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Notice of Annual Membership Meeting for 2023
Read More: Notice of Annual Membership Meeting for 2023The Energy Systems Integration Group will conduct an annual meeting of the membership, to be held at the Loews Ventana Canyon Resort in Tucson, AZ. The meeting will take place during the Spring Technical Workshop and will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. The agenda for the meeting…
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The Challenges of Supplying GFM Equipment
Read More: The Challenges of Supplying GFM EquipmentWe have reached a key moment in the energy transition. Regulators, system operators, standardization bodies, and research institutions have reached consensus that a decarbonized system will necessarily consist of inverter-based resources (IBRs) and that an inverter-based system needs grid-forming (GFM ) technology to be stable. In line with this understanding, there has been significant development…
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Capturing the Benefits of Grid-Forming Batteries: A Unique Window of Opportunity
Read More: Capturing the Benefits of Grid-Forming Batteries: A Unique Window of OpportunityAn estimated 427 GW of battery storage capacity was in the interconnection queues around the U.S. as of the end of 2021. In the absence of any incentives or requirements for more advanced control capabilities, all of these resources are being planned with conventional grid-following (GFL) controls. Some of these batteries will be built in…
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FERC in Focus
Read More: FERC in FocusWhile much of Washington and the energy policy community spent this year preoccupied with the vicissitudes of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), pending actions at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) will determine whether the IRA’s 10-year extension of clean energy tax credits can successfully drive the nation towards decarbonization. With Senator Manchin’s energy permitting…
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Capturing the Flexibility in Price-Sensitive Loads to Help Meet Grid Needs
Read More: Capturing the Flexibility in Price-Sensitive Loads to Help Meet Grid NeedsRetail Electricity Pricing Can Be Used More Widely and Efficiently to Allow Flexible Demand to Respond to Grid Needs Reston, Va. – The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) has released three white papers from its task force on aligning retail pricing with grid needs, exploring ways that retail pricing may be used more widely and…
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Need for North American Interconnection Process Review
Read More: Need for North American Interconnection Process ReviewIntroduction The process for connecting large generators to the bulk electric system in the United States (U.S.) was designed in the early 2000’s. For about a decade, wind and natural gas resources had the largest share in the interconnection queues and have since then grown into mature technologies, with sophisticated plants designed by experienced engineers.…