Sponsor: Orange County Section Jt. Chapter, PE31/IA34
Speaker: Jarman Stephens, co-founder at gridmo

Date: 17 Jul 2025
Time: 05:00 PM PDT to 06:15 PM PDT
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Reservations: IEEE
Summary:
This presentation showcases a collection of lessons learned from the grid interconnection study process in Australia. Australia’s grid provides an interesting case study due to aspects such as its rapid adoption of renewable energy resources, open electricity market, regions of low system strength and extensive grid interconnection study process. The lessons learned are presented from the perspective of an electrical engineer ‘on the coal face’ of completing the grid interconnection studies and are an honest reflection of what has worked well and what could be improved. The lessons learned cover topics such as the tools used to complete the studies, quality of site-specific models and collaboration between developers/consultants/OEMs/utilities.
Bio: Jarman Stephens is a co-founder of gridmo Australia. He co-founded the company in 2022 with Damien Vermeer. Gridmo is a software platform focused on streamlining the process of connecting renewable energy projects to the power grid. Jarman is a power systems engineer with experience in the energy industry.