TRANSMISSION OPERATIONS & PLANNING

Join us for the fourth View from the TOP webcast, Load Fluctuations and Their Impact on Generation. The session will take place Thursday, May 7, at 11:00 AM EDT (3:00 PM GMT).

Increasingly dynamic data center load fluctuations pose a growing risk to nearby synchronous generators, as load changes can excite electromechanical and torsional responses that lead to fatigue damage or unwanted trips of generating stations. Managing this risk requires coordinated planning among data center operators, transmission planners, and generator owners to align load behavior, system studies, and equipment limitations. Cross‑sector collaboration is essential to enable continued load growth while preserving generator reliability and system performance.

We hope you will join us for this interactive discussion as we explore how the industry can meet the challenge of serving this rapidly growing demand.

As many power systems are facing growing electricity demand, driven in part by new large loads, there is increasing interest in how planning processes can adapt. In this session, the Transmission Operations and Planning (TOP) program, together with EPRI’s Resource Adequacy Forum, will examine how large loads are being incorporated into resource adequacy assessments and explore practical approaches for addressing the challenges they introduce. The session will highlight recent EPRI research and development, along with industry perspectives and emerging practices. Participants will also discuss key next steps for practitioners.

We hope you will join us for this interactive discussion as we look at how the industry can meet the challenge of integrating large loads and strengthen future resource adequacy processes.

Join us for the second View from the TOP on AI Applications for Transmission Operations and Planning on March 4th at 11:00 EST 4 PM GMT. In this session, we will dive into the latest R&D from EPRI's latest research, where Artificial Intelligence is being deployed to transform raw data into actionable grid intelligence. We will showcase four leading edge applications to demonstrate how EPRI is leveraging AI to enhance transmission operations and planning processes. We'll focus on:

• Alarm Management and Operational Data - the EPRI aLLarMa application: EPRI aLLarMa 
• Planning Study Automation - The EPRI Raphson Application
• Unit Commitment and Scheduling: - The EPRI - AI-ccelerating Unit Commitment Challenge
• Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) AI Assistant
• EPRI's Open Power AI Initiative - Homepage | OPAI

We look forward to having you join us for this interactive discussion to discover how these practical AI applications are at the leading edge of addressing high priority TOP use cases for EPRI members and the industry at large.

As Distributed Energy Resources (DER) move from the periphery to the core of global power grids, we are witnessing a systemic transformation that is outpacing our current institutional frameworks. This webcast presents the findings from the recently published DER Architecture Report, a collaboration between the International System Operator Network (ISON) and EPRI. The report details how global system operators are considering DER, whether at the customer level or distribution system level, across seven critical emerging risks-ranging from dynamic stability to extreme weather vulnerability.

We will move beyond discussing DER as a localized "challenge" and instead frame it as a common future paradigm requiring global, coordinated, thinking and knowledge sharing. By identifying and exploring the essential capability gaps-including the standardization of data exchange and visibility and control - we will discuss how ISON members like AEMO, EirGrid, NESO, ERCOT, CAISO and EnergiNet are pioneering the digital and market infrastructures required to turn decentralized energy into a reliable public utility.

Join us to explore how we can bridge the gap between accelerating technology and regulatory lag to build a resilient, high-penetration DER future.