IEEE (PI)² Austin – (PES, PELS, IES, IAS, and PSES)

See agenda below. Agenda: Agenda Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/463087

IEEE PI2 Austin, January 28, 2024, Tech Meeting In-Person 6 PM Central / 7 PM Eastern at Balcones Country Club: 8600 Balcones Dr. Austin, TX 78750 Abstract: Policy efforts have focused for years on stimulating various forms of generation, both utility scale and customer-sited, distributed energy resources. It has been used to stimulate greater efficiency in energy use behind the meter or create load flexibility. Transmission and distribution infrastructure has been the area receiving the least attention…until recently. It has become clear to elected and industry leaders that the grid itself is now, or will soon become, the bottleneck, for energy expansion, for electrification, for advancements in AI, for addressing climate change, even for economic development and competitiveness generally. Huge commitments to new system upgrades and expansions are being made across the country, FERC and State PUCs are pressing for more forward-looking planning. Help is on the way. But the transmission and distribution system are unlikely to catch up to the demand for delivery services for a variety of reasons, including resource constraints, planning and regulatory approval time-frames, and the growing difficulty of, and opposition to, siting of new lines by growing populations. In the next few years transmission and distribution operations will turn increasingly toward the application for electric delivery of improvements in super-fast computing, in combination with machine learning, and real-time communications and controls, as well as expanding streams of data from outside, non-utility sources. This talk will focus on a discussion of how innovation will bridge the gap to the future grid, and, become intimately intertwined with its evolution. Field experience will be shared from early commercial deployments. Details: Dinner and soft beverages will be provided for those with reservations. If you do not have a reservation you will not be able to eat. Cost, to defray the room, dinner and refreshments cost: Thank you in advance: IF REGISTERED IN ADVANCE (Before March 18, 2025) Members and Non-Members: Select Register & Pay now, $25.00 Paypal from your credit card when registering - you do not need a Paypal account to use it. Click through to the credit card/debit page. OR Select Register Now and Pay Later and pay $25.00 cash or credit/debit with Square at the meeting. Please register in advance before February 18th (skip the payment) IEEE Student Members: Free (must register in advance before March 18th with your IEEE member number) Skip the payment All registrants After March 18th, 2025: Pay $30.00 at the the meeting in cash Attendees must be registered before the event for food accommodations. Unfortunately, we are charged more for the meals after the advance registration date For PDH hours, please email the PI2 Secretary, Charles Goertz at HaleyHirschfeld.org or [email protected]. Speaker(s): Bob King, Bldg: Balcones Country Club, 8600 Balcones Club Dr., Austin, Texas, United States, 78750