System Planning
Josh Novacheck is an electricity system planning engineer at NextEra Energy. Prior to that, he was an engineer in the Grid Planning and Analysis Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Over his seven years at the lab Josh
has been a technical lead on many of NREL’s high impact grid integration research projects.
This working group convenes ESIG members to recommend, analyze, and report on energy system planning topics. The SPWG sponsors Task Forces that conduct targeted economic and engineering analysis on the transition to a decarbonized energy future. Topics include: transmission planning, generation planning, interconnection, electrification, and resource adequacy.
Active Task Forces and Projects
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Large Loads Task Force
VIEW WORK: Large Loads Task ForceAddressing the reliability and planning impacts of new large loads including data centers, hydrogen, and electrified transport.
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Redefining Resource Adequacy (RA for Modern Power Systems)
VIEW WORK: Redefining Resource Adequacy (RA for Modern Power Systems)Advancing multi-metric approaches to resource adequacy for reliable planning under a changing energy mix.
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Resilience Benefit Quantification for Transmission Planning
VIEW WORK: Resilience Benefit Quantification for Transmission PlanningEvaluating the role of transmission in extreme grid events and quantifying the resilience benefits of added capacity.
Completed Task Forces and Projects
See System Planning Resources
View reports and other completed work from this working group.
Accelerating Change
Thank you to our sustaining members
