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Notice of Annual Membership Meeting for 2025
Read More: Notice of Annual Membership Meeting for 2025The Energy Systems Integration Group will conduct an annual meeting of the membership, to be held at the Hyatt Regency Austin in Austin, TX. The meeting will take place during the Spring Technical Workshop and will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 12:20 p.m. on Tuesday, March 18, 2025. The agenda for the meeting is…
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Demand response can play a vital role in ensuring grid reliability and dampening price volatility in wholesale electricity markets
Read More: Demand response can play a vital role in ensuring grid reliability and dampening price volatility in wholesale electricity marketsThe Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) has released a new report, Gaps, Barriers, and Solutions to Demand Response Participation in Wholesale Markets, examining why demand response participation remains limited in wholesale markets and proposing actionable solutions to unlock its full potential. “Demand response has tremendous potential to help with long-term reliability needs as well as…
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Building the Future: From Power Grids to Moon Landings
Read More: Building the Future: From Power Grids to Moon LandingsImagine this: It’s the 1960s and the world watches as the United States and the Soviet Union square off through several different venues to compete for military, cultural, industrial, geopolitical, and scientific might and influence. Having lost some of the initial forays, an emboldened President Kennedy in 1962 launched the need for an unprecedented call…
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Demand response can play a vital role in ensuring grid reliability and dampening price volatility in wholesale electricity markets
Read More: Demand response can play a vital role in ensuring grid reliability and dampening price volatility in wholesale electricity marketsReston, VA. – The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) has released a new report, Gaps, Barriers, and Solutions to Demand Response Participation in Wholesale Markets, examining why demand response participation remains limited in wholesale markets and proposing actionable solutions to unlock its full potential. “Demand response has tremendous potential to help with long-term reliability needs…
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Capacity Expansion Planning for Utility Applications
Read More: Capacity Expansion Planning for Utility ApplicationsComing out of the ESIG fall technical workshop in Providence, RI, the state of capacity expansion planning in utility applications is on my mind. The workshop offered plenty of food for thought. There were several sessions on how utilities are integrating more comprehensive capacity expansion approaches in their planning processes. These have been driven by…
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ESIG Names Erik Ela Director of System Operation and Electricity Markets
Read More: ESIG Names Erik Ela Director of System Operation and Electricity MarketsEnergy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) has announced that Erik Ela has been contracted as the Group’s Director of System Operation and Electricity Markets. In this role, Ela will provide support to ESIG’s System Operations and Market Design Working Group, which covers bulk power system operations, market design, integration of technologies, ancillary services, capacity markets, and…