Oct

04

WEI Webinar Series: Optimized Generation Fleet Dispatch for Integrating Renewables and Storage (Oct 04)

This series of webinars are a free offering by WEI to keep our members engaged, updated and connected in the energy industry. The various webinars will be a collaboration with energy and/or service company providers which will be offered on a wide range of timely and relevant topics that provide value to our members.

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General Details

  • Program Chair(s)
  • WEI

    • Program Location
    • Virtual Event
    • No travel required. All agenda times are in Pacific time. Instructions to access the virtual event will be provided to the attendee before the program.
    • Who Should Attend
      • All of Western Energy Institute Membership
      • Energy industry executives
      • WEI Board of Directors
      • Executive Planning Committees
      • Service company providers
      • Senior management professionals
      • Electric and Natural Gas Energy Operations personnel
      • Supervisors Front line employees
      • Engineering professionals
      • Planning personnel
      • Renewable Gas engineering and policy leaders
      • Electric personnel responsible for wildfire mitigation, planning, and response  
  • Registration Options
  • This webinar is being offered free of charge.

  • General Cancellation Policy
  • To best serve WEI members and program participants this webinar is offered at no charge. WEI will be waiving its standard cancellation policy for this virtual program.
  • Participation Policy
  • Western Energy Institute programs and events are open to energy companies (including gas production and electric generation, gas and electric transmission and gas and electric distribution utilities). Select programs and events are open to energy industry product and service suppliers. Programs and events are closed to all media representatives and to the general public. Recording is not permitted for any portion of the event.
  • For more information contact Diana Zoren, Director of Strategic Initiatives at (503) 318-1108.

Agenda

All session times are listed in Pacific time.

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Optimizing Generation Fleet Dispatch for Increasing Quantities of Renewables

Join us for an exciting look into emerging methodologies for improving day ahead unit commitment and economic dispatch. As utilities integrate growing quantities of variable renewable energy resources into their portfolios, the need for new approaches to manage that variability and uncertainty within day ahead scheduling processes is also increasing. In this webinar and discussion, experts from Fluence’s Digital Group will share insights into the power that nascent optimization techniques can have on reducing the resource gap between day ahead and real-time operations. In turn, these approaches can support more efficient integration of variable renewables and battery storage assets into dispatch schedules and reduce balancing and system costs.

Opportunities for system cost and emissions reductions from improved day ahead and intra-day scheduling

Value attendees will get from webinar:
• Gain a deeper understanding of the factors causing and impacts of suboptimal dispatch of generation fleets as more variable energy resources and battery storage enter the mix
• Learn about emerging methods for improving day ahead and intra-day unit commitment and economic dispatch
• Connect with experts to see how utility teams engaged in short-term resource planning can apply these methods to improve system costs, emissions, and reliability metrics