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2022 Spring Technical Workshop
March 21, 2022 - March 24, 2022
Our 2022 Spring Technical Workshop in Tucson, Arizona featured more than 50 industry leaders from around the world, who presented and lead discussion on a number of key areas, including Resource Adequacy, GFM, IBR, Flexibility, Transmission, DER, among others. All of the presentations from the workshop can be downloaded below.
Soon, we’ll also post recordings of each session.
Tutorial: Hydrogen – How can hydrogen-derived fuels ‘complete’ the energy transition and how will we integrate those into planning and operations?
Co-Chairs: Aidan Tuohy, EPRI & William D’haeseleer, KU Leuven (Belgium)
Hydrogen Tutorial Overview
Aidan Tuohy, Program Manager, EPRI
Hydrogen – a New Energy Carrier, for all Means
William D’haeseleer, Professor, KU Leuven (Belgium)
Panel Discussion
Hydrogen via Electrolytic Processes
Brittany Westlake, Senior Technical Leader, EPRI
Flexibility and Grid Services from Hydrogen Electrolysers
Pierluigi Mancarella, Chair Professor, University of Melbourne (Australia)
Hydrogen’s Role in Industrial Decarbonization
Elizabeth Endler, Principal Technology Advisor & Senior Principal Science Expert, Shell
Introduction & Keynote Comments
Welcome
Mark Ahlstrom, President, ESIG Board of Directors & NextEra Energy Resources
Keynote Comments: What’s Been Happening and Where Are We Going?
Danielle Merfeld, Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, GE Renewable Energy
Meeting Overview & Introductory Remarks
Charlie Smith, Executive Director, ESIG
Opening Plenary: System Disturbances and Renewable Energy
Chair: Luke Robinson, Manager Grid Performance & Integration, AEMO (Australia)
The Changing Impacts of System Disturbance Events
Tahir Kapetanovic, Head of National Control Center, Austrian Power Grid (Austria), Chair of ENTSO-E System Operations Committee
Maintaining Operational Demand in South Australia (400 MW) – March 14, 2021 Event
Callan Masters, Principal Engineer, AEMO (Australia)
Renewable Power Plants Interaction with Power Grid and Grid Code Practices in China
Yongning Chi, Chief Engineer of Renewable Energy Center of CEPRI (China)
Session 1: Resource Adequacy
Session Keynote Address: Commissioner Jimmy Glotfelty, Public Utility Commission of Texas
Evolutions in Resource Adequacy
Chair: Mark O’Malley, Chief Scientist, ESIG
European-wide RA Study ERAA: Methodology
Ralph Pfeiffer, Head of National and European Grid Planning Processes, Amprion
RA Study of the West
Elaine Hart, Founding Principal, Moment Energy Insights
Characterization of Extreme Weather Events and Grid Impacts
Hannah Bloomfield, Research Associate – Climate Risk Analytics University of Bristol (United Kingdom)
Evolution of RA for a Decarbonized Future
Genevieve de Mijolla, Engineer / Scientist III, EPRI
Capacity Accreditation and Market Constructs
Chair: Derek Stenclik, Founding Partner, Telos Energy
Considerations in Capacity Accreditation Using ELCC
Nick Schlag, Partner, Energy & Environmental Economics (E3)
CPUC “Slice of Day” Method for Improving Their RA Approach
Peter Griffes, Chief, Comprehensive Market Design, Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Effective Load Carrying Capability at PJM
Andrew Levitt, Sr. Market Strategist, PJM Interconnection
Session 2: Progress with Grid Forming Inverters
Session Keynote Address: Transition to Grid Forming Applications – Why and By When is it Needed?
Christian Schaefer, Executive Advisor – Power Systems, GHD, (Australia)
Grid Forming Inverters – A Quickly Evolving Landscape
Chair: Jason MacDowell, Senior Technical Director, GE
ESIG GFM Whitepaper Overview
Julia Matevosyan, Chief Engineer, ESIG
Positive Sequence Generic Model for GFM
Deepak Ramasubramanian, Technical Leader, EPRI
Grid Forming Wind Power
Vahan Gevorgian, Principal Engineer, NREL
Grid Forming Inverters – Some Practical Considerations
Chair: Nick Miller, HickoryLedge LLC
Update on Grid Forming Invertors and Stability Pathfinders – Breaking the Chicken and Egg Cycle
Julian Leslie, Head of Networks and Chief Engineer, National Grid ESO (UK)
Grid-Forming Type 3 Wind Turbine – Design Considerations and Prototype Demonstration Results
Dustin Howard, Technical Director, GE Energy Consulting
Grid Forming Control
Cornelius Heck, Team Leader, Stability Analysis and Large Projects, Strategic Grid Planning, 50Hertz Transmission GmbH (Germany)
Session 3: Flexibility and Complexity – Storage, Hydro, & Operations
Session Keynote Address: A Holistic View of Systems Integration
Antje Orths, Chief Engineer, Energinet (Denmark)
Looking For Flexibility
Chair: Aidan Tuohy, Program Manager, EPRI
Value and Role of Pumped Storage Hydropower Under High Variable Renewables
Chrissy Bisceglia, Senior Engineer & Project Manager, GE Energy Consulting
Breakthrough Low-Cost Multi-Day Energy Storage
Annie Baldwin, Director of Product Management, and Scott Burger, Sr. Manager of Analytics, Form Energy
It’s All About the Timing – Modeling Energy Storage in Non-Chronological Capacity Expansion
Kai Van Horn, National Grid
Planning & Operations: A Few New Things to Consider
Chair: Caitlin Murphy, Senior Energy Policy Analyst, NREL
40C Coordinated Expansion Planning – Overview and Relevance
Miguel Ortega-Vazquez, Principal Technical Leader, EPRI
Probabilistic Methods in Operations
Will Hobbs, Southern Company
Impact of Thermal Plant Operational Flexibility on VRE Curtailment
Bethany Frew, Engineer, NREL
Session 4: Transmission and DER
Session Keynote Address: Is the Interconnection Process Broken – How Can We Fix It?
Carlos Rodriguez, Senior Vice President, Interconnections and Grid Analysis, Invenergy
Interconnection Processes: Symptom or Solution?
Chair: Julia Matevosyan, Chief Engineer, ESIG
NERC IRPS Interconnection Process Reform Guideline
Jens Boemer, Principal Technical Leader, EPRI
Generator Interconnection Process Overview
Jennifer Swierczek, Supervisor, Generator Interconnection, Southwest Power Pool
Interconnection Process – Symptom or Solution – OEM Perspective
Alex Shattuck, Lead Electrical Engineer, Vestas
Generator Interconnection – Current Issues at FERC
Kelsey Bagot, Legal Advisor, FERC
Buildings as a Source of Grid Flexibility
Chair: Obadiah Bartholomy, Manager, Distributed Energy Resources, SMUD
Unlocking End-user Flexibility
Henrik Madsen, Professor, Technical University of Denmark
Planning Grid Flexibility into Buildings
Mark Frankel, Director of Policy and Innovation, Ecotope
A National Roadmap for Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings
Andy Satchwell, LBNL
