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Creating a U.S. National Initiative on Integrating Distributed Energy Resources in Electricity Systems
Read More: Creating a U.S. National Initiative on Integrating Distributed Energy Resources in Electricity SystemsBetter integration of distributed energy resources into the electricity system can increase demand flexibility, increase consumer choice, accelerate innovation, and enhance the grid’s reliability and resilience Reston, Va. – The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) has released two new reports on the integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) into the electricity system. One report,…
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Integrated Gas and Electric Planning in Europe
Read More: Integrated Gas and Electric Planning in EuropeClimate goals and resulting legislation have pushed the European electricity and gas transmission system operator associations (ENTSOs) to increase collaboration on joint infrastructure planning for almost a decade. Visible success can be seen in the ENTSOs joint scenarios for infrastructure planning. This year’s dramatic developments with a war in Europe turned some basic paradigms and…
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Jennifer Curran Elected to Energy Systems Integration Group Board of Directors
Read More: Jennifer Curran Elected to Energy Systems Integration Group Board of DirectorsReston, Va. – The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) has announced that Jennifer Curran, Senior Vice President, Planning & Operations and Chief Compliance Officer at Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) was recently elected to the group’s board of directors. At MISO, Curran oversees the company’s transmission and resource planning efforts, market operations and system operations,…
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Setting Operating Reserve Requirements on an Evolving Power System
Read More: Setting Operating Reserve Requirements on an Evolving Power SystemSome topics are exciting to discuss for everybody. Others, well, it takes a select few who can call on their inner geekiness to appreciate. Operating reserve fits that category. It is resource adequacy’s “here and now” operational cousin — capacity above or below what is needed to meet the anticipated system conditions, used during operational…
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Simulating Systems with High Shares of Grid-forming Inverter-based Resources
Read More: Simulating Systems with High Shares of Grid-forming Inverter-based ResourcesGrid-forming (GFM) technology is one of the latest hot topics in power systems, and for good reason. Although it isn’t technically new, modern applications of GFM technology are showing incredible potential for solving some of the most difficult problems we face in power systems with high shares of inverter-based resources (IBRs). GFM controls can provide…
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Realistic But Not Real: Comprehensive Electrical Distribution Datasets of the Future
Read More: Realistic But Not Real: Comprehensive Electrical Distribution Datasets of the FutureDistribution System Data Electric vehicles (EVs), demand response, and distributed energy resources have all increased bi-directional interactions and the complexity of the power grid between the substation and the customer. Correctly managing these resources and understanding their impact requires detailed models of the electrical distribution system. However, data on U.S. distribution systems are poor. Until…