Workshop and Webcast: Models to Inform Planning for the Future of Electric Power in the U.S.

The electric grid grows more complex each year, and decisions made today can have an impact on the U.S. electric power system for decades.  What models are needed to support infrastructure planning for the electric grid at local and regional scales?  

Most models currently used for decision making reflect the electric system as historically configured, a configuration that remains largely in effect today.  However, the electricity system is undergoing significant changes, such as growth of generation sources connected directly to distribution systems, increasing amounts of variable renewables and inverter-based generation, and pressures to electrify transportation and buildings’ energy uses so as to reduce carbon emissions. These changes—many of which may accelerate and deepen in future years—present challenges to conventional planning models, assumptions, and processes. We invite you to join us for a workshop and webcast on February 3, 2020 in Irvine, CA where invited speakers will review recent models used in electricity system planning, discuss modeling and research needs, and identify promising approaches to help plan the future of electric power in the U.S.

Webinar: Grid Architectures from Theory to Practice

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is collecting information for its study on the future of electric power in the U.S. As part of the information gathering process, we are hosting a webinar series featuring public and private sector experts on key topics in the field. See details regarding our next webinar below:

Wednesday, January 29, 2020 from 3:00-4:15 pm ET: Grid Architectures from Theory to Practice

• Speakers: Jeffrey Taft, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Paul De Martini, Newport Consulting Group
• Moderator: Anjan Bose, Washington State University and Member of the Committee

New Publication: Deployment of Deep Decarbonization Technologies

While progress has been made in the development of decarbonization technologies, much work remains in scale-up and deployment. For decarbonization technologies to reach meaningful scale, societal, economic, and political constraints must be considered.  We convened a workshop on July 22-23, 2019 to identify the primary challenges and opportunities for deploying decarbonization technologies at scale across major sectors of the U.S. economy. In addition to technology-specific and sector-specific studies, the workshop considered the types of societal transformations required, as well as potential policy drivers for carbon dioxide emissions reductions. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussion of the workshop.

Download the workshop proceedings
 

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