Alliander’s approach to Flexibility Management\, a cornerstone for ensuring system safety and optimal capacity utilization in increasingly complex networks. We will introduce the principles behind Grid as a Service (GaaS) and demonstrate how advanced forecasting\, dynamic safety assessments\, and solution fulfillment mechanisms enable real-time congestion management. Participants will gain insights into how Alliander integrates market\, grid\, and customer solutions through automated agents\, creating an agile ecosystem that supports diverse use cases and next-generation grid management. Join us to learn how flexibility unlocks resilience and efficiency in a rapidly evolving energy landscape. \n\n\n\nAbout the Speakers:Mitchel Haeve is Product Manager at System Operations. He develops flex products on all voltage levels and applies this knowledge to the GAAS portfolio strategy. With a passion for innovation and scalability\, Mitchel balances grid safety with customer experience to derive the best product portfolio. \n\n\n\nAkhtar Hussain Javed is a Policy Advisor Operations at Alliander with over seven years of experience in the utility sector across Pakistan\, China\, and the Netherlands. His expertise spans power system design\, renewable energy integration\, and grid operations. Alongside his professional work\, Akhtar is finalizing his PhD thesis from Eindhoven University of Technology\, titled Reactive Power Management and Flexibility Aggregation in Distribution Networks. \n\n\n\nMark Nigge-Uricher is a Senior Business Developer at Alliander\, specializing in system operations and flexibility solutions for the energy transition. With prior experience at Bosch.IO in Energy IoT and digital energy management\, Mark brings deep expertise in grid optimization\, forecasting\, and open-source collaboration to international audiences. \n\n\n\nManuel Dakessian is an Energy Expert/System Operator at System Operations. He analyses and manages bottlenecks on all voltage levels throughout the Liander grid by applying technical and flex solutions. Having grid safety and optimal utilization in mind\, he operates the products developed by System Operations and provides learnings to further develop those capabilities. \n\n\n\nRegistration Cost: FREE \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. \n\n\n\n\nRegister Now
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-alliander-system-operations/
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SUMMARY:ESIG/EPRI/G-PST Webinar: Voluntary IBR Standards Update: Conformity Assessment\, Planned Revisions\, and Emerging GFM Requirements
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording \n\n\n\nDownload the Presentation \n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\nFeatured Speakers: Jens Boemer\, Technical Executive\, EPRI; Alex Shattuck\, Director of Grid Transformation\, ESIG; Andy Hoke\, Principal Engineer\, National Laboratory of the Rockies; Jose D. Cordova\, Ph.D.\, Engineer\, EPRI \n\n\n\nAbout the webinar: Stay ahead in the evolving grid landscape with updates from leading organizations including GPST\, IEEE\, ESIG\, PSERC\, CURENT\, and UNIFI. This session will cover: \n\n\n\n\nGPST Overview: Brief introduction and summary of Pillars 1 & 4\n\n\n\nIEEE Standards Update:\n\nP2800.2 balloting and publication timeline\n\n\n\nP2800/.x PARs progress\n\n\n\n\n\nGlobal Standards Alignment: IEC non-GFM specs and path toward IEC/IEEE Dual-Logo GFM standard with IEEE P2800.1\n\n\n\nUNIFI GFM Specifications V3: Latest developments\n\n\n\nSimulation Insights: UNIFI results on testing GFL and GFM models using IEEE P2800.2 procedures\, featuring EPRI’s 2025 work\n\n\n\n\nAbout the speakers: Jens Boemer\, Ph.D.\, is Technical Executive in the Transmission Operations and Planning group at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). He leads EPRI’s strategic research on integrated transmission & distribution planning and operations\, including projects on the grid integration of renewable and distributed energy resources with a focus on power system stability issues. He obtained a Ph.D. degree from Delft University of Technology\, The Netherlands in 2016\, and prior to that worked for 10 years to help facilitate the German “Energiewende” (energy transition). \n\n\n\nAlex Shattuck\, ESIG’s Director of Grid Transformation\, has worked across the power industry for more than 10 years\, specializing in maintaining bulk power system reliability as inverter-based resource (IBR) penetration increases. Prior to joining ESIG\, Shattuck was a Senior Engineer in Engineering & Security Integration at North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). In his role\, Shattuck provides support to the Reliability Working Group\, as well as other multidisciplinary ESIG task forces. \n\n\n\nAndy Hoke is a principal engineer with expertise in grid integration of power electronics and inverter-based renewable and distributed energy. His work includes advanced inverter controls design\, hardware-in-the-loop testing and model development\, power systems modeling and simulation\, and standards development. He is the chair of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Standards 1547.1 and P2800.2\, which contain the test and verification procedures to ensure distributed energy resources and inverter-based resources conform to the grid interconnection requirements of IEEE Standards 1547 and P2800\, respectively. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Colorado. \n\n\n\nJose Cordova\, Ph.D.\, is an Engineer level V working in the Transmission Operations and Planning group at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). He currently carries out research focusing on integrated transmission and distribution planning and operations. His projects include grid integration of grid-following (GFL) and grid-forming (GFM) inverter-based resources (IBRs) and distributed energy resources (DERs) with an emphasis on bulk power system reliability. His areas of expertise include interconnection guidelines\, IBR and DER model verification/validation\, power systems real-time digital simulation (RTDS)\, machine learning\, and solar generation forecasting. His contributions to different industry working groups such as UNIFI Consortium\, IEEE 1547 and IEEE 2800.x focus on standards development and gap analysis for DER and IBR interconnection requirements. He is also a main contributor of the working group Data Centers: Standards Needs Analysis and Recommendations. He has led industry working groups such as the Coordination subgroup of the System Planning Impact of Distributed Energy Resources (SPIDERWG) from NERC. \n\n\n\nThe Q&A session will be hosted on slido\, event code ESIG20. Click here to access slido and submit your questions! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/esig-epri-g-pst-webinar-voluntary-ibr-standards-update-conformity-assessment-planned-revisions-and-emerging-gfm-requirements/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: From Goals to Plans: Improving Rigor\, Transparency\, and Decision-Making in Electricity Plans with Ambitious Policy Targets
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording \nDownload the Presentation \nFeatured Speaker: Elaine Hart\, Co-Founder and Principal\, Sylvan Energy Analytics \nAbout the Webinar: As 100% clean electricity and net-zero emissions requirements are being adopted in jurisdictions around the world\, electricity system planners and regulators are being asked to answer a new and challenging question: how can we build a reliable\, affordable\, and fully decarbonized power system over the next 15 to 25 years? To explore the complexities of planning for electricity decarbonization\, ESIG created a Clean Electricity Planning Task Force\, convening industry planners and reviewing recent industry planning studies that include 100% clean and net-zero emissions policy requirements. The task force aimed to articulate the unique challenges of planning for completely decarbonized electricity systems\, explore the resource options available to planners to meet these requirements\, and make recommendations for conducting future planning studies. This webinar will walk through the task force’s recommendations for improving rigor\, transparency\, and decision-making in 100% clean electricity planning studies. \nAbout the Speaker: Elaine is a co-founder and principal at Sylvan Energy Analytics and leads the company’s consulting practice. She brings fifteen years of experience in clean energy system planning\, with expertise spanning integrated resource planning\, resource adequacy\, complex resource valuation\, and clean energy policy design and implementation. Elaine has driven innovation in resource planning and decarbonization strategy from within a major investor-owned utility and has advised state agencies\, utilities\, non-profits\, and developers on the challenges and opportunities presented by the transition to cleaner energy systems. She holds a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Stanford University and is an alumnus of Harvey Mudd College. \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nModerator: Trieu Mai\, Visiting Fellow\, ESIG \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.
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