Event Schedule
Thursday, May 2, 2024
Welcome to Xcelerate Orlando 2024
Our Chief Revenue Officer, Stuart Kelly, opens the Xcelerate 2024 conference with a warm welcome and provides an update on Energy Exemplar, PLEXOS and Aurora in the region.Speaker
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Energy Exemplar Keynote
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Guest Keynote Presentation - PJM
Guest Keynote Presentation - Microsoft
Come be a part of our talk on the partnership and integration between PLEXOS and the Microsoft Cloud Platform. Together, we will explore the latest advancements in AI and its interdependencies within the energy transition.
engaging discussion on how PLEXOS and the Microsoft Cloud Platform are joining forces. We'll dive deep into the cutting-edge developments in AI and how they're intricately linked to the ongoing shift towards sustainable energy.
Guest ISO Panel: Energizing Tomorrow: The Future of Integrated System Planning
We're thrilled to have America's most esteemed leaders come together for our ISO guest panel, focusing on the future of Integrated System Planning.
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Guest Keynote Presentation
Track 1: Building a System for Tomorrow Agenda
Enhanced Resource Adequacy Modeling in PLEXOS
Improvements to Resource Adequacy modelling using PLEXOS - LOLE, EUE and DLOLGuest Speaker
Track 2: Decarbonizing the Energy Ecosystem Agenda
Congestion & Curtailment Outlook in North America
We use PLEXOS for our production cost modeling studies to estimate future congestion and curtailment (CCA) for revenue projection and energy forecasting for our clients. During this session, we will provide key market insights.
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Track 1: Building a System for Tomorrow Agenda
Long Range Transmission Planning
The needs of our system are rapidly changing due to resource and load transformation and MISO continues to pioneer advanced regional transmission planning. New modeling capabilities are needed to understand and plan for the evolving system needs.
MISO’s Long Range Transmission Plan (What are the goals of LRTP, what has been accomplished so far)- Tranche 1 - $10Billion in Transmission investment
- Tranche 2 – projected $17-23Billion in Transmission investment
Futures Planning Scenarios:
- Load Growth and Fuel Mix Evolution
- Twilight Period
- Need Flexible Attributes
Tools for the evolving electric grid and the journey to PLEXOS, why did MISO choose PLEXOS and how are we planning on using it going forward to meet the needs of the evolving power system transformation in the MISO region.
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Track 2: Decarbonizing the Energy Ecosystem Agenda
Decarbonizing the Gas System
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Track 1: Building a System for Tomorrow Agenda
NY's Accelerated Plan to Decarbonizing the Electricity Sector by 2040
New York State has set forth some of the most ambitious policies and legislation aimed at completely decarbonizing the electricity sector by 2040. As the system operator, market administrator, and bulk transmission planner, the NYISO plays a key role informing market participants, policy makers, and the public on critical issues associated with achievement of these polices. The NYISO is currently performing techno-economic studies using the PLEXOS LT function to analyze potential futures and identify related challenges associated with an accelerated adoption of renewable technologies over the next 20 years.
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Track 2: Decarbonizing the Energy Ecosystem Agenda
ERCOT Decarbonization Pathways
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Track 1: Building a System for Tomorrow Agenda
Policy and Resource Adequacy in Capacity Expansion Modeling
Presenting methods to model Renewable Portfolio Standards eligibility rules and ELCC-based resource adequacy constraints in capacity expansion models. Then, we will illustrate these methods using a simple east-west model of PJM in PLEXOS
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Track 2: Decarbonizing the Energy Ecosystem Agenda
Potential Impact of Western Day-Ahead Market/s
E3 supported 25 utilities in the Western U.S. to jointly analyze the impact that forming one or two separate new day-ahead markets would have in the region. E3 will present advanced approaches we used with multi-stage PLEXOS cases to distinguish the incremental potential impact of markets in the day-ahead timeframe compared to the real-time imbalance markets already in place, as well as to explore the impact of operating reserve pooling, fast-start pricing, and other potential market features.Guest Speaker
Track 1: Building a System for Tomorrow Agenda
Future Energy Policy and Electric Transmission Planning Studies - Creative Solutions
How can we work towards long term multi value planning? ISO shifts in generation resources and FERC order implementations are shifting Utility focus from reactive to proactive, in a fast paced clean energy transition. PLEXOS as a tool, may be used to create new standards of studies for high dollar transmission infrastructure upgrades, import/export capabilities, GETS, project timing, and necessary TO seams tie line insights. Economic analysis adds a layer of depth to bridge the gap adding awareness to various solutions that need to be addressed to meet demanding load growth. Using tools like PLEXOS can give foresight into unblocking capacity and co optimization for trending C&I customers like Data Centers. This session will be collaborative in nature to challenge traditional ideas and push the usage of tools like PLEXOS to the edge.
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Track 2: Decarbonizing the Energy Ecosystem Agenda
Pathway to Achieving Zero Carbon in the Electric Power Sector
FEP modeled a pathway to zero carbon in the entire US electric power sector by 2050 using Aurora. The modeling and planning exercise help to undercover pathways, challenges, and insights of a zero carbon electric power sector. The Aurora model helped to optimize zero carbon resource expansion plans and dispatch of energy storage technologies.Guest Speaker
Track 1: Building a System for Tomorrow Agenda
Preparing For Multi-Value Transmission Planning in New England
Clean energy policies and technology advancements are leading to a rapid shift in how transmission companies in New England plan their system. This presentation will review how Eversource Energy is using PLEXOS to develop and analyze new transmission projects that simultaneously solve reliability and economic needs while enabling clean energy policies.
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Track 2: Decarbonizing the Energy Ecosystem Agenda
The Energy Enterprise: A Platform Solution to Support the Energy Transition
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