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Technical Talk with RF

June 12, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

ReliabilityFirst (RF) offers a regularly scheduled monthly call to provide entities and stakeholders with a forum for addressing topics and questions relevant to reliability, resilience and security. These calls are typically held on the third Monday of each month from 2 to 3:30 p.m. EST, however this call is moved forward one week due to the Juneteenth holiday.

While RF Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) will provide presentations and updates, they will not address entity-specific questions and issues. These types of questions can be handled offline by using the RF Assist Visit Program. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mike Hughes, Entity Engagement Manager, 216-503-0617.

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Agenda Topics

RF Summer Assessment

Tim Fryfogle, Principal Engineer, Engineering and System Performance, RF

Tim will share the results of RF’s 2023 Summer Assessment. He will discuss resource adequacy, peak loads, risk conditions, mitigations and take a look forward to the summer and the challenges it may bring for reliability, resilience, and security.
This presentation is especially relevant for state decision and policy makers, transmission planners, operations personnel including control room managers and engineers who run Operational Planning Analysis, and anyone interested in the risks that the RF region may encounter this summer.

Value of EV Managed Charging to Bulk Power Systems

Luke Lavin, Researcher III, Grid Planning and Analysis Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

When and where electric vehicle (EV) charging occurs has significant implications for power systems supporting widespread EV adoption, especially with high shares of wind and solar generation. Lavin conducted a study focusing on how the value of EV managed charging can shift, depending on the following factors:
- Charging flexibility type (within-charging session or within-week scheduling)
- Dispatch mechanism (direct load control or one of several price-based mechanisms)
- Managed charging participation rate
Lavin will discuss findings from this study on distributed resource aggregation, price-based charging of EVs and correlation to participation, and the relationship between managed charging of EVs and bulk power system costs.
This presentation is especially relevant for state decision and policy makers, transmission and distribution planners, operations personnel, including control room managers and engineers who run Operational Planning Analysis, and anyone interested in the impact of EV charging on the electric grid.
Related reading: The report “Electric Vehicle Dynamic Charging Performance Characteristics during Bulk Power System Disturbances” from the California Mobility Center, NERC and WECC highlights the need for ongoing collaboration between electric utilities and the EV industry to ensure the reliability of the electric system.