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System Planning Methods, Tools, and Analytics

This project set supports the reliable integration of inverter based and distributed energy resources in transmission planning and protection activities. The research effort develops models and tools for the assessment of onshore and offshore wind, PV, battery energy storage, hybrid plants, and DER in bulk system planning and protection studies. Updated versions of models and tools including short circuit modeling, weak grid analysis and tools, relay settings and grid forming convertors are delivered to members, resulting in reduced engineering time for studies as well as improved models and study tools to ensure bulk system reliability.

Model Development, Validation, and Management

This project set addresses the need to develop generic, publicly available models that accurately capture the aggregated dynamic response of loads, power electronic-based transmission technologies, as well as aggregated DER for dynamic studies. The research is performed in close collaboration with industry stakeholders – WECC, NERC, software vendors, and equipment vendors in addition to transmission planners

Special Assessments for Transmission Planning

This research addresses specific issues in the planning process beyond power flow and stability analyses to address challenges posed by ascendance of inverter-based resources, more power electronics-based transmission technologies, and increased vulnerabilities due to extreme events. This project set provides a repository of topics that includes geomagnetic disturbance analysis, harmonic modeling and analysis for transmission systems, electromagnetic transient modeling and studies, and modeling and analysis for sub-synchronous oscillations for transmission systems.

Analytics for Emerging Transmission Planning Needs

This project set focuses on developing new analytics using state-of-the-art approaches and data analytics to help planners save time and resources to make planning decisions. The topics include integration of Grid Enhancing Technologies (GET) in transmission, integration of HVDC technologies specially in the context of off-shore wind and remotely connected renewables, and tools for automated contingency generation and screening of a large number of contingencies for system reliability assessments.

System Planning Methods, Tools, and Analytics

Supports the integration of inverter-based and distributed energy resources in transmission planning and protection. It develops models and tools for assessing wind, PV, battery storage, hybrid plants, and DER in bulk system studies. Updated tools, including short circuit modeling, weak grid analysis, relay settings, and grid-forming converters, are provided to members, reducing engineering time and improving system reliability.