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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231002T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231002T170000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: The Need for Intertie Optimization: Reducing Customer Costs\, Improving Grid Resilience\, and Encouraging Interregional Transmission
DESCRIPTION:Download Webinar Recording \nDownload Presentation \nDownload Report \n\nFeatured Speakers: Hannes Pfeifenberger\, Principal\, The Brattle Group; Norman Bay\, Co-Chair of the Energy Commodities Group and Head of the Energy Regulatory Practice\, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP \nHannes Pfeifenberger\nAbout the Webinar: Inefficient use of interregional transmission facilities unnecessarily raises system costs and reduces reliability. During many hours\, interregional power flows do not fully utilize available transmission capabilities despite high price differences\, or even flow power in the opposite direction to price differences. These inefficiencies have been pointed out by market monitors for over a decade. \nThis webinar discusses (1) the source and magnitude of the inefficiencies currently associated with interregional transactions; (2) why the time is ripe to implement “intertie optimization” that would ensure the efficient use of interregional transmission\, as the Western Energy Imbalance Market and European “market coupling” already does successfully; (3) why FERC already has the authority to approve intertie optimization frameworks; and (4) why doing so is important as we attempt to expand interregional transmission capacity\, including through merchant HVDC lines. \nThis work is sponsored by ACORE\, NRDC\, Invenergy\, Grid United the Advanced Power Alliance\, and the Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition Action. \nAbout the Speakers: Hannes 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. \nNorman Bay\nNorman C. Bay is Co-Chair of the Energy Commodities Group and Head of the Energy Regulatory Practice at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in Washington\, DC. His practice focuses on enforcement and compliance\, energy policy and rates\, mergers and acquisitions\, and infrastructure development. Bay was Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)\, as well as Director of the Office of Enforcement. He was integral in shaping FERC policy on a wide range of energy market issues\, including enforcement and compliance\, energy storage\, aggregated distributed energy resources\, transmission and interconnection policy\, and price formation in the RTO markets. Bay was previously a Professor at the University of New Mexico School of Law and the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico. He is currently a member of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board for the Department of Energy\, a non-resident Senior Fellow with Duke University\, a member of the NYU Institute for Policy Integrity Advisory Board\, and a member of the Advisory Board of the Irving Institute for Energy and Society at Dartmouth College. \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-need-for-intertie-optimization-reducing-customer-costs-improving-grid-resilience-and-encouraging-interregional-transmission/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230926T160000
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: GFM Technology Implementation Council – Status and Outlook
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Presentation \n\nFeatured Speaker: Sten Arendt Stoltze\, Senior Vice President – Engineering EPCO & IT\, Ørsted \nSten Arendt Stoltze\nAbout the Webinar: The Global Power System Transformation Consortium (GPST) is a force multiplier in the global effort to drive rapid transition to a zero-carbon electricity grid\, connecting its ecosystem partners and creating intentional\, inclusive and purpose-driven collaboration to solve common challenges. The mission of GPST is to bring together key actors and foment a rapid clean energy transition at unprecedented scope and scale by providing coordinated and holistic end-to-end support and knowledge infusion to power systems operators across 5 Action Pillars. The GPST system operators and core leadership team have identified six enablers to meeting a collective target of operating a GW scale transmission system with 100% inverter based resources (IBR) by 2025. These enablers include accelerating and deploying new IBR technology such as grid forming controls\, defining new system needs and services\, advancements in resource adequacy and integrated planning\, enabling new stability tools\, models\, methods and metrics\, shaping the control room of the future and unlocking DER integration. From these enablers\, six implementation councils have been created to drive outcomes in these areas\, the first of which is the Grid Forming Technology Implementation Council (GFMIC). This webinar will give an overview of the GFMIC\, share how this Council is accelerating GFM technology deployment through technology demonstrations\, model development and validation\, and codification and standardization of GFM requirements. It will also cover existing and future efforts to scale GFM technology deployment across the globe. \nAbout the Speaker: Sten Arendt Stoltze is the Senior Vice President of Engineering at Ørsted\, one of the largest offshore wind project developers in the world\, responsible for a $20 billion pipeline of large infrastructure projects in the offshore wind and transmission assets area. Sten has served in this leadership role for the past 8 years. Before then\, Sten worked +20 years for the Danish multinational FLSmidth that constructs cement and mining plants on a global scale\, where he ended his long tenure as Head of Engineering in the Cement Division. \nSten holds a MSc of Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark and an Executive MBA from Copenhagen Business School. \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/g-pst-esig-webinar-series-gfm-technology-council-status-and-outlook/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230920T160000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Overview of Grid Forming Interconnection Requirements
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Julia Matevosyan\, Chief Engineer\, ESIG \n \nAbout the Webinar: With grid forming controls being considered as one of the solutions for the reliable integration of inverter-based resources (wind\, solar\, storage)\, there is a need to define interconnection requirements (or grid codes) and performance expectations for this technology. Around the world there are a handful of entities that have begun working on grid codes for grid forming technology\, including National Grid Electricity System Operator (NGESO) in Great Britain\, Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)\, ENTSO-E and Fingrid. The U.S. DOE-funded project UNIFI has published the first version of their proposed specifications and North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) has also developed a white paper detailing grid forming capabilities and how a utility or a system operator wanting to deploy this technology should test for grid forming capabilities through simulations. ERCOT recently presented the results of a preliminary study investigating the impacts and benefits of grid forming battery storage resources in West Texas with the development of interconnection requirements for grid forming battery storage being introduced as the next step. This webinar will cover capabilities sought from grid forming inverter-based resources by the system operators and compare various existing or proposed requirements and testing specifications. \nAbout the Speaker: Julia Matevosyan is ESIG’s Chief Engineer and has more than 20 years of experience in the power industry. Prior to joining ESIG\, Matevosyan was the Lead Planning Engineer of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). In her time with ERCOT\, she worked on adequacy of system inertial response\, system flexibility\, frequency control and performance issues related to high penetration levels of inverter-based generation and ancillary services market design. Julia received her BSc from Riga Technical University in Latvia\, and her MSc and PhD from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden. \nModerator: Jason MacDowell\, Chief Systems Integration Officer\, ESIG & GE Energy Consulting \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-overview-of-grid-forming-interconnection-requirements/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230912T160000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: System-Level Impacts of Voluntary Carbon-Free Electricity Procurement Strategies
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speakers: Jesse Jenkins\, Assistant Professor & Wilson Ricks\, PhD Candidate\, Princeton University \nAbout the Webinar: Voluntary procurements of carbon-free electricity are a popular avenue for corporate climate action\, yet there is little available information regarding their impact on carbon emissions at the level of the entire electricity system. In this study we address this knowledge gap by using an electricity system capacity expansion planning model to assess the consequential\, system-level impacts of voluntary carbon-free electricity procurements under multiple proposed strategies. These strategies include “volumetric matching\,” which matches a participating consumer’s demand with new\, locally sourced carbon-free generation on an annual basis\, “temporal matching\,” which does so on an hourly basis\, and “emissions matching\,” which uses voluntary procurements to eliminate a consumer’s emissions impact as measured via short-run marginal emissions accounting. We find that in the current U.S. policy environment\, both volumetric and emissions matching strategies have zero or near-zero long-run impact on system-level generation mixes or carbon emissions. By contrast\, temporal matching drives significant reductions in system-level emissions and incentivizes procurement of advanced clean firm generation and long-duration storage technologies that would not otherwise see market uptake. Electricity cost premiums for voluntary participants are near-zero under volumetric and emissions matching strategies and can exceed $20/MWh under temporal matching\, but are reduced when a larger portfolio of advanced technologies is available for procurement. These outcomes are sensitive to changes in policy: while volumetric matching has near-zero impact under current federal and state policies\, it is the most cost-effective means of incremental carbon mitigation in a scenario with a binding system-wide clean electricity standard. \nJesse Jenkins\nAbout the Speakers: Jesse D. Jenkins is an assistant professor and macro-scale energy systems engineer at Princeton University with a joint appointment in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment. He leads the Princeton ZERO Lab (Zero-carbon Energy systems Research and Optimization Laboratory)\, which focuses on improving and applying optimization-based energy systems models to evaluate and optimize low-carbon energy technologies\, guide investment and research in innovative energy technologies\, and generate insights to improve energy and climate policy and planning decisions. Dr. Jenkins earned a PhD and SM from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, worked previously as a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School\, and spent six years as an energy and climate policy analyst prior to embarking on his academic career. Dr. Jenkins recently served on the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine expert committee on Accelerating Decarbonization of the U.S. Energy System\, was a principal investigator and lead author of Princeton’s landmark Net-Zero America study\, and leads the REPEAT Project (repeatproject.org)\, which provides regular\, timely\, and independent environmental and economic evaluation of federal energy and climate policies as they’re proposed and enacted. Dr. Jenkins has delivered invited testimony to multiple Congressional committees and his research is frequently featured in major media outlets. He regularly provides technical analysis and policy advice for non-profit organizations\, policy makers\, investors\, and early-stage technology ventures working to accelerate the deployment of clean energy. \nWilson Ricks\nWilson Ricks is a PhD candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University\, and a member of the Zero-carbon Energy systems Research and Optimization Laboratory. He uses macro-energy systems modeling to assess the impacts of policies and technologies on the decarbonization of electricity systems. His current areas of focus include voluntary carbon-free electricity procurement\, clean hydrogen\, and enhanced geothermal power\, and his research in these areas has received coverage in major media outlets. He previously earned a BA from the University of Chicago and an MA from Princeton 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-system-level-impacts-of-voluntary-carbon-free-electricity-procurement-strategies/
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Distributed Restart – Restoration of the Future
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nDownload Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speakers: Jack Haynes\, Lead Engineer\, SP Energy Networks & Pete Chandler\, Power System Manager\, National Grid ESO \nJack Haynes\nAbout the Webinar: The Distributed ReStart project launched in 2019 as a partnership between National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO)\, SP Energy Networks (SPEN) and TNEI (a specialist energy consultancy)\, with funding from Ofgem’s Network Innovation Competition (NIC)\, and Network Innovation Allowance (NIA). The project is a world-first initiative\, exploring how distributed energy resources (DER) such as biomass\, wind\, hydro\, solar or batteries can be used to restore power to the electricity network in the unlikely event of a blackout – a process known as system restoration or black start. The webinar will cover details of the live trials undertaken over the last few years coupled with information on the necessary organizational systems and telecoms and procurement and compliance activities needed to transition to BAU. \nAbout the Speakers: \nJack Haynes is a Lead Engineer at SP Energy Networks and the Power Engineering and Trials (PET) Workstream lead on the Distributed Restart project. Responsible for delivering the most recent world-first live trial at Redhouse in Scotland\, utilizing a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) as the anchor generator. \nPete Chandler\nPete Chandler has worked for National Grid transmission system operations in Great Britain for 30 years. His current role is a Power System Manager within the Electricity National Control Centre\, leading a control room shift team responsible for real-time electricity balancing and management of Great Britain’s power system. Pete also led the successful Distributed Restart innovation project and was accountable for all aspects of the project\, including reporting of workstream outcomes and deliverables to the regulator and stakeholders and managing the project funding of £11.7m. \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-distributed-restart-restoration-of-the-future/
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UID:15727-1691683200-1691686800@www.esig.energy
SUMMARY:Webinar: Marginal Emission Rate and Its Application in Voluntary Clean Energy Investments
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Hank He\, Consultant\, Tabors Caramanis Rudkevich (TCR) \nHank He\nAbout the Webinar: Over the past decade\, concerns about climate change have led many private corporations to take voluntary action against carbon emissions. 90% of Fortune 500 companies now report their carbon emissions\, and more than 48% have plans to achieve net zero by the year 2050. Many of these corporations rely on clean energy Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) as the foundation of their decarbonization strategy. Since 2014\, corporate procured clean energy capacity has increased from 2GW to more than 70GW. Many of these clean energy PPAs are guided by WRI’s Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP)\, which allows companies to offset their energy consumption (MWh) with RECs (MWh) from clean energy PPAs. Now\, almost a decade after the publication of GHGP\, changing grid conditions and advancement in data analytics have led some stakeholders to look beyond MWh matching for new tools and metrics to guide clean energy investment. Locational Marginal carbon emission rate (LMER) provides a transparent and reliable way to account for carbon impact of grid-connected resources. It reflects granular locational and temporal change in carbon intensity and can guide investment towards technologies and locations that can make the most carbon impact. This presentation will provide an overview of the calculation of LMER\, introduce a carbon accounting framework based on LMER\, and LMER’s application in voluntary clean energy procurement. \nAbout the Speaker: Hank He is a consultant at Tabors Caramanis Rudkevich (TCR)\, a Boston-based energy economics consulting firm. Hank has 10 years of experience in power market modeling and data analytics. In his current role\, Hank advises clients on energy asset valuation\, market forecast and decarbonization strategies. \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-marginal-emission-rate-and-its-application-in-voluntary-clean-energy-investments/
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UID:15721-1690300800-1690304400@www.esig.energy
SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Look Ahead Security Assessments: Operations Radar to Navigate High IBR Waters in the Journey to Net Zero
DESCRIPTION:  \nDownload Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speaker: Marta Val Escudero\, Technical Leader\, EirGrid \nAbout the Webinar: The power system transition towards decarbonization introduces many technical challenges and increased operational complexity. In Ireland and Northern Ireland\, a small synchronous power system with limited HVDC interconnection\, the challenges are more pronounced and new holistic approaches have been developed to steadily increase the instantaneous share of non-synchronous resources (mostly wind) to the current level of 75%. One of the key contributors to this success story has been the implementation of Look Ahead security assessment capabilities as decision support tools in the Control Rooms. This functionality identifies potential instabilities in advance of the issues manifesting in Real Time and enables timely implementation of the required measures to meet the operational security criteria. This webinar will share EirGrid’s experience in the development and operation of Look Ahead functionality for steady state and dynamic security assessment and its integration in the Control Room environments. \nMarta Val Escudero\nAbout the Speaker: Marta Val Escudero is a Technical Leader at EirGrid in the Future Operations Team of the Innovation and Planning Directorate. She has 29 years of experience in many aspects of power system modelling and analysis with focus on integration of renewables. In her current role\, she leads a team responsible for the development and support of new decision support tools for the Control Centres in Dublin and Belfast to facilitate secure integration of higher levels of non-synchronous renewable generation in the island of Ireland. Marta is a very active CIGRE member and currently serves as Chair of Study Committee C4 (Power System Technical Performance). \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-look-ahead-security-assessments-operations-radar-to-navigate-high-ibr-waters-in-the-journey-to-net-zero/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Evolution of Protection Schemes for a High Share of IBR
DESCRIPTION:  \nDownload Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speaker: Steven Sano\, Manager – Protection Department\, Hawaiian Electric Company \nAbout the Webinar: Hawaiian Electric’s Protection Roadmap looks at the possible changes that will be needed to the grid’s electrical protection systems in response to the increasing levels of inverter-based resources (IBR) at all levels of the electrical system. Historically\, our protection systems have been based on a “strong grid” consisting of centralized\, transmission-level rotating synchronous generator power plants. Our roadmap looks at the evolution of these protection schemes to a future with shorter critical clearing times\, lower fault currents\, and uncertain directional performance. \nSteven Sano\nAbout the Speaker: Steven Sano received his BSEE from the University of Hawaii at Manoa\, Honolulu\, HI in 1984 and has 31 years of experience at Hawaiian Electric Company. He has been the manager of the Protection Department for the past 13 years as the company makes the transition to a clean renewable energy future. \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-evolution-of-protection-schemes-for-a-high-share-of-ibr/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230711T110000
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CREATED:20230628T203158Z
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UID:15724-1689073200-1689076800@www.esig.energy
SUMMARY:Webinar: Cyber Tools to Help Figure Out Where You Are and Where to Go
DESCRIPTION:  \nDownload Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speaker: Stephen Bukowski\, PhD PE\, Infrastructure Security\, Idaho National Laboratory (INL) \nAbout the Webinar: Our focus is on securing renewable transition. This DOE funded program provides resources for entities in support of the objective to “raise the cybersecurity floor” across the renewables sector. We hope to provide the cyber tools for owners and operators in the renewable field to improve operational reliability and resiliency\, lower business risk\, and highlight possible next steps in evaluating strengths and weaknesses. \nSteve Bukowski\nAbout the Speaker: Steve Bukowski has thirty plus years’ experience in technology across a diverse set of company sizes and types in different industries including: power and energy systems\, telecommunication\, data networking\, electric utilities\, media\, communication\, and research. Steve came to the labs in 2019 to investigate questions often found in industry but did not have the resources or time to pursue. Steve is a highly experienced research engineer with a robust background in data/telecommunication systems\, power and renewable energy systems\, cybersecurity\, Microgrid R&D. \nModerator: Ninochska Maldonado-Bosworth\, O&M Users Group Chair / Clearway Energy \nRegistration Cost: FREE \n 
URL:https://www.esig.energy/event/webinar-cyber-tools-to-help-figure-out-where-you-are-and-where-to-go/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Performance of Future IBRs for Provision of Bulk Power System Services
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speaker: Deepak Ramasubramanian\, Technical Leader\, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) \nAbout the Webinar: With the increase in inverter based resources\, insight is needed on how to plan a system with a large percentage of inverters. What are the kinds of services needed from the grid forming resources? What impact will these services have on the power system both from a small signal and large signal perspective? How should you differentiate between different types of inverter based resources? A few answers to these questions\, as well as the viability of using inverter based resources for system restoration\, will be discussed in this webinar. \nDeepak Ramasubramanian\nAbout the Speaker: Deepak Ramasubramanian is a Technical Leader at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in the Grid Operations and Planning Group. Deepak joined EPRI in 2017 where his work is in the area of modeling\, control and stability analysis of the bulk power system with focus on the associated impacts of large-scale integration of converter interfaced generation. \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-performance-of-future-ibrs-for-provision-of-bulk-power-system-services/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230621T160000
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UID:15706-1687363200-1687366800@www.esig.energy
SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Cloudy with a Chance of Blackouts or Full of Hot Air?: Evaluating Weather Events in Long-term Power System Planning and Resource Adequacy Analysis
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nDownload Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Derek Stenclik\, Founding Partner\, Telos Energy \nAbout the Webinar: This presentation focuses on the evaluation of weather events in long-term power system planning\, considering the changing dynamics of the energy transition. The presentation will cover the changing resource adequacy needs resulting from the energy transition\, emphasizing the need to ensure a reliable power supply in the face of gas constraints\, renewable energy integration\, and retiring thermal generation. The analysis of extreme weather events is also explored – with emphasis on capturing winter risk – by highlighting the use of advanced data analytics and modeling techniques to assess the potential impacts on infrastructure\, generation capacity\, and grid reliability. The discussion will also include recommendations for incorporating weather patterns into electrification load profiles to develop accurate future electricity demand estimates. \nThis presentation aims to provide power system planners with practical recommendations and insights to navigate weather-related risks and the energy transition\, ensuring the development of a reliable\, resilient\, and sustainable energy system. \nAbout the Speaker: Derek Stenclik is the Founding Partner of Telos Energy\, an engineering and analytics firm specializing in renewable integration and power system planning. He has over a decade of experience helping clients across the electric power industry navigate evolving markets\, adapt to rapidly changing technologies\, and accelerate clean energy integration. He is a recognized expert on wind\, solar\, and battery integration\, resource adequacy analysis\, and grid planning. Prior to starting Telos Energy\, Derek was the Senior Manager of Power System Strategy at GE. \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-cloudy-with-a-chance-of-blackouts-or-full-of-hot-air-evaluating-weather-events-in-long-term-power-system-planning-and-resource-adequacy-analysis/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230601T160000
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CREATED:20230516T205050Z
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Assessing the Value of Grid Enhancing Technologies: Modeling\, Analysis\, and Business Justification
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nClick here for more information on ESIG’s GETs User Group \n\nFeatured Speakers: Jake Gentle\, Program Manager\, Secure and Resilient Renewables and Grid Integration\, Idaho National Laboratory\nSean Morash\, Principal\, Power System Consultant\, Telos Energy\nKen Donohoo\, ESIG GETs User Group Chair \nAbout the Webinar: Transmission Optimization Grid Enhancing Technologies (TOGETs) was established to fill the knowledge gaps of Grid Enhancing Technologies (GETs) and conduct a full scale\, multi-faceted field exercise. TOGETs is aimed to vest\, verify\, and validate deployed GETs in a transmission system. In the coming decades\, the U.S electrical grid will face challenges\, replacing aging infrastructure\, increased demand for power\, and the push for clean and sustainable energy due to climate change. These challenges combined mean that our existing transmission system struggles to provide reliable power. GETs are technological solutions that can help by providing operational support while larger upgrades are completed en route to a transmission system that reliably integrates new sources of power. This presentation will include key topics and questions addressed by the INL TOGETs R&D team\, and provide modeling and simulation examples of GETs\, including Dynamic Line Ratings (DLR) and Power Flow Controllers (PFC) using Plexos and TARA modeling tools. \nAbout the Speakers: Jake Gentle is a Senior Program Manager and supervisor for Idaho National Laboratory’s (INL) Secure and Resilient Renewables and Grid Integration Portfolio. He leads a team through the development of technology and providing technical oversight by coordinating state-of-the-art and innovative solutions for the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)\, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE). Gentle also currently leads an INL initiative called Securing the Path to Net-Zero™. \nSean Morash is a Power System Consultant and Principal at Telos Energy. He has led client engagements with system-level analysis across North America for renewable integration\, decarbonization\, and reliability assessments. Morash specializes in conveying complex electric sector themes to a range of stakeholder audiences and engaging with clients as an expert witness on utility planning and ISO stakeholder process on the topics of integrated system planning\, system reliability\, etc. He also performs power system operations modeling and forecasting to assess modernization strategies. \nKen Donohoo is providing subject matter expert advice and strategy to various entities. Focused on meeting customer needs related to transmission & distribution system analysis/planning\, substation and electric system design\, energy market analysis\, grid integration of energy resources\, renewable energy\, generation development\, and design of wind\, solar\, biomass\, as well as energy storage. He has forty years of related experience in increasingly complex supervisory/management positions\, including significant experience in power system planning/analysis\, system operations and resource planning for the ERCOT system. \nJake Gentle\nSean Morash\nKen Donohoo\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \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-assessing-the-value-of-grid-enhancing-technologies-modeling-analysis-and-business-justification/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: EMT Model Intake and Quality Assurance
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Andrew Isaacs\, Vice President\, Electranix \nAndrew Isaacs\nAbout the Webinar: Continued industry need for EMT analysis has prompted NERC and others to recommend that planning groups require EMT models for all generator interconnections going forward. This presentation will cover: \n\nBackground on the drivers for these recommendations\nThe basic components of what these requirements should look like\nA practical discussion of what is involved in ensuring submitted models are appropriate and useful\nA practical discussion of the challenges involved in implementing such requirements\, including schedule impacts\, human resource constraints\, and acquisition of new skills.\n\n\nAbout the Speaker: Andrew Isaacs is Vice-President of Electranix\, where he has been since 2003. He specializes in renewable interconnections\, weak grid and SSR/SSCI issues\, and large scale EMT system modelling. Additional current efforts include specification and support for FACTs\, training for utility planners\, strategic consulting\, and study team leadership. Andrew obtained his M.Sc.(EE) from the University of Manitoba\, Canada. \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-emt-model-intake-and-quality-assurance/
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Experiences Operating a 2GW Grid with up to 100% Distributed PV
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nDownload Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speaker: Jenny Riesz\, Manager\, Operational DER Management Team\, Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) \n \nAbout the Webinar: The South Australian power system is a 1-3GW grid that separates about once per year from the rest of the Australian National Electricity Market\, and which is anticipated to reach periods with more than 100% of energy supplied by small-scale rooftop photovoltaic systems in the next 6-12 months. This presentation will share the operational risks identified\, and the measures implemented to allow this grid to operate securely and reliably. This includes quantifying distributed PV shake-off in power system disturbances\, development of power system models to represent this behavior\, updates to power system stability limits to incorporate this behavior\, implementing the ability to actively manage distributed PV systems in extreme events\, and implementing operating procedures for very high PV periods when South Australia is operating as an island. This will include lessons learned during application of these procedures in November 2022 where South Australia operated as an island through a very high PV generation week following an unplanned separation due to storm damage to the interconnector. \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Jenny Riesz is the Manager of the Operational Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Management team at the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO). She leads a team in AEMO Operations responsible for integration of distributed resources into operational functions. \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-experiences-operating-a-2gw-grid-with-up-to-100-distributed-pv-copy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T160000
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UID:15701-1682524800-1682528400@www.esig.energy
SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Use of Probabilistic Resource Adequacy Methods
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speakers: Aidan Tuohy\, Senior Program Manager\, EPRI; Genevieve de Mijolla\,  Engineer/Scientist III\, EPRI; Eamonn Lannoye\, Senior Program Manager\, EPRI Europe \n \n \n \nAbout the Webinar: Resource adequacy methods\, metrics and tools have been challenged by recent events across the world. As the economy decarbonizes and electrifies\, ensuring a reliable and resilient power system is of paramount importance\, and several aspects of resource adequacy have been identified as a gap to be addressed by several organizations\, including G-PST and others. This includes the metrics and criteria used\, how planners develop and assess future scenarios\, models and data for representing new and emerging resources and issues\, and the software tools themselves. In mid-2021\, EPRI started the Resource Adequacy for a Decarbonized Future Initiative\, aiming to address these challenges. This project\, scheduled to be completed in the coming months\, is a collaboration between EPRI\, a large number of utilities and ISOs and several other key industry stakeholders. Leveraging six case studies across North America\, outcomes will include recommendations and guidelines for the metrics and models used to assess adequacy\, tools to develop scenarios and analyze simulation outputs\, and case study results showing the changing nature of risk the system will be exposed to. \nDuring this webcast\, the EPRI team will present on results to date\, reflect on key lessons learned and identify future work in this space needed to ensure a reliable power system. Starting with a general overview of the research carried out\, deep dives on 3-4 topics of most relevance will provide further insight into how we can maintain or even improve reliability as the power system decarbonizes. This includes aspects like modeling of weather dependence in thermal and renewable resources\, understanding how different metrics and analysis shed light on the risks being faced\, modeling of demand side resources and a survey of existing and under-development software tools used to assess adequacy.\n \nAbout the Speakers: Aidan Tuohy is a Senior Program Manager at EPRI\, where he is the program manager for the research program on Bulk System Integration of Variable and Distributed Energy Resources. He has worked in resource adequacy\, flexibility assessment\, power system scheduling\, integration of renewable generation forecasting\, the value of new flexible resources such as demand response and energy storage\, and other renewable and DER integration issues. He chairs ESIG’s working group on Operating Impacts and Market Design\, while he is also involved in NERC\, IEEE\, IEC and CIGRE activities. \nGenevieve de Mijolla joined EPRI in April 2021 where she primarily focuses on resource adequacy in low-carbon systems. Previously\, she spent five years working for GE Energy Consulting\, primarily in production cost modeling. She holds a master’s in electrical engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. \nEamonn Lannoye is a Senior Program Manager with EPRI Europe where he works in the areas of grid operations and planning. He is co-lead of EPRI’s Resource Adequacy for a Decarbonised Future project and has worked in the area of adequacy for over 10 years. He is based in Dublin\, Ireland. \nModerator: Charlie Smith\, Executive Director\, ESIG \nRegistration Cost: FREE \nWe 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-use-of-probabilistic-resource-adequacy-methods/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Stability Enhancement of Utility-scale Renewable Energy Plants in Weak Grids
DESCRIPTION:  \nDownload Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Behrooz Bahrani\, Senior Lecturer and the Director of the Grid Innovation Hub\, Monash University \nBehrooz Bahrani\nAbout the Webinar: Australia’s power system is undergoing a significant transformation with the retirement of thermal generation and the rapid growth of renewable inverter-based resources (IBRs). This shift has led to system strength-related challenges in several regions of the Australian power system\, which are expected to intensify in the future. To enable the widespread deployment of renewable energy resources\, particularly in weak parts of the network\, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) funded a two-year research project at Monash University in 2020. This webinar provides an overview of the project’s findings and developed solutions\, with a specific focus on grid-following and grid-forming inverter control strategies and synchronous condensers. The solutions aim to address the challenges of integrating IBRs into the power system and enable a smoother transition towards a cleaner energy future for Australia. \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Behrooz Bahrani received the Ph.D. degree from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)\, Lausanne\, Switzerland\, in electrical power engineering\, in 2012. From 2012 to 2015\, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at several institutions including EPFL\, Purdue University\, Georgia Institute of Technology\, and the Technical University of Munich. Since 2015\, he has been with Monash University\, Australia\, where currently\, he is a Senior Lecturer and the Director of the Grid Innovation Hub. His research interests include control of power electronics systems\, applications of power electronics in power systems\, and grid integration of renewable energy resources. \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-stability-enhancement-of-utility-scale-renewable-energy-plants-in-weak-grids/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T160000
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Operational Experience with Battery Energy Storage in ERCOT
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speaker: Nitika Mago\, Manager\, Balancing Operations Planning\, ERCOT \n \nAbout the Webinar: As of February 28\, 2023\, ERCOT has integrated about 3\,014 MW of battery energy storage resource (includes standalone and co-located\, transmission connected\, and distribution connected) capacity on its grid. ERCOT is projecting to add an additional 4\,028 MW by end of 2023. These battery energy storage resources are actively participating both in ERCOT’s Ancillary Service and energy markets. Since late 2019\, ERCOT has developed several Market rules and implemented system changes to support integration of duration limited battery energy storage resources within its footprint and continue reliable grid operations. During the same time ERCOT has also brought about changes to the design of its Ancillary Services (aka “operational reserves”) program including creating a new Fast Frequency Response (FFR) product that can help improve frequency response and widen ERCOT’s operating range for inertia. This webinar will provide an overview of ERCOT’s experience (including challenges) with battery energy storage operations\, share strategies including tools\, procedures\, and approaches that have been incorporated or are in the process of being implemented to improve ERCOT’s monitoring and modeling of battery energy storage capability (“state of charge”). \nAbout the Speaker: Nitika Mago is currently the Manager for Balancing Operations Planning in the Operations Forecasting and Ancillary Services Planning department at ERCOT. Nitika has spent the last 15 years in the energy industry. Her areas of focus at ERCOT include power system grid operations\, grid balancing and frequency control\, inverter-based resource integration and energy forecasting\, ancillary services\, event analysis\, data analytics and modeling. Nitika received a BSEE degree from University of Mumbai in 2005 and MSEE degree from University of Texas at Austin in 2007. She is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas since 2011. \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-operational-experience-with-battery-energy-storage-in-ercot/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230320T160000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: AEMO’s Connection Simulation Tool
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Merryn York\, Executive General Manager System Design\, AEMO \nMerryn York\nAbout the Webinar: The Connection Simulator Tool (CST) is an optional online portal service\, released in Nov 2022\, that is designed to help developers\, OEMs\, Network Operators\, and AEMO collaborate using common data sets to rapidly verify that prospective generators can be safely connected to the electricity network. The CST provides users the ability to utilize AEMO’s protected wide-area PSCAD models. Users can run simulations on a proposed connecting plant and the results show the network impacts of that plant. This enhances a user’s ability to study the performance of\, and improve models for\, connecting plant as part of the formal connection application process. \nAbout the Speaker: Merryn York is responsible for leading System Design at Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO)\, driving the collaborative and industry-wide efforts in meeting the engineering challenges of a net-zero energy system in Australia. Joining AEMO in March 2022\, Merryn brings deep industry experience in generator connections\, transmission planning\, regulatory investment and the delivery of major transmission projects. \nMost recently\, Merryn served as a Commissioner at the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) where she engaged widely across the industry. Prior to joining the AEMC\, she served as Chief Executive of Powerlink Queensland from 2011-2019. Merryn has a Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) in Electrical Engineering\, a Master of Engineering Science\, a Graduate Certificate in Applied Law from The University of Queensland. She is also a honorary Fellow of the Institute of Engineers Australia\, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering\, a Registered Professional Engineer and a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors’ course. \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-aemos-connection-simulation-tool/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T160000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Market Design for Future Systems With a High Share of Renewable Energy: Fitness or Witless for Purpose?
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\n\nFeatured Speaker: Benjamin Hobbs\, Theodore and Kay Schad Professor of Environmental Management\, Johns Hopkins University \n \nAbout the Webinar: Today’s power market designs were fashioned primarily for systems with dispatchable\, non-storable generation– are those designs “fit for purpose” for tomorrow’s systems dominated by wind\, solar\, and battery resources? Although many of the fundamental principles will still apply in the future\, there are several reforms that will be critical if we want to get the full economic and emissions reduction benefits of renewables\, while keeping the lights on. These include addressing inconsistencies between retail and grid market incentives\, and creating level playing fields for flexibility services and contributions to reliability\, and expanding the time horizons and geography of spot markets. \nAbout the Speaker: Ben Hobbs is the Theodore and Kay Schad Professor of Environmental Management at JHU\, and a member of the ROSEI leadership council and JHU sustainability leadership council. He is also Chair of the California Independent System Operator’s Market Surveillance Committee\, on which he has served since 2002. He previously was on the faculty at Case Western Reserve University\, an Overseas Fellow at Churchill College\, Cambridge\, and on the research staff of Oak Ridge and Brookhaven National Laboratories. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE and Fellow of INFORMS. In 2021\, he received ESIG’s 2021 Energy Excellence Award for “for contributions to market design for a renewable energy future.” \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-market-design-for-future-systems-with-a-high-share-of-renewable-energy-fitness-or-witless-for-purpose/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T160000
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Understanding Grid-forming Inverter Specifications
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \n\nFeatured Speaker: Ben Kroposki\, Director – Power Systems Engineering Center\, National Renewable Energy Laboratory \n \nAbout the Webinar: Inverter-based resources (IBR) such as photovoltaics\, wind\, and battery energy storage systems are increasingly being deployed to meet clean energy targets around the world. These systems have traditionally been designed as grid following where they need to have a voltage waveform provided by the system to synchronize to. As synchronous generators from traditional fossil-fuel plants are removed from the grid\, the power system will be increasingly reliant on IBRs to maintain stable and reliable operations. Grid-forming (GFM) IBR will be a key part of maintaining proper grid operations in grid with high levels of IBR. This presentation will discuss the development of specifications and requirements for GFM IBR that have been developed by the UNIFI Consortium and how when properly deployed\, these systems will ensure stable grid operations. \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Ben Kroposki is the Director of the Power Systems Engineering Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) where he leads NREL’s strategic research in the design\, planning and operations of electrical power systems. He has over 30 years of experience in the design\, testing\, and integration of renewable and distributed power systems and has more than 150 publications in these areas with over 10\,000 citations. Dr. Kroposki received his BSEE and MSEE from Virginia Tech and Ph.D. from the Colorado School of Mines. Dr. Kroposki is the recipient of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Ramakumar Family Renewable Energy Excellence Award which recognizes outstanding contributions in the field of developing\, utilizing and integrating renewable energy resources in the national and global energy scenarios. As an IEEE Fellow\, Dr. Kroposki was recognized for his leadership in renewable and distributed energy systems integration. Dr. Kroposki is also an Adjunct Professor at the Colorado School of Mines and University of Colorado and teaches courses on integrating renewable energy into power systems. Dr. Kroposki serves as the organizational director for the Universal interoperability for Grid-forming Inverters (UNIFI) consortium tackling the challenges with seamless integration of inverter-based resources and synchronous machines in all power 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-understanding-grid-forming-inverter-specifications/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T160000
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Ancillary Services from an Energy System with a High Share of Variable Renewable Energy (VRE)
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nDownload Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Thomas Dalgas Fechtenburg\, Senior Manager\, Energinet \nThomas Dalgas Fechtenburg\nAbout the Webinar: The Danish power system has one of the highest annual shares of energy from renewables\, primarily from wind energy\, of any large power system in the world. This webinar will describe the full range of issues associated with obtaining essential reliability services from a system with a high share of VRE\, ranging from the demands for services arising from a high share of VRE to the optimal market framework for obtaining those services\, including daily market auctions\, product size\, and settlement process. The participation of VRE in the ancillary service markets will be described\, along with the qualification process\, including dialogue with the plant owners\, testing\, and regulatory approval. Security of supply is of paramount importance. The use of VRE forecasting to ensure reliability will be described\, as well as the dynamic dimensioning of reserves to ensure equal risk level in different operational scenarios\, i.e. high wind / low wind. The objective is to provide both system operators and project developers a view of a process which has worked well to ensure operational reliability during the clean energy transition. \nAbout the Speaker: Thomas Dalgas Fechtenburg has been an energy engineer at Energinet in the department of Ancillary Services since 2016 and a senior manager since 2022. His experience includes: \n\n\n\nDeveloping technical requirements and markets for reserves based on the needs of the synchronous areas.\nImplementing EU requirements in national codes\, testing\, prequal and monitoring of units.\nLeading Danish TSO-DSO collaboration to enable trade with local flexibility to resolve local bottlenecks.\nEnabling flexible consumption and RE to provide ancillary services.\n\n\n\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-ancillary-services-from-an-energy-system-with-a-high-share-of-variable-renewable-energy-vre/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T160000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: ERCOT Contingency Reserve Service (ECRS)
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Pengwei Du\, Supervisor of Resource Forecasting and Analysis\, ERCOT \nAbout the Webinar: As more renewable resources are interconnected to the grid\, the grid reliability need is changing. Faced with these challenges\, ERCOT has re-designed the ancillary service market to maintain the grid reliability. ERCOT Contingency Reserve Service (ECRS) is a new ancillary service product that has recently been introduced. For the purpose of restoring or maintaining the frequency of the ERCOT System or providing capacity for large and sustained net-load ramps\, ECRS is a service that is offered utilizing capacity that can be maintained at a specific level for two straight hours. This talk will present the rationale behind the introduction of ECRS\, the methodology of determining the quantities of ECRS\, and the ECRS deployment scenarios. \nAbout the Speaker: Dr. Pengwei Du is Supervisor of Resource Forecasting and Analysis with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Prior to this\, he was a senior research engineer with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Dr. Du has more than 20 years of extensive experience in simulation\, modeling\, protection and control\, renewable energy integration\, demand response and market design. Dr. Du was the recipient of the IEEE PES Power System Dynamic Performance Committee Prize Paper Award in 2016\, IEEE PES Prize Paper Award in 2020 and IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Best Paper Award in 2021. Dr. Du has been the associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets\, Policy and Regulation\, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems and the subject editor of IET Generation\, Transmission & Distribution. He is a fellow of IET. \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-ercot-contingency-reserve-service-ecrs/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221213T160000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Modeling Inverter-Based Resources: Findings\, Observations\, and Challenges Ahead
DESCRIPTION:Download Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A \n\nFeatured Speaker: Ryan Quint\, Director\, Engineering and Security Integration\, NERC \nRyan Quint\nAbout the Webinar: The industry relies on accurate and validated models that match reality in order to plan\, design\, and operate the bulk power system. When models do not match reality\, this introduces potential risk for the grid being operated in a unknown and unprepared operating state. When the vast majority of models are deemed inaccurate or insufficient to identify abnormal performance from well over a dozen plants across multiple hundreds of miles\, we should all be quite concerned that we are headed towards a very bad day. This presentation will discuss the current state of affairs and why industry needs to start doing something and not just admiring the problem. Industry is mired in academic arguments in this area that serve little to no value to industry practitioners who do the real work to keep the lights on. This presentation is a plea for industry to step up and correct widespread modeling errors that exist today. \nThis presentation will discuss key findings from analyzing widespread solar PV and wind events across multiple interconnections\, particularly focused on plant dynamic modeling\, model quality\, and modeling practices. It will discuss the observations that NERC has made regarding modeling challenges facing the industry with respect to inverter-based resources connected to the bulk power system. Topics will focus on modeling challenges during the interconnection process\, during plant commissioning\, and limited performance validation (and model validation) that may lead to these issues. The presentation will wrap up with a discussion regarding next steps for industry and some of NERC’s plans for risk mitigation in this area.\n \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 over 7 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-modeling-inverter-based-resources-findings-observations-and-challenges-ahead/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221208T150000
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SUMMARY:G-PST/ESIG Webinar Series: Open Source Tools for System Operators
DESCRIPTION:  \n\nDownload Presentation \nView Webinar Recording \nDownload Q&A Responses \n\nFeatured Speakers: Juha Kiviluoma\, Principal Scientist\, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland; Clayton Barrows\, Senior Researcher and Group Manager\, NREL \nJuha Kiviluoma\nAbout the Webinar: System operators are interested and involved in the development and application of open-source tools\, which is a focus of the G-PST Pillar 5 work. But what are the steps that are required before open-source tools can become adopted by professionals in the field? What would motivate system operators to use open-source tools? What existing examples are there and what initiatives are ongoing that can facilitate the journey towards professional-grade open source tools? These and other questions will be explored in this webinar. \nAbout the Speakers: Juha Kiviluoma is currently a Principal Scientist in Design and Operation of Energy Systems research node at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. He has a PhD degree from engineering physics at Aalto University. He has participated in the development of several energy system models and tools including WILMAR\, Backbone\, IRENA FlexTool\, SpineOpt\, Spine Toolbox and Predicer. Juha’s main research interest is in modelling energy systems with qualifications in data management\, problem formulation\, model formulation\, generation planning\, unit commitment and dispatch\, power system reserves\, market design\, capacity adequacy\, and energy resources. \nClayton Barrows\nClayton Barrows is the Group Manager of the Grid Operations Planning Group in the Grid Planning and Analysis Center at NREL. His research interests include power system modeling\, complex system optimization\, network science and modeling software design. He received his B.S.\, Electrical Engineering\, from the University of Wyoming\, and his Ph.D.\, Energy and Mineral Engineering\, from Penn State 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/g-pst-esig-webinar-series-open-source-tools-for-system-operators/
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