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SUMMARY:Webinar: Stress Testing Methods for Evaluating Resilience to Extreme Events: Valuing Interregional Transmission
DESCRIPTION:Ryan Deyoe\n\n\n\nView Webinar Recording \n\n\n\nDownload the Presentation \n\n\n\nDownload Q&A Responses \n\n\n\nFeatured Speaker: Ryan Deyoe\, Senior Analyst\, Telos Energy \n\n\n\nAbout the Webinar: As the electricity grid changes due to load growth\, electrification\, and resource changes in the face of increasingly frequent extreme weather\, high-impact events like winter storms and heat domes highlight the critical need for rigorous system stress testing to ensure a resilient grid. Current planning often underestimates grid resilience by failing to properly account for the availability and value of interregional transmission\, yet interregional transmission and available external resources have helped mitigate some of the most extreme events in recent history\, clearly exhibiting the high resilience value offered by interregional transmission. Recognizing this inherent value is a necessary step to realize coordinated efforts to expand transfer capabilities and enable a more resilient grid. Building on previous work by the ESIG Transmission Resilience Task Force\, this webinar presents a new stress testing framework designed to enable planners to identify and evaluate grid resilience against extreme events and account for the value of interregional transmission. \n\n\n\nThis session will discuss: (1) A standardized four-step process for developing stress tests that utilizes multi-year\, weather-correlated data to identify extreme event scenarios; (2) Techniques for stressing grid risk factors\, including the hourly energy margin approach to dynamically represent external resource availability in an hourly\, chronological\, and correlated fashion; (3) Key findings from a Southwest Power Pool (SPP) case study\, which demonstrated that modeling detailed interregional transfer capability and external resource availability reveals significant resilience benefits during extreme events; and (4) How the stress testing framework supports compliance with regulatory drivers of extreme event modeling and ensures the system is resilient to extreme tail risks. \n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker: Ryan Deyoe is a Senior Analyst at Telos Energy and has experience in fundamental power market modeling\, resource adequacy and resilience analysis\, and transmission planning. At Telos Energy he has worked on projects ranging from multi-value transmission planning\, wide-area reliability assessments\, clean electricity planning\, long duration energy storage assessments\, and aiding stakeholders during IRP processes\, including providing expert witness testimony. \n\n\n\nPrior to joining Telos Energy\, he worked for PA Consulting in their Energy and Utilities practice where he led their ERCOT modeling effort. There he worked to develop generation supply forecasts\, assessing ERCOT conditions out to 2040 and determining the economic new entry of generation units. Ryan attended the University of Wisconsin – Madison where he earned a BS in Civil Engineering with a focus on engineering for energy sustainability. \n\n\n\nRegistration Cost: FREE \n\n\n\nModerator: James Okullo\, Director of System Planning\, ESIG \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
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Integrating Large Loads: Interconnection\, Performance Requirements\, and Modeling
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording \n\n\n\nDownload K. Thomas Presentation \n\n\n\nDownload P. Mitra Presentation \n\n\n\nDownload A. Rashwan Presentation \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeatured Speakers: Kyle Thomas\, Vice President of Engineering and Compliance Services\, Elevate; Dr. Parag Mitra\, Principal Technical Leader\, Electric Power Research Institute (USA); Ahmed Rashwan\, Vice President of Transmission Planning and Operations\, Electric Power Engineers \n\n\n\nAbout the Webinar: As large\, power-electronics-dominated loads such as data centers\, advanced manufacturing facilities and hydrogen electrolyzers connect at unprecedented scale and speed\, system planners and operators are facing new. This webinar presents the findings and recommendations from three ESIG Large Load Task Force project teams focused on (1) large-load interconnection processes and study practices\, (2) technical performance requirements for large loads\, and (3) modeling approaches needed to accurately assess system impacts across planning and operations time horizons. The webinar will summarize key gaps identified in current practices\, highlight emerging best practices from utilities\, ISOs/RTOs\, and developers\, and discuss practical recommendations to improve study interconnection process\, ensure predictable and reliable load performance\, and enable consistent\, high-quality modeling of modern large loads. This webinar concludes the current LLTF workstreams on these topics and provides actionable insights for stakeholders preparing for continued growth in large-load interconnections. \n\n\n\nAbout the Speakers: Kyle Thomas is Vice President of Engineering and Compliance Services at Elevate and leads all broad-reaching engineering and compliance activities. His key focuses involve building cross-sector collaboration related to IBR integration and large load integration efforts\, working closely with utilities\, developers. He’s a Virginian through and through and loves long walks on the beach. \n\n\n\nDr. Parag Mitra is a Principal Technical Leader with the Electric Power Research Institute (USA)\, where he leads the research areas of power system modeling and model validation\, probabilistic long term transmission planning\, and integrated strategic system planning. Prior to joining EPRI\, Dr. Mitra served as an executive engineer at Siemens Energy (India) where he was responsible for managing and leading protection as control related projects for the high voltage and extra high voltage transmission systems. Dr. Mitra holds the PhD degree in electrical engineering from Arizona State University (USA) and the BTech degree in electrical engineering from Malviya National Institute of Technology (India). Dr. Mitra is a senior member of IEEE. \n\n\n\nAhmed Rashwan is the Vice President of Transmission Planning and Operations at Electric Power Engineers where he leads transmission analysis consulting\, automation product development and advisory services supporting ISOs/RTOs\, vertically integrated utilities\, investor-owned utilities\, municipalities\, co-operatives and transmission developers. He has 20 years of progressive industry experience\, including 15 years at the Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator\, most notably in Market Operations\, Operations Engineering and Planning\, Power System Planning\, and Market Design and Implementation. He’s led enterprise level projects\, introducing dynamic stability limits into real-time operations\, and leading the subject matter expert team designing and implementing the pinnacle Market Renewal Program. \n\n\n\nRegistration Cost: FREE \n\n\n\nModerator: Julia Matevosyan\, Associate Director\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \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-integrating-large-loads-interconnection-performance-requirements-and-modeling/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Flexibility Up Front: Integrating Large Loads into Resource Adequacy Planning
DESCRIPTION:Watch the webinar \n\n\n\nDownload the presentation \n\n\n\nFeatured Speakers: Derek Stenclik\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy; Aaron Schwartz\, Senior Engineer\, Telos Energy \n\n\n\nAbout the Webinar: As the United States faces unprecedented electricity demand growth driven by data centers and industrial electrification\, traditional resource adequacy frameworks are being tested by the scale and speed of these new large loads. This webinar explores a comprehensive framework developed by the Energy Systems Integration Group to improve resource adequacy planning for large loads and how to integrate large-load flexibility—including temporal shifting\, geographic redistribution\, and onsite resources—directly into long-term utility planning and market design. \n\n\n\nAttendees will learn a structured six-step process for integrating large load flexibility up-front in long-term utility planning. This process begins with characterizing diverse load types and improving forecast accuracy\, enabling planners to then quantify the capacity contributions of flexible loads using “demand-side ELCC” methodologies and assess the long-term system benefits of flexibility. By shifting from reactive\, near-term measures like development moratoria to proactive\, upfront flexibility programs\, utilities and grid operators can accelerate interconnection timelines\, reduce the need for costly new firm capacity\, and lower system-wide costs while maintaining grid reliability. \n\n\n\nAbout the Speaker: Derek Stenclik is a founding partner of Telos Energy and is an industry leader in power grid planning\, operations\, and reliability. He has nearly a decade of experience helping clients across the electric power industry navigate evolving markets\, adapt to rapidly changing technologies\, and accelerate clean energy integration. He is a recognized expert on deregulated power markets\, wind and solar integration\, battery energy storage\, and distributed energy resources. He is passionate about guiding the development  of the future power grid and accelerating renewable energy adoption.  \n\n\n\nAaron Schwartz is Senior Engineer at Telos Energy\, where he supports the firm’s work on utility resource planning and grid modeling. Aaron was most recently a manager on RMI’s electricity program\, where he supported government\, utility\, and non-profit partners in advancing climate-aligned utility planning. Aaron holds a Master’s degree in Technology and Policy from MIT\, and a Bachelor’s degree in Operations Research and Financial Engineering from Princeton University. \n\n\n\nRegistration Cost: FREE \n\n\n\nModerator: James Okullo\, Director of System Planning\, ESIG \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
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