Electric Power Research

Institute (EPRI) Control

Center Research Program
for the Integrated Grid
EPCC Conference 2019

Adrian Kelly
Senior Technical Leader
Transmission Operations and Planning

EPCC 2019, Iceland

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 EPRI Mission and Members

§ Independent, Non-Profit, Collaborative

§ 450+ participants in more than 30 countries
§ EPRI members generate approximately 90% of the
electricity in the North America
§ International funding –25% of EPRI’s research,
development, and demonstrations

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 European Transmission Engagement
R&D through Global Collaborations
and European H2020 Projects

Dynamic Modeling
Operational Standards
Balancing & Reserves
Wide Area Control & 9 European TSO
Oscillation Detection Members
HVDC & Power Flow Control
>100 Participants in European
Workshop Week 2019
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 EPRI Initiatives for Transmission Operations and
Planning

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 EPRI Advanced Situational Awareness & AI in Control Center - Interest Group

The evolving system requires new information, data, tools, solutions, training, techniques. There is much we can
Research
learn from human factors research in other industries and apply to transmission. The hardware tools and AI
Challenge algorithms are accessible and applicable.

Research
Requirements

Advanced Situational Awareness – Derive the Artificial Intelligence – Identify the tools, use
information requirements, map the information cases, data flow for maximizing AI technology in
flow, identify tools for monitoring situational
Methodology control centers. Develop AI algorithms for use in
awareness real time operations

EPRI to form an interest group of TSOs, SMEs for advanced situational awareness and AI in control centers.
The 2019 Plan
Interest group will involve, knowledge share, webcasts, tool development, face to face meetings.
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 European Modelling and Model Validation Interest Group
§ Provide a forum for European members to freely discuss
Tools
– Current modeling challenges
– Identify modeling solutions Webcasts
– Model validation approaches
– Sharing member experiences and learning through member Face to Face Meetings
presentations
§ Examples: Power Plant Model Validation, Load Model Validation Support and Training

§ Benchmarking of generic model implementation in commercial

software –DIgSILENT PowerFactory, PSS/E

§ Value
– Bulk system reliability
– Informing interconnection requirements
– Increasing operational efficiency

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 EPRI Project on Operation With Decreasing Inertia Levels

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 NGMC White Paper

Summarizes state-of-the-art grid monitoring and

control technologies

Presents expected challenges resulting from

emerging trends and transformations in the power
system

Discusses desired capabilities and potential

benefits of a decentralized hierarchical grid control
paradigm - a combination of local-distributed and
wide area–central controls.
PID: 3002014613

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 EPRI’s Integrated Grid

A Power System that is Highly Flexible, Resilient and Connected

and Optimizes Energy Resources
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 Two Parallel EPRI Efforts
U.S. Europe

State of the state – discover the initiatives ongoing around the world on
TSO / DSO Interface Interactions
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 Together…Shaping the Future of Electricity

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