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Optimal Transmission Planning

“Transmission projects and especially groups of projects yield multiple value streams, but there is a tendency to group in traditional buckets of economic benefits, reliability benefits, and policy-driven benefits. What does it take to build our grid of the future?”
Byline: 

Sarah Freeman et al.

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Ridding Grid of Risk with DCAT

DOE

“The DCAT tool gives a better way of looking at extreme events, so designers and system operators can plan systems that’ll be more robust against a tougher set of threats.”
Byline: 

Carl Imhoff and Paul Kjellander

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Integration of Grid-Edge Technologies

Duquesne Light

“The Association of Edison Illuminating Companies’ Distributed Energy Resource Subcommittee is a collective industry organization of utility-only members discussing the integration of grid-edge technologies.”
Byline: 

Elizabeth Cook

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Caroline Winn: Transformation Priorities

San Diego Gas & Electric

“Our study, this path to net zero, estimates that by 2045, there will be a demand for six and a half million metric tons of hydrogen in California. Almost all of that, eighty percent, is going to be used to enhance electric grid reliability.”
Byline: 

Caroline Winn with Chris Rogers

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Bob Frenzel: Transformation Priorities

Xcel Energy

“We’ve just received permission to build a $2 billion transmission project in Colorado to bring clean energy from the great energy resources in the eastern and southern plains of Colorado to the metroplex of Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo.”
Byline: 

Bob Frenzel with Chris Rogers

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