2017 Workshop – Distributed Energy Resources
More Power to The Future
Damir Novosel
IEEE PES President
Quanta Technology President
Modernizing Transmission-Distribution Interface Coordination for a High-DER Future
Lorenzo Kristov, PhD
Principal, Market & Infrastructure Policy
DER Modeling for Bulk System Studies and DER Impact on Transmission Grid Reliability
Evangelos Farantatos
Organized Nodal Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Markets for Distribution Systems
Alex Papalexopoulos, Ph.D.
President & CEO, ECCO International, Inc. CEO & Chairman of the Board, ZOME Energy Networks, Inc.
DER Modeling and Impact Assessment ‐ An Overview of Current Efforts
Jun Wen, Southern California Edison
On the Big Data Applications for Distribution Networks Diagnostics
Reza Arghandeh
Assistant Professor, Florida State University
Electrical & Computer Eng Dept, Center for Advanced Power Systems
Energy Storage and Demand Response / Flexible Load Using Electrolyzers, Fuel Cells and Hydrogen
Susan M. Schoenung, PhD, PE
Longitude 122 West, Inc.
Menlo Park, California
Distribution Volt-VAR Control Issues Resulting from High Penetration of DER
Dr Murty V.V.S. Yalla, IEEE Fellow President
Beckwith Electric Co. Inc., Largo, FL
Protection System Response to Distributed Energy Resources
Ali Kazemi, PE
Regional Technical Manager
Schweitzer Engineering Labs
Disruptive Ideas for Power Grid Security & Resilience With DER
Erfan Ibrahim, Ph.D.
Director, Cyber-Physical Systems Security & Resilience Center, NREL
Micro-synchrophasor research
Dr. Elizabeth Ratnam
Postdoctoral Fellow, Berkeley Energy and Climate Institute (BECI), University of California, Berkeley
Dr. Alexandra (Sascha) von Meier
Director, Electric Grid Research, California Institute for Energy and Environment
Adjunct Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley
Distribution System Optimization using Simulation tools
Daniel Desrosiers, ing., P. Eng.
Eaton’s CYME International T&D
Distributed Generation Interconnection Requirements for the Smart Grid
Slavko Vasilic, Ph.D. P.E.
Schneider Electric
Impact of DER, harmonics, and supra‐harmonics on distribution system
Pacific Gas & Electric Company
Power Standards Lab (USA)
An Automated Demand Response Solution Design for Targeted Transmission Reliability Constraints
Xiaofei (Sophie) Xu, PG&E
High-performance Coupled Transmission, Distribution, and Communication Simulation Tool
Liang Min