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Distributed Energy Resources (DER) are reshaping the power grid by integrating renewable energy sources, battery storage, and demand response mechanisms. This topic covers advancements in DER deployment, management strategies, interconnection challenges, regulatory frameworks, and the role of DERs in improving grid resilience and reliability.
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Voltage Regulating Distribution Transformers: A Scalable Grid-Enhancing Solution for DER-Induced Voltage Challenges
February 03, 2026
This session explores how VRDTs emerge as practical Grid Enhancing Technology (GET) that boosts local hosting capacity, provides dynamic voltage support, and offers a flexible, scalable solution to DER-induced challenges.
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Evergy DERMS Implementation: The Importance of Cross Team Planning and Impacts on Solution Architecture
February 04, 2026
This session will spotlight Evergy’s DERMS journey, which started in 2018, and now covers two states and four jurisdictions. We'll discuss the current portfolio, which consists of over 200 MWs and includes business demand response, residential thermostats, and an electric battery pilot.
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Distributed Energy Resource (DER) Communications for the Energy Transition - Friends or Foes?
February 03, 2026
Optimal protocol selection can have a dramatic impact on the performance, reliability and security of DER communications. Therefore, careful and informed selection decisions are essential. These protocols must address a wide range of requirements that vary depending on the position and role in the overall system architecture.
DER educational opportunities
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To attend this tour, you must add it to your registration. This tour is an additional cost to attend and can be added to your registration when registering or by visiting the registration resource cen …
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ComEd’s Voltage Management Demonstration (VMD) project is a targeted initiative focused on enhancing grid performance under contingency conditions in areas with high DER penetration. It leverages the …Chairperson
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Innovative electric cooperatives from across the country are pioneering new approaches to grid modernization—bringing cutting-edge solutions to rural and traditionally underserved communities. In this …Speakers
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For many distribution utilities, DERMS implementation is as much an organizational journey as it is a technical one. As DERs scale and real-time coordination becomes critical, utilities must not only …Speakers
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Utility companies play a key role in smart cities. Electric companies, working in partnership with city officials, technology companies, consultants, and several other institutions are among the major …SpeakersChairperson
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Utilities are actively working to define and demonstrate the value of managed and bidirectional charging, collectively known as vehicle-grid integration (VGI), have for the grid. This panel of VGI exp …SpeakersChairperson
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As clean energy goals accelerate in the United States and around the world, renewable energy (e.g., PV, wind) penetration continues to increase in electric power systems. Conventional synchronous mach …
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As electric vehicle (EV) adoption continues to accelerate, aligning the goals of automakers and utilities is critical to ensure the grid can accommodate higher EV penetration without compromising affo …SpeakersChairperson
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Optimal protocol selection can have a dramatic impact on the performance, reliability and security of DER communications. Therefore, careful and informed selection decisions are essential. These prot …Speakers
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As distributed solar PV adoption accelerates, utilities face mounting voltage volatility on distribution feeders, particularly at the grid edge. In response, Hawaiian Electric (HECO) has launched a se …SpeakersChairperson
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As utility microgrids integrate more renewable energy generation, it is important to assess how inverter-based resources (IBRs) contribute to microgrid stability and resilience. Microgrids with high l …SpeakersChairperson
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As utilities accelerate grid modernization to meet evolving reliability, efficiency, and decarbonization goals, Volt-VAR Optimization (VVO) has emerged as a cornerstone technology. This presentation e …SpeakersChairperson
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Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) is Oklahoma's largest electric company, serving more than 907,000 customers in Oklahoma and western Arkansas. The utility is anticipating the rapid adoption of flexibl …SpeakersChairperson
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Customers want electricity that is safe, affordable and reliable. Some want it to be clean. Most of them are connected to the grid. Some require new service connections or interconnections. Here is th …
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States are increasingly leading the charge on electrification–and Illinois is among the most ambitious. Through the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), the state has committed to 100% clean electri …Speakers
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Electric utilities are navigating a new era of grid complexity, driven by rapid growth in renewables, distributed energy resources (DERs), and the increasing frequency of extreme weather events. At th …
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Most utility EV managed charging programs focus solely on peak load reduction; however, these programs can offer far more than that, delivering a range of benefits to both the grid and the customer th …Speakers
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As we step into the era of electrification, utilities are facing the exciting challenge of exponential load growth over the next decade. Maximizing the utilization of existing grid infrastructure is a …
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Grid edge and grid level Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) are important tools for utilities to manage DER assets and work with Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS) to …SpeakersChairperson
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The line between distribution system planning and operations is quickly disappearing as utilities modernize the grid. With growing pressure from electrification, customer-side technologies, and extrem …SpeakersChairperson
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The rise of distributed energy resources (DERs) is overwhelming utility engineering teams with manual, repetitive study tasks. At Dominion Energy, a small team of engineers decided to fix that from th …SpeakersChairperson
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The first year under the new federal administration has brought sweeping changes to U.S. energy policy - reviving fossil fuel incentives, reassessing decarbonization targets, and fast-tracking permitt …SpeakersChairperson
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The utility sector is undergoing a transformative shift as next-generation AMI technologies and smart meter data analytics redefine how energy system are managed. With the emergence of AMI 2.0 – featu …SpeakersChairperson
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Texas’ ERCOT grid – independent, energy-only, and increasingly distributed – has become a proving ground for DER aggregation. Since 2021, ERCOT’s ADER Pilot Program has tested how aggregated distribut …Speakers
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As Ontario accelerates its grid modernization efforts, Hydro One is leading the charge with a customer-centric flexibility initiative that aligns with the province’s mandate for non-wires alternatives …SpeakersChairperson
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As utilities and regulators face mounting pressure to modernize the grid, improve resilience, and unlock demand-side flexibility, performance-based ratemaking (PBR) is gaining traction as a powerful r …SpeakersChairperson
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In response to the substantial increase in electricity demand driven by EV adoption, vehicle and home electrification, and the continued growth of distributed solar and behind-the-meter systems, PG&E …Speakers
