Grid Enhancing Technologies – Potential, Solutions and Challenges
When: December 01 2021
Where: Virtual
Panelists:
- Dr. Shrirang Abhyankar, Senior Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Sidharth Ashok, Manager, HVDC Operations & NERC-CIP National Grid
- Girish Behal, Vice President – Projects and Business Development New York Power Authority (NYPA)
- Cindy Bogorad, Partner, Spiegel & McDiarmid
- Jennifer Chen, Senior Fellow, R Street Institute
- Dr. Elizabeth Cook, General Manager, Advanced Grid Solutions, Duquesne Light Company
- Kyle Deming, Senior Analyst, Clean Energy Development, National Grid
- Rodica Donaldson, Senior Director, Transmission Analytics, EDF Renewables North America
- Dr Babak Enayati, Manager, DG Standards and New Technology, National Grid
- Craig Glazer, Vice President, Federal Government Policy, PJM Interconnection
- Dr Imre Gyuk, Director, Energy Storage Research, Office of Electricity, Department of Energy
- Sandra Jenkins, General Engineer, Office of Electricity, Department of Energy
- Sergey Kynev, Business Development Manager, Siemens Energy
- Kevin Ludwig, Global Transmission Technology Portfolio Manager, Black & Veatch
- Laura J. Manz, Director, Power Delivery Solutions, Guidehouse
- Dr. Ricardo Marquez, Software Solution Architect – WPL WindSim Power
- John McDonald, Smart Grid Business Development Leader, Grid Solutions, GE Renewable Energy
- Ahmed Mousa, T&D Manager, Utility of the Future (UOF), PSE&G
- Charles Murray, President and Co-Founder, Switched Source
- Samin Peirovi, Energy Industry Analyst, Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Dr. Veronika A. Rabl, Principal, Vision & Results
- Rick Rys, Senior Consultant, ARC Advisor Group
- Mike Tabrizi, Vice President – Power System Advisory, Energy Systems DNV Energy USA
- T. Bruce Tsuchida, Principal ,The Brattle Group
- Karen Wayland, CEO, GridWise Alliance
- Sam White, Chief Business Officer, Emrod
The large amount of new and decentralized generation expected to come online over the next decade poses an enormous challenge of managing load flow and preventing network congestion. Grid enhancing technologies (GET) are increasingly being seen as a solutionto meet this challenge.
GETs can enhance transmission capacity at much lower costs and in less time compared to building new transmission infrastructure. While building new transmission is crucial and should be accelerated, siting and developing is complex and requires long lead times. Thus, GETs can serve as a bridge to allow for more grid capacity while waiting for new power lines to be approved and built.
GETs can help increase the reliability and resilience of the network. They can also help the grid planners envision and design a system for the future that can rapidly adapt and change as the demand and use cases for electricity evolve.
GETs are also now finding support from regulators. In its recent ANOPR, the Federal Regulatory Energy Commission (FERC), is seeking comments whether it should require transmission providers to consider GETs in generator interconnection studies for integrating renewable projects.
Global Transmission Report is organizing a virtual conference on Grid Enhancing Technologies on December 1-2, 2021. The objective of the conference is to explore the potential of GETs in addressing the challenges faced by the US grid in integrating large amount of renewables and discuss the next steps for their wider adoption.
The two-day virtual event will have 8 live sessions featuring presentations and panel discussions to assess the challenges and identify solutions for promoting deployment of GETs in the US. The conference will highlight the policies and regulations needed to boost GETs adoption. It will present plans and experience of leading utilities and perspectives of RTOs/ISOs. The event will feature latest GETs technologies and solutions, and provide a platform for showcasing successful projects and best practices in the segment.
