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Webinar: IBR and Data Center Integration: Updates from 2024 and Predictions for 2025
December 3 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST
Featured Speakers: Ryan Quint, Founder & CEO, Elevate Energy Consulting; Kyle Thomas, Vice President of Engineering and Compliance Services, Elevate Energy Consulting; Farhad Yahyaie, Head of Power System Studies and Modeling
Webinar Abstract: Over the past decade, industry has learned a tremendous amount about inverter-based resource (IBR) integration. This led to the publication of dozens of large-scale disturbance reports, guidelines, and subsequent regulatory action. FERC made sweeping reforms to the generator interconnection process and directed NERC as the regulator to make registration and Reliability Standards revisions to address systemic IBR challenges. These activities ramped up in 2024 with the introduction of three new NERC Standards – PRC-028, PRC-029, and PRC-030. And NERC is gearing up to tackle FERC Order No. 901 Milestone 3 projects pertaining to IBR data sharing, modeling, and model validation in 2025. Meanwhile, industry is grappling with the adoption of IEEE 2800-2022 and bolstering IBR modeling/studies and trying to get a handle on grid forming (GFM) technology. What does this all mean for industry efforts in the area of IBR integration looking forward?
And we cannot help but pose the question: Are we heading down the same path of issues with large load and data center integration as we had with IBRs over the past decade? What can we learn from these initiatives as we prepare for massive data center integration in the years ahead?
This webinar will aim to share insights and perspectives regarding IBR and data center Integration focus areas, looking towards what may be coming in 2025 and beyond.
About the Speakers:
Ryan Quint is the Founder and CEO of Elevate Energy Consulting where he and a team of industry experts help the electricity sector tackle complex challenges related to the energy transition, grid transformation, renewables and large load integration, and other areas. He lives in Spokane, WA, with his family and wishes he was a cowboy.
Kyle Thomas is Vice President of Engineering and Compliance Services at Elevate and leads all broad-reaching engineering and compliance activities. His key focuses involve building cross-sector collaboration related to IBR integration and large load integration efforts, working closely with utilities, developers. He’s a Virginian through and through and loves long walks on the beach.
Farhad Yahyaie is Head of Power System Studies and Modeling at Elevate and leads power system modeling initiatives at Elevate. His team is focused on a wide range of IBR-related integration studies, model development and validation, automation, and other complex study projects. Farhad and his family recently welcomed a new family member, and he has successfully learned how to work with only one eye open as a father of two under three.
Moderator: Alex Shattuck, Director of Grid Transformation, ESIG
Registration Cost: FREE
Q&A Session: We will be using the Slido platform for Q&A. Please submit your questions and follow-along during the event at this link.
