January 22nd: Challenges in Interconnecting Renewable Energy Resources to the Grid
Location:Cover 3, 2700 W Anderson Ln #202, Austin, TX 78757
Time:
Check In – 6:30 to 7:00 PM
Social & Business Meeting – 7:00 to 7:30 PM
Program- 7:30 to 8:30 PM
RSVP: RSVPs appreciated (but not required) by sending an email to pi2-secretary@ieee.org
Cover Charge: We pay Cover 3 to use their private meeting room and ask that all attendees help defray our costs by ordering dinner or paying a $20 cover charge. We will reimburse up to $20 of meal expense for IEEE student members, take your receipt to the Treasurer after the meeting.
Abstract: What does it take for a renewable generator to connect to the grid? What are the struggles faced by the renewable industry in connecting to the grid? Rules and requirements for connecting generation, and specifically renewable generation, to the electric grid have been evolving and creates both technical and business challenges. We will talk about these issues and how we are addressing these to work with the utilities and RTO/ISO organizations.
Speaker: Jennifer Ayers-Brasher, PE, Director, Transmission & Market Analysis, E.ON Climate and Renewables, NA
E.ON Climate and Renewables North America (E.ON) is one of the world’s largest owners of renewable power projects and is rapidly expanding its wind, solar and energy storage portfolio, with the goal to deliver renewable energy from technologies that address the growing concern about energy security, energy affordability, and climate change.
Speaker Bio: Jennifer Ayers-Brasher is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines as an Electrical Engineer. She also earned her Master’s Degree in Engineering Management from Drexel University. She spent a little over 6 years at PPL Electric Utilities in system operation and transmission planning. For the past 12 years she has worked in the renewable energy arena, with 11 of those at E.ON, a global energy company. The focus at E.ON is transmission, generation interconnection and electric market impacts. Currently the Director, Transmission & Market Analysis she leads a team that addresses these issues across the county and in several markets, with recent focus on interconnection queue reforms for several RTOs and ISOs and the associated FERC proceedings.