Collaboration
Our group collaborates with a range of external stakeholders and other R&D areas within EPRI to ensure successful execution and transfer of our research. Here we provide a selection of those, including examples of activities underway. Please contact us for more information or to get engaged on any of these.
Industry Activities
EXAMPLES OF KEY COLLABORATION ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:
- IEEE PES Including leadership roles in several committees, working groups and task forces such as RSICC, PSOPE, T&D, PSDP, PSRC and EDPG, as well as standards leadership in IEEE 1547, P2800
- NERC Coordinate and contribute, including SPIDER, IRPS, LMWG, LLTF, EVTF, SMS, ERAWG, ICTS and PAWG
- ESIG Lead Ops/Markets WG; board member; Reliability WG
- Other organizations and consortia we engage with in various ways, including joint activities, participation in working groups, conferences and committees.
Government
- U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY: Grid Deployment Office; EERE (Solar, Water and Wind); Office of Electricity; Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security Security, and Emergency Response (DOE-CESER).
- Projects: PV-MOD Solar Modeling for T&D planning, UNIFI Grid Forming Consortium, SOLACE Critical Solar PV Infrastructure, ENGAGE Grid Services from DER, CASAR Ancillary Services, ENERGISE Market Operations, ARPA-E PERFORM Risk-Based Operations, ARPA-E PICO GFM IBR & Protection, NOWRDC offshore wind Blackstart, GIC Blocker Pilot Program, Advanced GMD Modeling, i2X FIRST.
- NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION: GMD Convergence Accelerator
- CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION: Integrated System Planning
- NASA: LIVING WITH A STAR: GIC Modeling
- WORLDWIDE SUPPORT AGENCIES: World Bank, USTDA, USAID
- US NATIONAL LABS: NREL, Sandia, PNNL, LBNL, LLNL, Idaho, Oak Ridge, Brookhaven, Argonne
- INTERNATIONAL LABS AND UNIVERSITIES: RWTH Aachen, Fraunhofer, Supergrid Institute, CSIRO, DTU, VTT, RSE, CARTIF
- EUROPEAN COMMISSION RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
- NYSERDA: Offshore Wind Integration, TSO/DSO co-simulation
- OTHER PROJECTS : Including electricity market operation, energy storage, standards and controls, grid forming inverter development, resource adequacy, technical review for multiple large studies, and others
EPRI R&D Research Areas
RESEARCH PROGRAMS AND SECTORS
We coordinate with many other program areas and crosscutting initiatives within EPRI, producing joint deliverables or otherwise supporting modeling and analysis activities related to the bulk electric system.
PROGRAM AREAS COORDINATED WITH
- Advanced Generation and Asset Management
- Bulk Energy Storage
- Customer Technologies
- DER Integration
- Distribution Operations and Planning
- Electrification and Customer Solutions
- Energy Storage
- Energy Systems and Climate Analysis
- Generation
- Health and Safety
- Information, Communications and Cybersecurity
- Low Carbon Resources Initiative
- Nuclear Power
- Power Quality
- Renewable Generation
- Sustainability
- Transmission and Substations
EPRI CROSS CUTTING INTEREST GROUPS/INITIATIVES
- AI Initiative
- Climate READi
- Climate Resiliency Interest Group
- EVs2scale
- DC Flex
- FERC Order 2222 DER Collaborative
- Flexible Demand Response Collaborative
- Grid Enhancing Technologies SET Initiative
- Integrated Strategic System Planning Interest Group
- Load Forecasting Initiative
- Load Forecasting Interest Group
- Offshore Wind Interest Group
- Technology Innovation Thought Leadership