Microgrid & DER Controller Symposium
The Microgrid & DER Controller Symposium will bring together Microgrid & DER controller vendors, microgrid developers, energy infrastructure decision makers, utility engineers and state and national energy leaders to:
- Introduce the latest developments in microgrid & DER controllers and real-time power system simulation technologies
- Demonstrate functionality of existing microgrid & DER controllers on a realistic community microgrid
- Foster connections between microgrid vendors and developers, distribution utilities and distribution utility engineers responsible for DER deployment and interconnection
AGENDA:
8:00 am – 9:00 am Breakfast & Registration
9:00 am – 9:30 am Keynote Address - Federal Microgrid Research
Dan Ton, Program Manager, Power Systems Engineering Research and Development, Office of Electricity Delivery and Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy
9:30 am – 9:50 am Introduction to the Microgrid Controller Hardware-in-the-Loop Demo Platform
Erik Limpaecher, Assistant Group Leader, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
9:50 am – 10:10 am A Simulated Day in the Life of a Microgrid Controller
Reynaldo Salcedo-Ulerio, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
10:10 am – 11:00 am Break
Microgrid Control and Testing Systems Vendor Showcase
11:00 am – 11:20 am Owner’s Engineer Evaluation of Microgrid Controller Performance
Craig Rizzo, Energrid
11:20 am – 11:40 am EPRI Update on Latest Research & Testing of Control Systems
Arindam Maitra, Technical Executive, EPRI
11:40 am – 12:00 pm Integrating Microgrid and other Device Controllers with Utility Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS)
Carlos Nouel, Vice President, National Grid
12:00 pm – 1:00pm Lunch
Microgrid Control and Testing Systems Vendor Showcase
1:00 pm – 1:40 pm Cyber-Security Treatment in a Controller Simulation
Joe Cooley, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
1:40 pm – 2:20 pm Lessons Learned in Microgrid Protection and Control: The Case for Fast, Reliable, and Adaptive Systems
Scott Manson, Supervising Engineer, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
2:20 pm – 3:20 pm Break
Microgrid Control and Testing Systems Vendor Showcase
3:20 pm – 4:00 pm Demonstration of HIL Testing Results
Microgrid Controller to be selected
4:00 pm – 4:20 pm How to Participate in the Electric Power Hardware-in-the-loop Controls Collaborative (EPHCC)
Chris Smith, Technical Staff, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
4:20 pm – 4:40 pm Opportunities to Advance State of the Art in Microgrid Controls & DER Integrations
Babak Enayati, National Grid
Galen Nelson, Massachusetts Clean Energy Center
Erik Limpaecher, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
4:45 pm – 6:00 pm Vendor Showcase and Networking Reception