| Meeting Location: | NRECA Coop. Plaza Conference Center – CC1, CC2, CC3 4301 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22203 |
Tuesday, December 2
| 7:00 – 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | NRECA Welcome Jeffrey Connor, Chief Operating Officer, NRECA PSERC Welcome Kory W. Hedman, PSERC Director, Arizona State University |
FGI-2 Workshop |
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| 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. | FGI-2 Workshop Presentations Large Loads & Data Centers |
| 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 – 12:00 p.m. | FGI-2 Workshop Presentations IBRs Resource Adequacy |
| 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:45 p.m. | Breakout Sessions #1: Room CC1: Large Load Modeling & Dynamics #1 Room CC2: IBR #1 Room CC3: Large Loads: Capacity Expansion |
| 2:45 – 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 – 5:00 p.m. |
Breakout Sessions #2: Room CC1: Large Load Modeling & Dynamics #2 Room CC2: Resource Adequacy Room CC3: IBR #2 |
| 5:00 p.m. | Day 1 Adjourn |
| 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. | EC Meeting – Room CC3 |
| 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. | Dinner – NRECA Coop. Plaza Conference Center |
Wednesday, December 3
| 7:00 – 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 8:45 a.m. | Recap – Room CC1 |
| 8:45 – 9:30 a.m. | Breakout Sessions #3: Room CC1: Large Loads Room CC2: Resource Adequacy Room CC3: IBRs |
| 9:30 – 10:00 a.m. | FGI-2 Presentation Title: Advanced Learning for Energy Resilience Tracking – ALERT Speaker: Mladen Kezunovic, Texas A&M University |
| 10:00 – 10:30 a.m. | FGI-2 Presentation Title: Arbitrated Resilience Integration of Storage and Energy Networks (ARISE) Speaker: Chee-Wooi Ten, Michigan Tech University |
| 10:30 – 11:00 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. | Proposal Finalist: T&D Stem Title: Reconfigurable Power Electronics and Control for Fault-Tolerant Grid Operations Mike Ranjram, Arizona State University Yang Weng, Arizona State University Sakis Meliopoulos, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 11:30 – 12:00 p.m. | Proposal Finalist: T&D Stem Title: Characterizing Emerging Large Loads with LLM-Driven Models Yi Hu, Michigan Tech University Chee-Wooi Ten, Michigan Tech University Lang Tong, Cornell University |
| 12:00 – 12:30 p.m. | Proposal Finalist: Markets Stem Title: Facilitating Efficient Storage Operations and Investment in U.S. Electricity Markets Jacob Mays, Cornell University Shane Henderson, Cornell University Alexandra Newman, Colorado School of Mines |
| 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 – 2:00 p.m. |
Proposal Finalist: T&D Stem Title: Fast and Secure Hybrid Traveling Wave Protection for IBR-Dominated Transmission and Distribution Systems Flavio Costa, Michigan Tech University Sakis Meliopoulos, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 2:00 – 2:30 p.m. |
Proposal Finalist: T&D Stem Title: Stability Monitoring and Conditioning in IBR-Dominated Interconnected Power Systems Milad Ebrahimi, Washington State University Maryam Saeedifard, Georgia Institute of Technology Bo Liu, Washington State University |
| 2:30 – 3:00 p.m. | Proposal Finalist: Systems Stem Title: Adaptive, Large-scale Electromagnetic Transient (EMT) Simulation Qiuhua Huang, Colorado School of Mines Amar Matavalam, Arizona State University Vijay Vittal, Arizona State University |
| 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. | Break |
| 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Proposal Finalist: Systems Stem Title: USERS: Utility Specific Emerging Risks Screening of IBR-Dominated Power Grids Saeed Lotfifard, Washington State University Ian Dobson, Iowa State University |
| 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. | Proposal Finalist: Systems Stem Title: Improving grid strength and flexibility using grid-enhancing technologies Manish Singh, University of Wisconsin-Madison Bai Cui, Iowa State University Venkataramana Ajjarapu, Iowa State University |
| 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. | Proposal Finalist: Systems Stem Title: AI Data Center Dynamic Modeling, Design Optimization, and Grid Stability Studies Xin Chen, Texas A&M University Raja Ayyanar, Arizona State University Prasad Enjeti, Texas A&M University |
| 5:00 p.m. | Day 2 Adjourn |
| 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. | Dinner – Howard University Armour J. Blackburn University Center Dinner tickets: $50 for attendees & $75 for companions |
Thursday, December 4
| 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 10:15 a.m. | Poster Session |
| 9:30 – 10:15 a.m. | EC Meeting |
| 10:15 – 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | FGI-2 EC & IAB Meeting |
| 11:30 – 12:00 p.m. | Closed IAB Meeting |
| 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 1:15 p.m. | IAB Business Meeting Feedback IAB Chair: Bo Gong, SRP |
| 1:15 – 2:55 p.m. | Industry Presentations / Stem Sessions |
| 2:55 – 3:00 p.m. | FGI-2 Recap, Next Steps
Kory W. Hedman, Arizona State University |
| 3:00 p.m. | Day 3 Adjourn
Dinner not provided |