201: Applies to those with some experience who are looking to build on or enhance existing knowledge.
This session will take the audience along a journey from trailblazing theory to technology deployment of distributed control architectures that convert distributed energy resources (DERs) and microgrids into intelligent agents of a transactive energy grid. Example projects across different domains will highlight the current and future value of this paradigm shift in which these resources are orchestrated to form the pillars of a clean, resilient, and equitable grid. The transformation enables a transition away from a centrally planned and controlled power system towards a more distributed system in which every consumer – regardless of socioeconomic status – can proactively contribute to their energy grid and participate in power production, reliability, and sustainability. Only by rethinking our system as a partnership with those who use the grid can we meet the climate and social equity challenges we face as we reimagine our energy infrastructure. Adoption of distributed control and optimization will enable the end-to-end solution needed to convert our future grids into transactive networks of DERs where the full potential of these cooperatively intelligent agents are orchestrated and unlocked for both the end-user and larger system-wide goals.
