Webinar: Flexibility Up Front: Integrating Large Loads into Resource Adequacy Planning скачать в хорошем качестве

Webinar: Flexibility Up Front: Integrating Large Loads into Resource Adequacy Planning

Featured Speakers: Derek Stenclik, Founding Partner, Telos Energy; Aaron Schwartz, Senior Engineer, Telos Energy About the Webinar: As the United States faces unprecedented electricity demand growth driven by data centers and industrial electrification, traditional resource adequacy frameworks are being tested by the scale and speed of these new large loads. This webinar explores a comprehensive framework developed by the Energy Systems Integration Group to improve resource adequacy planning for large loads and how to integrate large-load flexibility—including temporal shifting, geographic redistribution, and onsite resources—directly into long-term utility planning and market design. Attendees will learn a structured six-step process for integrating large load flexibility up-front in long-term utility planning. This process begins with characterizing diverse load types and improving forecast accuracy, enabling planners to then quantify the capacity contributions of flexible loads using “demand-side ELCC” methodologies and assess the long-term system benefits of flexibility. By shifting from reactive, near-term measures like development moratoria to proactive, upfront flexibility programs, utilities and grid operators can accelerate interconnection timelines, reduce the need for costly new firm capacity, and lower system-wide costs while maintaining grid reliability.