Come meet the Energy Exemplar team for an open Q&A session. Our experts will be available to answer any energy modeling questions you may have 1:1. Whether you have a specific question, or would like to see a demo of an energy modeling use case, we encourage you to visit us before the event kicks off at the Xcelerate Ed Lab.

Grant Thain, Energy Exemplar's VP, Solutions - North America, will kick-start the event providing a brief agenda and program overview. 

How can we work towards long term multi value planning? RTO changes are being forced to look at longer term horizons shifting Utility focus from reactive to proactive in a fast paced transition. PLEXOS as a tool can be used to create new standards of modeling for high dollar transmission infrastructure upgrades, import/export capabilities, and necessary generation interconnection ties. Economic analysis adds a layer of depth to bridge the gap of historical silos adding resilience to high 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 usage of tools like PLEXOS.

Our world’s reliance on fossil fuels is the biggest obstacle to cleaner, safer, accessible, and affordable energy. It’s time to focus on not just dreaming up, but simulating and proving all the possible solutions to our better energy future with data. Modeling technology is here to help pave the way.

It’s 2023 and we are long past seeing energy sectors as silos – gas, power, heat, etc. are all irrevocably linked. A change in one sector affects the other. So, let’s reflect that in our models and find optimal solutions to interconnected energy systems, to enhance overall performance and synergy. By coupling energy sectors, energy systems become more resilient, diverse, and less reliant on a single source of energy or infrastructure.  

To properly support the transition to a cleaner, more sustainable and digital energy industry, utility and market planners need to adopt a more integrated and holistic view of the planning processes.  Silo planning and iterative processes will no longer provide acceptable expansion plans.  ISP is a new process for optimizing infrastructure build decisions, considering generation, transmission, energy storage, renewables, V2G, hydrogen and gas systems, among others.  It unifies planning, modeling and optimization across multiple business units considering each corporate objective, regulatory requirements, customer needs and market trends.

As the traditional silos of generation, transmission, distribution, demand side/distributed resources comingle, Integrated System Planning (ISP) is gaining ground among utility planners as a way to solve new energy questions. ISP strategies call for new approaches to energy planning through development of comprehensive strategies using a diverse portfolio of energy assets.  Siemens PTI has been in the forefront ISP development for several years, using quantitative analysis to include emerging ISP requirements such as eMobility penetration, flex ramping backup for intermittent resources, and distribution electrification.

This session will show how Siemens PTI translates quantitative analysis into comprehensive integrated energy solutions for emerging energy planning problems.

In this presentation, Brian will give a short description as to how MAN-ES is leveraging PLEXOS to work with their customers to unlock what their path to decarbonization could look like on their unique journey through the energy transition.

As the energy industry landscape continues to evolve, the need to embrace new technologies is critical for a successful Energy Transition. There is a need to extend to the cloud to leverage scalable compute for improved simulation throughput as well as new approaches to collaboration, data analytics, insights and decision making. PLEXOS Cloud is Energy Exemplar’s newest solution that helps expand the power of PLEXOS with new capabilities for editing data, managing versions, running simulations, evaluating output, and communicating with managers and stakeholders.  

This session will cover all these capabilities and talk about the key use cases for how PLEXOS Cloud can empower analysts and managers across the entire Energy Enterprise. 

Carlos Romero will summarize the day's insights and welcome you to join us for a Networking Reception immediately following the sessions onsite at the Omni Atlanta at Top Draft.