ESIG has partnered with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), the National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), and the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) to offer a series of virtual training sessions on the reliability of the bulk power system. These sessions are designed to introduce non-technical attendees to key technical concepts and their practical applications in an evolving electricity system.
The four-part course starts with discussions of resource adequacy, moves to balancing of the system in daily operations, then to key tenants of system stability, and finally covers the impacts of distributed energy resources (DERs) on the bulk power system.
Below you will find presentations made during each session as well as session recordings.
Part 1: Resource Adequacy
Resource Adequacy: How Did We Get Here (And Where Are We Going)?
Dr. Michael Milligan, Consultant/GridLab expert, formerly NREL
Redefining Resource Adequacy For Modern Power Systems
Derek Stenclik, Founding Partner, Telos Energy
Capacity Credit, PRM, And The ERP: A Reliability Story
Keith Parks, Senior Market Operations Analyst, Xcel Energy
Part 2: System Balancing
System Balancing – Flexibility and Systems Integration Session
Dr. Debra Lew, Associate Director, ESIG
Future System Operations with an Evolving Grid
Dr. Aidan Tuohy, Program Manager, Electric Power Research Institute
System Balancing in an Evolving Grid – Perspective from the Trading Floor of a Vertically Integrated Municipal Utility
Jon Olson, Director of Energy Trading and Contracts, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD)
The Changing Needs of System Operations: MISO’s Perspective
Marc Keyser, Regional Director, Customer Affairs — Central Region, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)
Part 3: System Stability
System Stability with an Evolving Resource Mix
Jason MacDowell, Senior Technical Director, GE Energy Consulting
System Stability with an Evolving Resource Mix
Nick Miller, HickoryLedge
ERCOT’s Experience Integrating High Shares of IBR
Dr. Julia Matevosyan, Lead Planning Engineer, ERCOT
Part 4: Impacts of DERs on the Bulk Power System
Impacts of DERs on the BPS: Lessons from NERC SPIDERWG
Dr. Ryan Quint, Senior Manager of Bulk Power System Security and Grid Transformation, NERC
IEEE 1547-2018 and IEEE 1547a-2020
Dr. Jose Cordova, Engineer, EPRI
Behind-the-Meter Solar Impact to Demand and Operations
Amber Motley, Senior Manager, Short Term Forecasting, CAISO
HCE – Flexible DER Programs
Sam Whelan, Manager of Power Supply, Holy Cross Energy
DER Impacts on the Bulk Power System
Michael DeSocio, Director of Market Design, NYISO
Getting to Zero Carbon by 2030: The Role of Distributed Energy Resources
Obadiah Bartholomy, Manager of Distributed Energy Strategy, SMUD