The project investigated the feasibility of separating bulk power systems in a controlled manner for the purpose of maintaining stability in individual electric islands. A complex East Interconnection bulk power system model in PSS®E was studied in terms of different dispatch patterns. A broad range of disturbances was investigated for system dynamics.
The outcomes of the project included:
Identification of coherent groups of generators in the bulk...
Modernizing the grid: Who pays, who profits, who participates?
WRITTEN BY Kari Lydersen
The transformation of the country’s electric grid — into a smart grid dotted with solar panels, batteries, microgrids and more — holds nearly infinite potential to change our daily lives, our cities and our environment.
That was the overarching theme delivered by experts from industry, government and nonprofit groups at the national Grid Modernization Forum in Ch...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.--EnerNex, an electric power research, engineering and consulting firm, announces the addition of Ron Chebra as Vice President of Grid Modernization.
As a recognized thought leader and industry expert in utility modernization, Chebra joins EnerNex with over 30 years of operating knowledge in technology solutions in areas such as microgrids, renewable energy integration, smart grid, distribution automation, advanced metering infrastructur...
Nikki Chandler | Mar 16, 2017
Doug Houseman believes that reclosers are the single most important distribution automation product today, and that no one is really working on making the products work together in a fashion that makes it easy to train field workers.
Houseman will bring these ideas to light when he moderates the “Ask the Experts” Manufacturer Panel Discussion at OMICRON’s Second Annual 2017 Recloser Workshop on April 26-27 at the OMICRON...
Renovating T&D Systems - A First Step Towards Implementing a Modern Grid
By Kay Stefferud
Distribution and Transmissions systems are evolving to accommodate increasing amounts of renewable distributed generation (DG) while also dealing with more intense storms, cyber security threats, evolving markets and aging infrastructure. Adapting to these changes requires necessary adjustments to protection schemes, fault detection, outage management, market ...
Security Sessions | Models, Patrols, and Pads
By Doug Houseman and Sean Morash
In the future, all of the analytics, automated restoration, transactive energy and other changes to operations will rely on one key foundation: the underlying grid model and its accuracy.
Back in the 1960’s, the grid model was a single line drawing that was done with a T-square on a drafting board. Transformers were typically denoted at the end of each lateral without reg...
EnerNex has worked with Southern California Edison (SCE) for many years on a variety of projects related to Demand Response.
As battery energy storage is becoming an important component of advanced grid operations to assist in balancing the intermittent output from distributed generation, the performance of the battery systems needs to be assessed. EnerNex worked with Southern California Edison (SCE) to conduct thirteen tests with three industrial custo...
Secretary of Energy Moniz did an exit interview with DOE's podcast team
By Doug Houseman
Ernest Moniz is an award winning Nuclear Physicist who was a professor at MIT before being confirmed as the Secretary of Energy in March of 2013. He had previously served as the Under Secretary of Energy in the 1990s. In 2008 Obama for America issued an Energy Fact Sheet[1]. The article below is a combination of the promises for the electric industry in the fact s...
Interview with Doug Houseman, Sean Morash and Scott Fisher
QUESTIONS: Has the industry considered using Electric Vehicle (EV) demand to shift the energy consumption to align with renewable energy generation or to store otherwise curtailed renewable energy?
Yes. The utility industry often refers to strategic shifting of EV charging as “Smart Charging.” The effect of EV load has often been cited as a possible way to strategically match demand with incr...
