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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar: Delivering MCCS - Software and Modular Control Center System of the Future
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording \nDownload Presentation \n\n  \nFeatured Speakers: Mirko Pracht\, Head of Digitalization of System Operations and Product Director\, Asset & System\, 50Hertz; Arya Fazilat\, Advisor for Digitalization of System Operations\, 50Hertz \nWebinar Abstract: By 2032\, 50Hertz (a German TSO) aims to integrate an annual average of 100 percent renewable energies safely into the grid and the system. The digital transformation plays a decisive role in this. For this reason\, 50Hertz is developing a new grid control system for the integration of 100 percent renewables. This “brain of renewable integration” has a name: the Modular Control Centre System (MCCS). \nAbout the Speakers:\nMirko Pracht is Director\, Digitalization in System Operations at 50Hertz (German TSO) and Program Lead and Initiator for MCCS (Modular Control Center System). Mirko and his team are responsible for digitalization strategy and initiatives within System Operations of 50Hertz\, project portfolio and project implementation\, data strategy and architecture and for national and internal cooperation & compliance topics in System Operations. Before that he was Head of Technical IT\, working with his team on maintenance\, operation and development of all operational technology (OT) systems within 50Hertz. \nArya Fazilat is Advisor for Digitalization of System Operations and MCCS Labs. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Principal Consultant\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/delivering-mccs-software-and-modular-control-center-system-of-the-future/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240930T170000
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CREATED:20240812T210133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185100Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: DER Management & Implementation Use-Cases - We Can Control DERs\, Now What?
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording \nDownload Presentation \n\nCody Davis\nFeatured Speaker: Cody Davis\, Senior Principal Engineer\, Distribution & Grid Modernization\, Electric Power Engineers \nWebinar Abstract: Recent changes to inverter interoperability capabilities for IEEE 1547-2018 and UL 1741 SB compliance have further reduced barriers to utilities communicating with and controlling DER. Utilizing such features to gather actual data on DER system performance and modify DER real and reactive power performance in response to changing grid conditions can provide significant value to both utilities and DER owners. Understanding how these capabilities can be utilized to improve distribution planning and operational outcomes is critical to developing a strategy for DER Management and developing a business case for DER Management System (DERMS) deployment. This presentation will identify the value drivers and utility process improvements that can be achieved using the DER communications and control capabilities to support the distribution system. \nAbout the Speaker: Cody Davis is a power systems engineer with 10 years of experience with a focus on distribution system planning and the integration of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) on the distribution system. He also has experience working with a wide variety of utility and public stakeholders on a range of emerging\, complex technical\, operational\, and regulatory issues and has authored reports or testimony publicly filed in several states including Illinois\, Minnesota\, Iowa\, Pennsylvania\, and Maine. \nModerator: Matt Schuerger\, Senior Fellow\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-der-management-implementation-use-cases-we-can-control-ders-now-what/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240911T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T094907
CREATED:20240812T204002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185100Z
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar: Diagnosis and Mitigation of Observed Oscillations in IBR-Dominant Power Systems: A Practical Guide
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording \nDownload Presentation \n\nNick Miller\nFeatured Speaker: Nick Miller\, Principal\, HickoryLedge LLC \nWebinar Abstract:  The increasing use of inverter-based resources (IBRs) has led to oscillations with a wider range of characteristics and root causes\, raising new issues and risks for power system operation and planning. This webinar will introduce this practical guide as a starting point for practitioners who encounter oscillatory behavior\, a sort of field guide or diagnostician’s assistant. This guide helps the user find out the cause of the oscillation\, what to do about it\, and where to go for more help. Consulting the guide is the first step that follows “I see an oscillation. What is it? What do I do about it?” Click here to visit the report page. \nAbout the Speaker: Nick Miller is an internationally known power system engineer\, with specialty in integration of wind and solar generation to bulk power systems. He consults and is currently conducting research on bulk grid stability for US ISOs and TOs.  He spent 3/8 of a century with GE.  He is an elected member of the US National Academy of Engineering\, an IEEE Life Fellow\, a NY P.E.\, and a Distinguished Member of CIGRE.  He authored 20 US patents\, has over 180 publications with over 8000 citations and is the recipient of GE’s Edison Award\, CIGRE’s Philip Sporn Award\, the IEEE Ramakumar Renewable Energy Award\, and is a Lifetime Member of ESIG. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Principal Consultant\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-diagnosis-and-mitigation-of-observed-oscillations-in-ibr-dominant-power-systems-a-practical-guide/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240910T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240910T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T094907
CREATED:20240812T202636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185059Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Approaching Regional Inertia and Fast Frequency Stability Screening Methods in High Renewable Systems
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording \nDownload Presentation \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speakers: Parag Mitra\, Principal Technical Leader\, EPRI; Deepak Ramasubramanian\, Senior Technical Leader\, EPRI; Chengwen Zhang\, Engineer/Scientist III\, EPRI \nWebinar Abstract: Frequency performance is one of the major aspects for ensuring safe operation as the power industry moves toward a high renewable future. Understanding how the inverter-based resources change the frequency dynamics\, identifying potential regional inertia risks\, delivering IBR fast frequency response stably from various situations\, and eventually maintaining satisfactory frequency performance are critical for a safe and reliable transition to the high penetration systems. This webinar will introduce EPRI’s latest work on inertia regionalization analysis\, IBR frequency response stability screening\, and bulk power system frequency performance assessments for these goals. \nAbout the Speakers:\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. \nDeepak Ramasubramanian is currently a Senior Technical Leader at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). His work at EPRI includes development of new and improved mathematical models and processes\, for the large electric power system\, to represent the behavior of inverter interfaced generation sources\, and loads\, and evaluation and development of transmission planning criteria including uncertainty of sources and loads. \nChengwen (Ham) Zhang graduated from the University of Tennessee with his PhD in Electrical Engineering. He is currently an Engineer/Scientist with Electrical Power Research Institute. His research includes power system inertia and frequency dynamics\, PMU based controls and data analytics\, hardware-in-the-loop simulations\, and microgrid operations and control. \nModerator: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/approaching-regional-inertia-and-fast-frequency-stability-screening-methods-in-high-renewable-systems/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240820T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240820T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T094907
CREATED:20240718T032913Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: EPRI Low Carbon Resources Initiative
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording \nDownload Presentation \n\nJeffery Preece\nFeatured Speaker: Jeffery Preece\, Director\, Research & Development\, EPRI \nWebinar Abstract: How might low-carbon fuels support goals to achieve net-zero emissions while maintaining affordability and reliability? What is needed to increase deployment of new low-carbon technologies? How might the anticipated increase in electricity demand in AI\, data centers\, and reindustrialization affect net-zero targets? EPRI research is addressing these questions and many more as the energy transformation continues to unfold. This presentation will highlight EPRI’s approach to understanding net-zero energy systems; supporting accelerated deployment of advanced technologies to make\, move\, and use low-carbon fuels; and demonstrating how the electric system could be an integral part of the future net-zero economy. \nAbout the Speaker: Jeffery Preece is a Director of Research and Development at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). In this role\, Jeffery is focused on developing world-class research portfolios to support the energy economy transition to a net-zero emissions future. Jeffery leads EPRI’s research teams focused on long duration (bulk) energy storage\, advanced power generation cycles\, CO2 capture and storage\, net-zero industrial clusters\, and hydrogen and low-carbon fuels. Jeffery serves as EPRI’s lead on the joint EPRI-GTI Energy Low-Carbon Resources Initiative (LCRI). In prior roles at EPRI\, Jeffery led the Water Management Technology program and Energy-Water Nexus Team which focused on desalination and cooling system technology development and deployment. He also worked in engineering and operations services at U.S. electric utilities. Jeffery earned an M.B.A. from Wake Forest University and a B.S. in chemical engineering from North Carolina State University.\n \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Principal Consultant\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-epri-low-carbon-resources-initiative/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240814T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240814T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T094907
CREATED:20240711T194518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185059Z
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar: Including High Impact Events in System Planning Scenarios
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speaker: Derek Stenclik\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy \n \nAbout the Webinar: This webinar will delve into the critical aspects of enhancing power system reliability through comprehensive stress testing. This presentation will review ESIG’s recent report from the Resource Adequacy Task Force\, which considers new resource adequacy criteria that explicitly incorporate high-impact\, low probability events. The presentation will also cover how to identify and characterize extreme weather phenomena\, and best practices for evaluating such events for power system system planning. Mr. Stenclik will explore the challenges posed by extreme heat and cold weather\, examining their impact alongside correlated risks such as high loads\, low wind and solar generation\, and generator outages. This session aims to provide a thorough understanding of how to integrate these factors into planning scenarios to ensure a resilient and dependable power system. \nAbout the Speaker: Derek Stenclik is a co-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 and accelerate clean energy integration. \nModerator: Debbie Lew\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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/including-high-impact-events-in-system-planning-scenarios/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240808T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240808T171500
DTSTAMP:20260606T094907
CREATED:20240715T190232Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Interregional Transmission and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\n \nFeatured Speakers: Derek Stenclik\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy; Chair Andrew French\, Commissioner at Kansas Corporation Commission; Laura Rauch\, Executive Director of Transmission Planning\, MISO; Vandan Divatia\, Vice President Transmission Policy\, Interconnections & Compliance\, Eversource Energy \nModerator: Matt Schuerger\, Senior Fellow\, ESIG \nWebinar Abstract: There is a growing need to ensure that electricity systems remain robust and adaptable in the face of future load growth\, a changing resource mix\, and a changing climate. Interregional transmission improves grid resilience by allowing regions to access diverse resources in neighboring regions unaffected by the same weather and load conditions. However\, despite the potential benefits\, current planning processes often overlook the resilience value of interregional transmission\, focusing on local reliability solutions within only a small geographical region. \nThis webinar will share the findings of a new ESIG report that assesses interregional transmission capability nationwide and gives planners a framework for (1) assessing transmission’s adequacy and resilience benefits at a national scale and (2) prioritizing transmission investments that offer the greatest benefits for system resilience. We will hear from experts and leaders from different sectors of the electricity industry on the benefits and challenges of interregional transmission for grid resilience. \nAbout the Speakers:\nDerek Stenclik is a co-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 and accelerate clean energy integration.\n \nAndrew French was appointed to the Kansas Corporation Commission by Kansas Governor Laura Kelly in 2020. In 2024\, he was reappointed to a second four-year term. French is Kansas’s representative to the Southwest Power Pool and regularly participates in SPP stakeholder groups\, including the Regional State Committee. He served as President of SPP’s RSC in 2023. French also served as a member of FERC’s Joint Federal-State Task Force on Electric Transmission for its full duration from 2021 to 2024. Before his appointment to the KCC\, French practiced law with a focus on energy policy and the regulation of utility rates and services. He represented a broad spectrum of energy stakeholders\, including large industrial energy customers\, school districts\, and a natural gas utility company. Prior to his work in private practice\, French was a staff litigation attorney with the KCC. Commissioner French has a degree in Environmental Studies from the University of Kansas and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Kansas School of Law. \nLaura Rauch is the executive director of transmission planning at MISO. In this role\, she leads all aspects of transmission planning\, including regional and interregional reliability and economic planning\, cost allocation\, and competitive transmission assessment. Laura has more than 19 years in the energy industry\, with experience spanning planning and market functions. This included leadership roles in market and transmission settlements\, resource adequacy\, and reliability planning. Laura has helped shape MISO’s response to multiple technical and policy initiatives\, including leading the market workstream for MISO’s response to FERC Order 2222 on Distributed Energy Resources\, developing market and operational solutions for resource adequacy\, defining MISO’s developer selection process in response to FERC Order 1000\, and leading the business case for MISO’s initial Multi-Value Project portfolio to demonstrate the economic\, reliability\, and other benefits of transmission in supporting state policy mandates. Laura holds a Master of Business Administration from Indiana University and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Michigan Technological University. She is a registered engineer in the state of Indiana. \nMatt Schuerger is ESIG’s Senior Fellow\, providing leadership and support to several ESIG working groups and task forces\, including the Distributed Energy Resources Working Group\,  the System Operation and Market Design Working Group\,  and the System Planning Working Group. For the eight years prior to joining ESIG\, Schuerger was a Commissioner of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. In this role\, he provided key state\, regional\, and national leadership on reliability and integrated planning. Schuerger holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Purdue University; a MBA from the University of St. Thomas; and a MSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. \n  \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-interregional-transmission-and-resilience/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240730T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240730T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T094907
CREATED:20240626T191602Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185059Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Emerging US Market Requirements for Grid-Forming BESS\, and a Practical Exercise for a Potential Plant Design Approach
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\n \nFeatured Speakers: Frank Berring\, Director of Business Development\, Large Scale at SMA America; Lucas Meubrink\, Senior Applications Engineer\, SMA America \nWebinar Abstract: The Energy Transition to renewable generation is happening right now. Renewable generation is dominating the interconnection queues\, and legacy synchronous generators are scheduled for decommissioning in the coming years. These are exciting trends\, yet these market dynamics create new challenges to maintain grid stability and enable additional new renewables generation to come online. Grid Forming BESS has become a well-recognized contributor toward grid stability\, and several ISOs have announced plans to implement grid forming requirements in recent months. \nIn this webinar\, SMA’s Director of Large Scale Business Development\, Frank Berring\, and Senior Applications Engineer\, Lucas Meubrink\, will share recent market news pertaining to Grid Forming BESS adoption and functional test requirements\, as well as the impact of two common inverter control modes on the inverter’s behavior\, and lastly a practical exploration of what a future approach of designing a plant based on a required short circuit contribution could look like. \nAbout the Speakers: Frank Berring is the Director of Business Development\, Large Scale at SMA America\, a leading global provider for energy transition markets\, specializing in power conversion solutions. He has 30 years of experience across technical industries\, including 15 years within the renewables industry in various product\, sales\, and business development leadership roles. Frank received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin. Currently\, he is focused on market shaping and articulating the untapped value of inverter-based resources (IBRs) to system operators and independent power producers (IPPs). His goal is to facilitate the next phase of the bulk power energy transition by highlighting the benefits and potential of advanced IBRs\, thereby driving innovation and progress within the industry. \nLucas Meubrink\, a Senior Application Engineer\, holds a Dipl-Ing degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University of Dresden\, Germany. His expertise lies in power systems and energy transition. Lucas commenced his career at Daimler\, focusing on technical sales support for both new and second-life energy storage products. He then advanced to Skeleton Technologies\, where he served as an Application Engineer\, specializing in the design and sizing of grid-scale supercapacitor-based short-term energy storage solutions. For the past five years\, Lucas has been contributing to SMA as a Senior Application Engineer\, where he focuses on energy storage inverters and grid-forming projects. \nModerator: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-emerging-us-market-requirements-for-grid-forming-bess-and-a-practical-exercise-for-a-potential-plant-design-approach/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240624T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240624T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T094907
CREATED:20240528T180518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185058Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: How NOAA Open Data Dissemination Weather Forecasts Are Boosting Grid Operations
DESCRIPTION:Download Simonson Presentation \nDownload Stuebe Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q& Responses \n\nFeatured Speakers: Adrienne Simonson\, Director\, NOAA’s Open Data Dissemination (NODD)\, and David Stuebe\, Software Engineer\, Camus Energy \nAbout the Webinar: For grid operators and planners managing the shift to large-scale renewable generation\, accurate weather forecasting is an increasingly essential tool. NOAA’s Open Data Dissemination (NODD) provides public access to weather forecast models that provide grid operators with an opportunity to incorporate more accurate and precise weather prediction data into real-time operations. In this webinar\, experts from NODD and Camus Energy will showcase how utilities are actively using these weather forecasts to improve peak demand management programs and inform real-time operations. They will also provide an overview of NODD\, including an introduction to all the NOAA environmental data available to the public\, as well as highlighting how utilities and technology providers can leverage these open source datasets to advance their understanding in climate adaptation\, resilience\, mitigation and sustainability efforts. \nAbout the Speakers:\nAdrienne Simonson is Director of NOAA Open Data Dissemination (NODD)\, under the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). In this role\, she leads strategic efforts for open data efforts\, and internal and external engagement across public\, private and academic enterprises. In prior roles\, Ms. Simonson has served NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information; the Office of Budget within the Department of Commerce; the Office of Budget within the Department of Interior; and as professional staffer for the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee\, on the Commerce\, Justice\, Science\, and Related Agencies Subcommittee. Ms. Simonson is a Presidential Management Fellow\, with a B.A. in Environmental Policy from Warren Wilson College; a Masters in Public Administration from the University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Government; and a Juris Doctorate from UNC School of Law. \nDavid Stuebe is the forecast team lead for Camus Energy\, a grid orchestration software company for electric distribution utilities. With two decades of experience working with meteorological data and cloud computing\, David has helped Camus Energy build an industry leading grid forecasting product. David has a M.S. in geophysical fluid dynamics from the MIT WHOI Joint Program and a B.S. in Earth and Ocean Science from Duke University. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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-how-noaa-open-data-dissemination-weather-forecasts-are-boosting-grid-operations/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240606T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240606T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T094907
CREATED:20240529T174830Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185059Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Study
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nWebinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speakers: Amy Rose\, Senior Researcher and Group Manager\, NREL; Greg Brinkman\, Energy Analysis Engineer\, NREL; Luke Lavin\, Research Engineer\, NREL \nAbout the Webinar: The Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Study identifies and compares different transmission strategies for enabling offshore wind energy deployment along the U.S. Atlantic Coast\, from Maine through South Carolina. The study evaluated the costs and benefits of multiple long-term pathways to enable offshore wind energy deployment through coordinated transmission solutions along the U.S. Atlantic Coast while supporting grid reliability and resilience and other ocean uses. Please join Amy Rose\, Luke Lavin\, and Greg Brinkman as they discuss the study objectives\, methods\, and key conclusions. \nAbout the Speakers:\nAmy Rose is a senior researcher and group manager of the Transmission Group in the Grid Planning and Analysis Center. Her research focuses on planning and operations of low-emissions transmission systems. Dr. Rose contributes to national and regional transmission planning studies to identify investment strategies that provide broadscale benefits to customers and accelerate decarbonization. In addition\, she has worked extensively with national and state partners in India to achieve their clean energy targets through large-scale grid integration studies\, workforce development\, and enabling policy and regulations. Through the Global Power Sector Transformation Consortium\, she worked with over 15 countries to identify and meet emerging needs of system operators to manage higher shares of renewable energy on their grids. Dr. Rose holds a Ph.D. and M.S. in Engineering System from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. \nGreg Brinkman is an expert in power systems modeling and renewables integration with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.  Much of his work focuses on understanding the impacts of transmission in a future low-carbon grid.  He has a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado and has worked on a variety of large-scale grid integration and transmission studies.  He helped lead the recently-completed Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Study\, and currently spends half of his time on detail at NYSERDA supporting offshore wind transmission work. \nLuke Lavin is a Research Engineer in the Grid Planning and Analysis Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. He develops modeling tools\, data\, and analyses for valuing the contributions of nascent electricity technologies and uses to future electric power systems. Dr. Lavin holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University. \nModerator: Debbie Lew\, Associate Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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-the-atlantic-offshore-wind-transmission-study/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240522T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240522T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T094907
CREATED:20240503T191913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185058Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: GFM Solutions for Compliance on Plant Levels
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speaker: Benjamin Braun\, Principal Engineer\, Fluence Energy \nBen Braun\nAbout the Webinar: Recent updates to the grid codes of key markets enabling grid-forming operation on the public network have opened a multitude of new applications. This in turn has exposed a gap between components level controls and complete code compliant solutions. Historically\, GFM applications have been largely limited to industrial black-start and isolated electrical systems. Such projects have provided countless lessons and improvements\, but to date no component level standards defining GFM controls have been defined. Validation and bench-marking of manufacturer’s and integrator’s GFM capabilities is thus left open for interpretation. For plant level grid code compliance a holistic approach considering DC limitations and dynamics as well as the grid needs at POI rather than only the converter level performance must be considered. This presentation will highlight additional requirements and considerations to provide a complete GFM plant solution with the required plant level integration controls to convert collections of sub-components into plant level solutions compliant with the latest grid codes. \nAbout the Speaker:\nBen Braun is the Principal Engineer for TSO/Ultrastack applications at Fluence where he leads the qualification process of convertor supplier’s grid-forming (GFM) controls and F.OS software integration thereof. Fluence has 2GVA of GFM projects commissioned or under construction. Over the last 10 years he has designed in-house GFM controls applications\, detailed multiple integration studies for grid operators\, developed and deployed Europe’s first BESS to black-start a 110kV distribution grid in Germany\, and led engineering teams to deploy GFM solutions to remote grids all over the globe. He received his BSc from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in the US and his MSc from BTU-Cottbus in Germany.\n \nModerator: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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-gfm-solutions-for-compliance-on-plant-levels/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Accelerating and Scaling Up GETs
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speakers: Erik Ela\, Technical Executive and Program Manager\, EPRI; Justin Bell\, Principal Technical Leader\, EPRI; Anna Lafoyiannis\, Technical Leader\, EPRI \nAbout the Webinar: There is a renewed interest in technologies to improve the utilization and efficiency of transmission networks with strong support from DOE and FERC. GETs are Grid-Enhancing Technologies which are hardware and/or software that increase the capacity\, efficiency\, reliability\, or safety of existing transmission lines. GETs may reduce congestion costs\, improve integration of renewables\, increase capacity\, and provide grid service applications. If you are curious about what the buzz is and what they might do for your organization\, attend this webinar! EPRI will introduce the types of GETs\, focusing especially on dynamic line ratings\, followed by the integration considerations\, markets and incentives to scale these technologies. \nAbout the Speakers:\nErik Ela is a Technical Executive and Program Manager at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). In his role\, he provides technical leadership in several areas including electricity market design and operations\, renewable energy and emerging technology integration\, bulk power system operations\, frequency control and essential reliability services\, and generation planning. At EPRI\, Dr. Ela facilitates the R&D collaborative group of technical experts of North America’s Independent System Operators (ISOs) and Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and EPRI’s utility and ISO/RTO focused Market Operations and Market Design Advisory Group to discuss research needs in technical areas facing the industry. He leads innovative projects on how utilities and ISOs can operate the power system more efficiently and reliably. Prior to joining EPRI in 2014\, Dr. Ela worked for several years with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) as a senior research engineer and before that for the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO). He has been involved in several working groups as a senior member of the IEEE Power and Energy Society\, CIGRE\, NERC\, and ESIG\, including as the chair of the IEEE Power System Economics Subcommittee\, chair of ESIG’s system operations and market design working group\, associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Power Systems\, and part of NYISO’s Environmental Advisory Council. Dr. Ela received his BS\, MS\, and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering.\n \nJustin Bell is a Principal Technical Leader at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). He conducts research in both theoretical and applications areas and has contributed to over one hundred technical reports. His research focuses on increasing transmission capacity and risk management; however\, his work also includes cross cutting topics such as inspection & assessment\, material science\, climatology\, and HVDC. He currently leads EPRI’s research on testing and validation of dynamic line ratings (DLR) and ambient adjusted ratings (AAR). Justin is an active member in standards development with IEEE and CIGRE\, he also regularly collaborates with National Labs\, NATF\, and regional working groups such as the NY-ATWG. Prior to joining EPRI in 2012 Justin was a student at MCLA and UND where he studied particle physics and astrodynamics\, respectively. \nAnna Lafoyiannis is a Technical Leader at EPRI\, where her research focuses on strategic decision-making to support long-range resource and transmission planning. Before joining EPRI\, she was supervisor of reliability assurance at Ontario’s IESO\, where she developed its capacity market and set specifications for long-term contracts. She also held leadership roles at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)\, including a term as chair of NERC’s Reliability Assessment Subcommittee. Anna holds a B.A.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Waterloo and M.Eng. in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering\, with an emphasis on Sustainable Energy from the University of Toronto. \nModerator: James Okullo\, Director of System Planning\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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-accelerating-and-scaling-up-gets/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240514T160000
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DTSTAMP:20260606T094907
CREATED:20240305T213922Z
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UID:15843-1715702400-1715706000@www.esig.energy
SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar: Market Products for System Stability
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Edward Farley\, Senior Market Development Lead\, National Grid ESO \n \nAbout the Webinar: Stability services are vital for the safe and secure operation of the electricity network. Traditionally our stability requirements (inertia and short circuit level) in Great Britain have been provided by synchronous generation as a natural by-product of creating electricity. As more non-synchronous assets connect to the network\, which do not have this inherent capability\, the ESO needs alternative sources of stability. Since 2019\, the Stability Pathfinders have procured for long-term stability requirements\, but there remains a reliance on the dispatch of synchronous generation in the Balancing Mechanism to ensure stability on short-term timescales. While current Balancing Mechanism arrangements ensure security\, they do not provide long-term assurance and can often represent expensive actions. The development of a broader stability market offers a route to access stability services through an open\, transparent\, and competitive market specific to stability services. In 2021 ESO launched the Stability Market Design innovation project to explore the design for an enduring stability market with a focus on value for consumers. As a result of this work\, in eSO’s April 2023 Markets Roadmap\, they set out their aim to procure stability services across three timescales\, starting immediately with a mid-term (Y-1) stability market in 2023. The first mid-term (Y-1) market is currently in progress\, aiming to competitively procure inertia services for delivery from 2025. This presentation will shed some light on this journey\, the operability challenges ESO has faced\, and how they are planning to combat them in the present and future through new market design. \nAbout the Speaker: Edward Farley is a Senior Market Development Lead in the Markets department at ESO\, the Great Britain system operator. He joined the ESO in 2021 after previous experience working for NPower – one of the traditional ‘Big 6’ energy suppliers in Great Britain – including working on the demand side response team within the Business Solutions division. At ESO\, Ed has worked on the project looking to reform  reserve products\, and is currently focused on designing brand-new\, world-leading stability markets to help address the falling stability levels as Great Britain transitions to a zero carbon electricity system. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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/market-products-for-system-stability/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T160000
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CREATED:20240311T201318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185057Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Flexibility from Hydrogen
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speakers: Anna Lafoyiannis \, Technical Leader\, EPRI and Maren Ihlemann\,  Engineer/Scientist III\, EPRI \n \nAbout the Webinar: Hydrogen production has the potential to provide many important power system services. Techniques to effectively model and integrate hydrogen into power system planning processes are emerging. This webinar will discuss the current state of modeling techniques in power system models\, key considerations\, and ongoing research activities to develop improved modeling methods\, in order to understand the implications of electrolytic hydrogen production for electricity system operations. \nAbout the Speakers: Anna Lafoyiannis is a Technical Leader at EPRI\, where her research focuses on strategic decision-making to support long-range resource and transmission planning. Before joining EPRI\, she was supervisor of reliability assurance at Ontario’s IESO\, where she developed its capacity market and set specifications for long-term contracts. She also held leadership roles at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)\, including a term as chair of NERC’s Reliability Assessment Subcommittee. Anna holds a B.A.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Waterloo and M.Eng. in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering\, with an emphasis on Sustainable Energy from the University of Toronto. \nMaren Ihlemann is an Engineer/Scientist III at EPRI\, working on resource adequacy\, with a research focus on new methodologies and climate resilient planning. Prior to joining EPRI\, she completed her PhD at the KU Leuven University\, Belgium\, in the Group of Energy Systems Integration & Modeling. Her research focused on developing and applying a highly flexible\, multi-energy system modeling tool. As part of the Horizon 2020 Project Spine\, she was one of the core developers of SpineOpt and later led the corresponding work package. Maren holds an M.Sc. in Energy Engineering and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineer from the RWTH Aachen University\, Germany. \nModerator: Jason MacDowell\, Chief Systems Integration Officer\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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-flexibility-from-hydrogen/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240416T160000
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UID:15849-1713283200-1713286800@www.esig.energy
SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: A Framework for Quantifying Supply and Demand for Grid Stability Services
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speakers: Matthew Richwine\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy and Nicholas Miller\, Principal\, HickoryLedge LLC \nAbout the Webinar: As the grid transitions from synchronous machinery to inverter-based resources\, the grid services that power systems need to be stable won’t change\, but the way we define and measure those services will change — and it’s more than just inertia. This webinar will cover recent progress on the evolution of grid services and discuss a framework for parsing and quantifying stability services to help planners\, operations\, and procurement teams better describe how much they have and what they need. \nAbout the Speakers: Matthew Richwine is a founding partner of Telos Energy and is a leader in power systems engineering\, power electronic controls\, and system stability. For over thirteen years\, he has been designing\, testing\, and analyzing thermal and renewable power generation equipment and studying the stability of power systems ranging from tens of megawatts to tens of gigawatts. Prior to founding Telos Energy\, Matthew worked for General Electric in its Energy Consulting department\, most recently as the Senior Manager of the Renewables and Controls team. In that role\, he led a team in the development of new control systems for power converters and transmission planning models for GE’s Renewables business. \nNicholas Miller is an internationally known power system engineer\, with specialty in integration of wind and solar generation to bulk power systems. He spent 3/8 of a century with GE.  He is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering\, an IEEE Life Fellow\, a Licensed Professional Engineer in NY\, and a Distinguished Member of CIGRE.  He authored 20 US patents\, has over 180 publications with over 8\,000 citations and is the recipient of GE’s Edison Award\, CIGRE’s Philip Sporn Award\, the IEEE Ramakumar Renewable Energy Award\, and is a Lifetime Member of ESIG. \nModerator: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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/a-framework-for-quantifying-supply-and-demand-for-grid-stability-services/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240319T160000
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CREATED:20240208T205344Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185057Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Interregional Transmission System Planning with HVDC
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Johannes Pfeifenberger\, Principal\, The Brattle Group \nJohannes Pfeifenberger\nAbout the Webinar: The webinar will cover emerging topics in transmission planning related to interregional transmission and modern HVDC technology.  It will discuss how the existing regional planning processes can be expanded to cover interregional transmission\, the unique value propositions offered by expanding interregional transmission capabilities\, the unique capabilities of modern HVDC technologies\, how they can be considered in transmission planning\, and the role merchant transmission development efforts play (which account for the majority of the proposed interregional transmission projects). \nAbout the Speaker: Johannes Pfeifenberger is an economist with a background in electrical engineering and over 25 years of experience in the areas of electricity markets\, regulation\, and finance.  Hannes specializes in wholesale electricity market and transmission\, helping clients explore the benefits of improved power market designs and grid investments\, the integration of renewable generation and storage resources\, and the impact of regulatory and legislative actions in the context of evolving market conditions.  He is a Visiting Scholar at MIT’s Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR)\, a former Senior Fellow at Boston University’s Institute of Sustainable Energy (BU-ISE)\, and an IEEE Senior Member. Hannes frequently serves as an advisor to research initiatives by the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) and the US Department of Energy’s National Labs. \nModerator: James Okullo\, Director of System Planning\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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-interregional-transmission-system-planning-with-hvdc/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240304T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240304T170000
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CREATED:20240204T022955Z
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Evaluating Major Contingencies and Conditions with the Potential to Cause Power System Disruptions
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nDownload Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speakers: Luke Robinson\, Group Manager – Modelling & Engineering\, AEMO & Daniel Fracalossi\, Senior Engineer – Grid Performance & Integration\, AEMO \nLuke Robinson\nAbout the Webinar: AEMO undertakes the general power system risk review (GPSRR) annually for the National Electricity Market (NEM) in consultation with network service providers (NSPs)\, in accordance with the National Electricity Rules (NER). \nThe purpose of the GPSRR is to review a prioritized set of power system risks\, comprising events or conditions that\, alone or in combination\, would likely lead to cascading outages or major supply disruptions. For each priority risk\, the GPSRR assesses the adequacy of current risk management arrangements and (where appropriate) options for future management. \nThis webinar will provide an overview of the scope of the GPSRR including AEMO’s approach to: \n\n\n\nIdentifying priority risks based on actual power system incidents as well as extensive internal and external consultation.\nConducting detailed power system analysis of non-credible contingency events using RMS and EMT simulation tools.\nEvaluating solution options to mitigate risks and improve power system resilience.\n\n\n\n\nDaniel Fracalossi\nAbout the Speakers: Luke Robinson is a chartered electrical engineer and MBA graduate with nearly 20 years’ experience. His experience encompasses transmission planning\, power system analysis\, system operations\, operational technology and generator connection assessments including on-site commissioning. Luke is Group Manager Modelling & Engineering at AEMO and responsible for supporting and improving power system modelling and tools\, reviewing major power system events\, reviewing operational requirements to manage high-impact low-probably events\, and facilitating commissioning of new/upgraded interconnections between NEM regions. Luke also supports AEMO emergency coordination functions as a NEM Responsible Officer\, and is AEMO’s designate on the Global Power System Transformation Consortium (G-PST)\, collaborating with System Operators globally and CSIRO in Australia to accelerate the transition to renewable energy. \nDaniel Fracalossi is a senior electrical engineer working in the Grid Performance and Integration team within AEMO. He is one of the lead engineers on the GPSRR and responsible for leading power system studies\, prioritization of risks and engagement with network service providers and other industry stakeholders. Daniel has over 9 years’ experience in the electricity industry across power system analysis\, transmission planning\, network design\, substations\, HVDC and consulting. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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/g-pst-esig-webinar-series-evaluating-major-contingencies-and-conditions-with-the-potential-to-cause-power-system-disruptions/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240229T160000
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CREATED:20240214T024504Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: DER Transmission Study Overview and Findings
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speakers: Keegan Moyer\, Principal\, Energy Strategies and John Muhs\, Senior Consultant\, Energy Strategies \nAbout the Webinar: This study investigates the relationship between distributed generation (DG) and transmission infrastructure planning\, focusing on the Western United States. Our findings confirm that DG can\, at moderate levels\, reduce the need for new transmission investments. However\, as DG penetration increases\, there’s a shift: more transmission capacity and energy storage become necessary. The study’s findings highlight the need for a balanced approach considering resource diversity on both sides of the meter in future resource and transmission planning efforts. \nAbout the Speakers: Keegan Moyer joined Energy Strategies in 2014 and directs the firm’s transmission and market analyses. His project teams combine grid simulation tools\, complex industry datasets\, and economic analyses to help clients identify and evaluate generation and transmission investments\, market strategies\, and energy policies. Keegan is also responsible for the firm’s client services related to interconnections and transmission service. In addition\, he has provided expert witness services on transmission- and interconnection-related matters in multiple states. Geographically\, he has worked for clients in the Western\, Eastern\, and Texas Interconnections. Some of Keegan’s more recent projects include serving as the WestConnect Order 1000 Region Planning Consultant project manager\, benefit-cost analyses for major transmission projects\, leading open solicitation processes for merchant transmission\, and supporting renewable energy developers on interconnection\, curtailment\, and transmission basis risk analyses. \nJohn W. Muhs joined Energy Strategies in September 2019 and provides analytical support for the Transmission Planning and Energy Markets area of the firm. John collaborates on projects relating to renewable infrastructure siting\, transmission planning\, and energy market economics. Using a variety of programming tools\, John compiles\, interprets\, and visualizes energy and economic data for production cost and long-term resource planning models. John seeks to automate repeatable processes for the firm by developing custom-tailored scripts for data collection and analysis. John also assists in developing business intelligence dashboards and other interactive tools for Energy Strategies’ clients. \nModerator: Debbie Lew\, Associate Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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-der-transmission-study-overview-and-findings/
CATEGORIES:Webinars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240226T160000
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DTSTAMP:20260606T094907
CREATED:20240130T201725Z
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Advances in the Use of Probabilistic Resource Adequacy Methods
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Aidan Tuohy\, Director\, Transmission Operations and Planning\, EPRI \nAidan Tuohy\nAbout the Webinar: Ensuring resource adequacy – a measure of whether the current\, or projected\, resource mix is sufficient to meet capacity and energy needs for a particular grid– is crucial for ensuring a reliable energy transition. Probabilistic approaches have traditionally been used to assess resource adequacy\, but in light of the changing nature of the resource mix\, increased demand participation and the recent implications of extreme events\, there is a need to revisit how resource adequacy is assessed. As recent events have shown\, existing methods\, models and tools for assessing resource adequacy do not always accurately portray risk and identify the potential for shortfalls\, particularly during periods of extreme system stress such as cold weather. In this webcast\, we will hear about the recently completed EPRI Resource Adequacy for a Decarbonized Future Initiative (www.epri.com/resource-adequacy). This project\, which ran from mid-2021 to end of 2023\, addressed a number of issues and challenges related to resource adequacy (RA). As resources such as wind/PV\, batteries\, demand flexibility and hybrids\, as well as future resources such as hydrogen and long duration storage\, enter the system\, models and tools need to be able to include their characteristics compared to traditional resources. EPRI’s project built on other ongoing industry work\, including the ESIG Resource Adequacy Task Force\, and focused on a few main workstreams. A Process workstream focused on the metrics\, criteria and scenarios used in RA studies. Here\, recommendations on metrics to be assessed and the insights they provide were described\, while methods for identifying short and long term scenarios to be studied were developed. A Models and Data workstream investigated existing and emerging approaches to model supply and demand side resources\, as well as data required to characterize these resources. Recommended approaches were then provided\, with different levels of detail based on how important a given resource type is to the system being studied. A Software Tools workstream surveyed existing and emerging tools for RA assessment\, with the result being a greater understanding of current capabilities of commercial and research grade software\, as well as new approaches and gaps. Underlying all of these workstreams\, Case Studies of 6 different North American systems were used to support the material developed and identify how risk is evolving in each area. Here\, the final deliverables\, all of which will be public\, will be described\, with a deep dive on a number of them. The session will conclude with a discussion on next steps for ensuring RA studies leverage the latest approaches\, and future work in the area. \nAbout the Speaker: Aidan Tuohy is the Director of EPRI’s Transmission Operations and Planning R&D Group\, managing a portfolio of near and long-term research\, thought leadership and applications\, with a focus on supporting the reliable\, resilient and affordable transition to a clean electricity system. His team of over 70 individuals have deep subject matter expertise spanning long term planning\, operations planning\, real time operations\, system protection and market design and operations. \nHe received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in electrical/electronic engineering from University College Cork\, Ireland in 2005. He completed his doctoral degree at the University College Dublin Electricity Research Centre in 2009\, on the topic of operating and planning issues in carbon-constrained power systems. During his studies\, he spent time in both Risoe-DTU (Denmark) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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/g-pst-esig-webinar-advances-in-the-use-of-probabilistic-resource-adequacy-methods/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240215T150000
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DTSTAMP:20260606T094907
CREATED:20240109T190602Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Measures to Address Stability Issues in Fingrid
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speaker: Antti Harjula\, Head of Power System Engineering\, Fingrid \nAntti Harjula\nAbout the Webinar: Fingrid has been using extensive series compensation\, power system stabilizers (PSS) and power oscillation damping (POD) controls to increase system transfer capability since the 1990s. PODs have been used in HVDC links\, SVCs and wind power plants. In recent years\, the massive integration of inverter-based renewables\, especially wind power\, has worsened the situation with classical stability issues as well as introduced new forms of stability issues. Resonance stability issues have been addressed with the implementation of damping requirements and sub-synchronous oscillations (SSO) protection requirements for inverter-based resources (IBR). Converter driven stability issues have been tackled with re-tuning of wind power plant controllers and unit level controls\, control mode changes and IBR output curtailment during specific outages and with new investments in the grid assets\, such as synchronous condenser (under construction) and STATCOMs with grid forming controls (in design stage). Also\, grid forming capability requirements have been introduced on battery energy systems (BESS). This year Fingrid is planning to introduce additional requirements for stabilizing behavior of wind and solar power plants and looking towards piloting grid forming controls on wind power plants. This presentation will give an overview on technical solutions to improve stability in the Finnish transmission system. \nAbout the Speaker: Antti Harjula is head of Power system engineering at Finnish transmission system operator Fingrid. The unit is responsible for power system modelling\, power system technical performance analysis and developing the requirements and capabilities for future system. Antti has been with Fingrid over 15 years and has been working on different system analysis\, power system planning and modelling topics all these years. Antti has special interest in integration of renewable energy and has also been visiting researcher in Imperial College London where he analyzed the impact of wind power control tuning on system stability. \nModerator: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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-measures-to-address-stability-issues-in-fingrid/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240131T170000
DTSTAMP:20260606T094908
CREATED:20231221T185855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260116T185056Z
UID:15796-1706716800-1706720400@www.esig.energy
SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: An Imbalance Reserve Product to Manage Uncertainty between the Day-ahead and Real-time Markets
DESCRIPTION:View Webinar Recording \nDownload Presentation \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: James Friedrich\, Lead Policy Developer\, CAISO \nJames Friedrich\nAbout the Webinar: This presentation highlights the California Independent System Operator’s (CAISO) new “imbalance reserve product”. This product aims to tackle net load forecast uncertainties by reserving flexible ramping capacity. This product will help the CAISO address the challenges of integrating variable loads and renewable energy. CAISO will allow bidding for these reserves\, procuring them in the Day-Ahead Market\, and co-optimizing them with energy and ancillary services\, boosting market efficiency and reliability. \nAbout the Speaker: James Friedrich is a Lead Policy Developer for the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) working on market design. James led the policy development of the Day-Ahead Market Enhancements (DAME) initiative\, which the CAISO Board of Governors and Western Energy Imbalance Market Governing Body approved in May 2023. This initiative introduces a new day-ahead market product called Imbalance Reserves\, designed to reserve capacity for forecast uncertainty and ramping needs arising between the day-ahead and real-time markets. \nModerator: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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/g-pst-esig-webinar-series-an-imbalance-reserve-product-to-manage-uncertainty-between-the-day-ahead-and-real-time-markets/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240125T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240125T170000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: NOAA's 3km Rapid Refresh Weather Forecasting Models and Renewable Energy Forecasts
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Dave Turner\, Sr. Scientist\, NOAA Global Systems Laboratory \nDave Turner\nAbout the Webinar: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is home to the National Weather Service (NWS)\, which runs numerical weather prediction models operationally and provides the output freely to all; these forecasts are used heavily by the energy community. The webinar will include discussion of the short-range weather model used by the NWS; the high-resolution rapid refresh (HRRR) system. The HRRR uses a 3-km horizontal grid\, is restarted every hour using all of the available observations\, and provides forecasts out to 18 hours\, with longer forecasts out to 48 hours 4 times per day. The webinar will cover some of the changes that have been incorporated into the HRRR that were motivated by the energy community. NOAA is moving towards a Unified Forecast System\, and thus eventually the HRRR will be replaced by the Rapid Refresh Forecast System (RRFS). Dr. Turner will also discuss how the RRFS differs from the HRRR\, provide some timelines\, and a view for the next few years. \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Dave Turner is the Senior Scientist at the NOAA Global Systems Laboratory. He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in atmospheric sciences in 2003. His research interests include understanding the processes that control the evolution of the atmospheric boundary layer and its interactions with the earth’s surface\, radiative transfer\, microphysics\, and remote sensing. He is also the manager of NOAA’s Atmospheric Science for Renewable Energy program. \nModerator: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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-noaas-3km-rapid-refresh-weather-forecasting-models-and-renewable-energy-forecasts/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231219T150000
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Developing an EMT Study and Analysis Environment for a 100% Inverter Based Power System
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nDownload Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speaker: Jun Bum Kwon\, Senior Engineer\, Energinet \nJun Bum Kwon\nAbout the Webinar: A significant amount of power electronics interfaced devices (PEIDs) will be integrated into the Danish system over the coming years. This brings new challenges in operating the power system securely and reliably. For instance\, weak grid conditions\, large deviations in short circuit power\, complex faults\, and different control and protection behavior will become more common in a 100 % PEIDs based systems. As a TSO responsible for the secure operation of entire power system\, understanding and analyzing correct dynamic behavior in simulation-based analysis\, and proposing mitigation measures are becoming the main key challenges. For this\, new simulation environments are needed. \nThis webinar explores the challenges associated with operating a 100% PEIDs-based power system with a focus on use of simulation-support for decision making. The session will shed light on the current complexities within the Danish power grid\, emphasizing the increasing penetration of renewable energy. The pivotal role of Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) studies in understanding and mitigating these challenges will be addressed. The webinar will also share insights into the process and methodology behind developing a system-level EMT study and analysis environment. Furthermore\, the webinar will explore the future applications of this innovative environment\, offering a glimpse into its potential impact on the Danish power system. \nAbout the Speaker: Jun Bum Kwon has a background as an power electronics and power system engineer with more than 10 years of experience. For the past 8 years he has worked at Energinet as a Grid Analyst and Senior Power System Engineer\, with technical lead/support responsibilities in multiple cross-cutting projects\, including international projects such as the Bornholm\nEnergy Island and North Sea Wind Power HUB\, and currently leads strategic Grid forming roadmap and development of EMT system level simulations. \nMoreover\, Jun has shared this knowledge in multiple international projects as a technical expert through Energinet Associated Activities\, assisting TSOs globally with integrating large shares of renewable energy by increasing their respective choice awareness. Jun is also the author of more than 40 papers\, focusing on harmonic studies\, EMT studies as well as studies related to operation and design of HVAC and HVDC systems. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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/g-pst-esig-webinar-series-developing-an-emt-study-and-analysis-environment-for-a-100-inverter-based-power-system/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231218T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231218T170000
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CREATED:20231120T235954Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Evolving Grid Planning Practices for Electric Vehicles
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nDownload Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Webinar Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Sean Morash\, Principal\, Telos Energy \nAbout the Webinar: Transportation electrification is accelerating and will affect all facets of the power system\, but the effects will be most pronounced for distribution systems where vehicle charging could quickly overwhelm grid edge equipment. An evolution of the grid will be needed to effectively integrate the quantity of expected EVs and there could be large impacts across the system\, not just on EV owners. Because of the timelines associated with building new distribution and transmission infrastructure\, decisions today\, or lack thereof\, will impact the preparedness of the grid for the expected demand. Despite the high uncertainty of the timing and magnitude of this new demand\, there are opportunities to lay a grid planning foundation today that will support a grid that enables widespread vehicle electrification. \nSean Morash\nThis webinar will cover the forthcoming report developed by the ESIG Grid Planning for Vehicle Electrification Task Force over the last year. It will outline the four priorities for effectively integrating vehicle electrification into grid planning. It will cover the practices from across the industry and identify where improvement is needed\, with a primary focus on distribution planning\, forecasting\, smart charging\, and opportunities to supplement existing annual processes. \nAbout the Speaker: Sean Morash is a Principal at Telos Energy with experience across a range of topics\, including power system modeling\, transmission and distribution planning\, and technology integration. He recently coordinated the ESIG Task Force on Grid Planning for Vehicle Electrification and is actively leading a similar task force on building electrification. For the last 10 years\, he has worked on projects that combine the traditional disciplines of economics\, engineering\, technology\, and policy. Beyond the strategy work\, Sean has performed detailed production modeling to inform a balancing authority’s operational reserves practices and developed a novel dynamic line rating forecasting methodology using machine learning techniques. \nModerator: Debbie Lew\, Associate Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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-evolving-grid-planning-practices-for-electric-vehicles/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231213T160000
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CREATED:20231122T164431Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: IBR Modeling Through the Lifecycle of a Project – Reliability Perspectives
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Presentation \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speaker: Ryan Quint\, Director of Engineering and Security Integration\, NERC \nAbout the Webinar: Grid planners and operators rely on accurate models to conduct simulations that ensure reliable operation of the power grid – across the full spectrum of interconnection studies\, long-term planning assessments\, operational planning studies\, and real-time operations. Ensuring a reliable and resilient grid of the future fundamentally requires us to develop and use accurate models for studying the power system. This presentation will outline key priority areas for IBR modeling that deserve additional attention to help us achieve our modeling accuracy goals. This includes reasonable and accurate modeling throughout the interconnection study process\, ensuring model matches reality during the commissioning process\, and keeping the model up-to-date during the lifecycle of the project. \nRyan Quint\nThe presentation will highlight key considerations from FERC Order Nos. 2023 and 901\, as well as talk about the current status of various NERC Standards development projects in this area. Lastly\, the presentation will touch on key findings from recent disturbance analyses and other assessments conducted by NERC that highlight a need to keep modeling and reliability studies in the forefront a the reliability focus moving forward. Topics include establishing modeling requirements\, model development and quality checks\, updating the model through the interconnection process\, conducting model verification and validation\, and ensuring accurate model and modeling information are shared with transmission entities for use in studies. The presentation will cover both phasor domain and electromagnetic transient (EMT) considerations\, given the evolving nature of reliability studies with the rapidly changing resource mix. \nAbout the Speaker: Ryan Quint is the Director of Engineering and Security Integration at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. He leads a number of NERC’s efforts related to grid transformation including initiatives focused on inverter-based resources\, distributed energy resources\, integrating security with conventional engineering practices\, and emerging technologies. Ryan has been with NERC for coming up on 9 years\, and has industry experience at Dominion Virginia Power and the Bonneville Power Administration. He received his PhD from Virginia Tech and is a registered professional engineer. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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-ibr-modeling-through-the-lifecycle-of-a-project-reliability-perspectives/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231205T160000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Weather Data Inputs for Power System Modeling: Mind the Gaps
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speaker: Justin Sharp\, Principal and Owner\, Sharply Focused \nAbout the Webinar: The electricity system is rapidly transitioning to a system in which most of the generation — wind\, solar\, and hydro — is strongly influenced by weather patterns. Load is also becoming more weather-dependent with the increased electrification of transportation and space heating. And weather powerfully affects energy-limited resources\, such as battery storage\, and behind-the-meter generation\, which are blurring the lines between generation and load and between transmission and distribution. Consequently\, accurate power system analysis requires much more detailed weather data than we needed for a fossil-fuel-dominated system with fairly predictable loads. Power system planning studies today require time series data for key weather variables that are temporally coincident\, have sufficiently high spatial and temporal resolution\, and are robustly validated; however\, no such datasets currently exist. The availability of comprehensive weather datasets\, together with education and coordination between the meteorology and power system communities\, will equip system planners to guide future resource siting and build-out for a reliable\, high renewables grid. \nJustin Sharp\nESIG convened a project team\, led by Dr. Sharp\, to assess the limitations of existing weather data being used in power system analysis and outline a process for producing comprehensive weather datasets that can meet the above needs. This webinar will summarize the key points made in the report\, including what is needed\, why it’s needed\, and current gaps in existing data and modeling methods\, and will detail an approach to building a solid\, long-term solution. \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Sharp is the principal and owner of Sharply Focused\, a consultancy dedicated to bridging the atmospheric science and the electric utility sectors\, especially with regard to applying meteorological knowledge to optimize planning and operation of the increasing weather driven system resulting from the energy transition. \nJustin obtained a Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences from the University of Washington\, where his focus was using high-resolution numerical weather prediction to diagnose and forecast regional-scale winds. He has worked in the electric power sector since 2004 and built one of the world’s first 24×7 operational renewable energy forecasting and analysis teams for Iberdrola Renewables. Justin founded Sharply Focused in 2012 and has been helping clients to utilize weather and climate intelligence with a view to enabling and optimizing the energy transition. \nModerator: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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-weather-data-inputs-for-power-system-modeling-mind-the-gaps/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231128T160000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: DER Communication and Data Management: From Interoperability to Impacts
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nDownload Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speakers: Sean Morash\, Principal\, Telos Energy and Aaron Snyder\, Director of Grid Technology Consulting\, EnerNex \nAbout the Webinar: With increasing emphasis on electrification\, continued technology innovation\, and changes to federal policy\, distributed energy resources are becoming more integral in power system planning and operations. However\, the variety of DER control mechanisms can lead to a maze of data streams that can quickly fall out of sync without appropriate care for end-to-end interoperability and data management. Standards can be used to minimize proprietary implementations of technology solutions\, and extract operational and planning insights from available data across T&D processes. \nSean Morash\nThis webinar will address DER interoperability and data management\, increasing standardization of DER information\, and outline the modeling and operational benefits of such an approach. It will include a discussion of how a cohesive data architecture supports both FERC 2222 implementation and asset management. \nAbout the Speakers: Sean Morash is a Principal at Telos Energy with experience across a range of topics\, including power system modeling\, transmission and distribution planning\, and technology integration. For the last 10 years\, he has worked on projects that combine the traditional disciplines of economics\, engineering\, technology\, and policy. While at Telos\, Sean has performed detailed production modeling to assess grid enhancing technologies\, assessed load flexibility opportunities on future island power systems\, and has coordinated ESIG’s Task Forces on Grid Planning for Vehicle and Building Electrification. Prior to joining Telos Energy\, he worked for EnerNex in their Smart Grid Engineering team. While there\, he worked on a variety of smart grid roadmap projects across the US and internationally for both utilities and commissions. These projects typically included considerations for layering sensing and measurement\, distribution automation\, and advanced analytics capabilities onto the existing grid infrastructure amid the transition to clean energy. \nAaron Snyder\nAaron Snyder is the Director of Grid Technology Consulting at EnerNex\, Aaron works with many utility and vendor clients on metering\, AMI\, Smart Grid\, and Grid Modernization projects\, specializing in testing\, metering\, and consumer issues. In recent years he has been driving Grid Modernization projects (AMI\, DA\, microgrids\, ADMS) in the USA\, West Africa\, North Africa\, and the Middle East. His technical contributions include grid modernization strategy development\, grid and infrastructure architecture\, requirements\, specification authoring\, vendor interviews\, procurement support (bidder evaluations)\, pre-deployment support\, and pilot programs. He is a member of the GridWise Architecture Council and participates in standards development activities at national and international levels. He is a Senior Member of IEEE. \nModerator: Jason MacDowell\, Chief Systems Integration Officer\, ESIG & GE Vernova’s Consulting Services \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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-der-communication-and-data-management-from-interoperability-to-impacts/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231120T160000
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: European Experience with “Connect and Manage”
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nDownload Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speaker: Mark Norton\, Vice President of Business Development\, Smart Wires \nMark Norton\nAbout the Webinar: In the drive towards a targeted decarbonized power system by 2050\, it is critical that the growth and speed of connections for renewable generating energy sources keeps pace to make this a reality. However\, developers of renewable resources often face long lead times before they can freely offer (firm access) their power into energy markets\, awaiting not only new network developments to connect the renewable generating sources\, but also wider reinforcement of network capacity to transmit this energy. In Europe\, “Connect and Manage” has become an approach used by some system operators\, where firm access is offered before all associated reinforcement works are completed. \nThis webinar will address “Connect and Manage” principles\, the experience from the common approaches being applied\, and the risks\, tools and outcomes from these. It will conclude based on these experiences the learning and best practice approaches to be used in future by system operators and policy makers. \nAbout the Speaker: Mark Norton is the Vice President of Business Development at Smart Wires Inc. Mark has worked in the international electrical utility industry for 35 years both in the transmission and distribution sectors. \nIn his current role\, he is working with some of United States and Europe’s largest utilities helping them solve their biggest business challenges\, through collaborative projects using Smart Wires Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs). \nIn his career\, Mark has worked for both EirGrid\, the Irish Transmission System Operator\, and before UKPN\, the largest Distribution System Operator in the UK. He managed the develop of the Irish Grid Development Strategy\, Grid Code\, and investment decisions for network development projects with five-yearly capital budget of over €1bn. \nMark is also the Vice-Chair for the currENT association in Europe\, and an active member of the WATT Coalition\, and the European Commission’s\, European Technology Innovation Program for Smart Networks for Energy Transition. He has previously chaired the European association of Transmission System Operators (ENTSO-E) team developing the European wide ten-year network development plan for over €110bn investments\, and the development of three EU Regulations on connection requirements for demand\, generation and HVDC infrastructure. \nMark holds a 1st class hons degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the now Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge and has completed the IESE Business school’s bespoke Management Development program for TSOs. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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/g-pst-esig-webinar-series-european-experience-with-connect-and-manage/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231019T160000
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Advances in the Use of Wind and Solar Forecasting
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Presentation \n\nFeatured Speaker: Amber Motley\, Director\, Short Term Forecasting\, California ISO \nAmber Motley\nAbout the Webinar: This webinar focuses on the importance of renewable energy forecasting to grid operations with high penetrations of renewable resources. Renewable resource forecasts have become a critical part of grid operations\, informing uncertainty products\, the market optimization\, and the reliability of the grid throughout the real time and day ahead horizons. This webinar will address the optimization of forecasts from multiple renewable providers\, and the evolution towards new renewable resource types of co-located and hybrid resources. This will include the additional data requirements for Hybrid and Co-located resources\, and the use of confidence bands in probabilistic renewable forecasts in planning Day Ahead and future time horizons to ensure the uncertainty of these resources is accounted for in system reliability considerations. \nAbout the Speaker: Amber Motley is the Director of Short Term Forecasting at the California ISO. In her current role\, Amber is accountable for leading a team to perform daily forecasting responsibilities for 27\,000 MWs of solar energy\, 7\,000 MWs of wind energy\, a peak demand of over 52\,000 MWs for the CAISO\, and 78\,000 MWs for the participating EIM entities. \nAmber’s roles and responsibilities expand into advancing the California ISO formulation of regulation requirements\, flexible resource adequacy\, flexible ramp requirements\, including the avenue to integrate probabilistic forecasting into the market optimization. \nPrior to Amber’s role with the ISO she worked for Xcel Energy Services for nearly 9 years\, she held the position of Trade Analyst and had the primary responsibility of directing all company owned and operated resources. Mrs. Motley’s duties also included pre-scheduling day-ahead planning for Xcel Energy Services into the Southwest Power Pool. Areas of support in Mrs. Motley’s previous role included energy trading\, maintaining the resource portfolio’s unit characteristics\, energy supply contract analysis\, and emergency operations. \nFollowing her role as Trade Analyst Mrs. Motley accepted the position of Manager\, Market Operations with Xcel Energy\, Mrs. Motley’s primary responsibilities in this role were the management of Xcel Energy Services participation in the energy market operated by Southwest Power Pool\, Inc. and the Mid-Continent Independent System Operator (ISO). \nMrs. Motley holds her Bachelor of Science in Meteorology\, with a minor in Hydrology at Saint Cloud State University. \nModerator: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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/g-pst-esig-webinar-series-advances-in-the-use-of-wind-and-solar-forecasting/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231017T160000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Power-to-X: Concepts and Implications for Market Participants and Independent System Operators Copy
DESCRIPTION:  \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Presentation \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speaker: Andrew Reimers\, Director of Regulatory Affairs\, Lancium \nAndrew Reimers\nAbout the Webinar: “Power-to-X” is the generalized concept for using carbon free electricity to produce other things like synthetic fuels such as hydrogen or ammonia that can then be used as inputs for hard to abate end products like steel or cement. Despite its advantages in terms of decarbonization\, Power-to-X has the potential to stress the reliability of the bulk power system if it results in large swings in demand over short timescales or increases aggregate demand beyond what the grid can consistently supply . However\, if Power-to-X can operate as controllable loads\, i.e. loads that can follow dispatch instructions from the grid operator and provide balancing services such as frequency regulation and energy reserve service\, Power-to-X can improve the reliability of the grid and balance against intermittent generation from renewables. \nThe optimal development of such controllable loads poses challenges for both market participants and grid operators. For example\, owner/operators of controllable loads will have to develop techniques to operate their loads within defined parameters to be able to follow instructions from the grid. At the same time\, grid operators will have to devise rules and strategies for dealing with reliability issues that can result from sudden changes in load and factor the economics of controllable loads into their forecasts for resource adequacy . We will present an overview of contemporary issues related to the operation of Power-to-X resources and how market participants and grid operators can optimally manage these dynamics. \nAbout the Speaker: Andrew Reimers is the Director of Regulatory Affairs for Lancium\, a start-up specializing in demand management for large electrical loads. He has worked as an electricity market analyst for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory\, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas\, and RWE Renewables. He has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Texas where he was advised by Michael Webber. \nModerator: Mark Ahlstrom\, President\, ESIG Board of Directors & NextEra Energy Resources \nRegistration Cost: FREE \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-power-to-x-concepts-and-implications-for-market-participants-and-independent-system-operators-copy/
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