ESIG Down Under Plenary 2: Customer-Grid Interface

Plenary Session – Customer-Grid Interface With the widespread development of distributed energy resources (DER), customers are playing an increasingly important and active role in their interactions with the electricity grid. In particular, new technologies and commercial models are emerging that could profoundly change the way low-carbon power systems will be operated, designed and planned, starting right from the “edge of the grid”. In this Session we will present fundamental techno-economic aspects of these transformations at the customer-grid interface based on international experiences that in some cases are world-first, and we will discuss technical, commercial and regulatory constraints as well as enabling mechanisms to boost DER options at the customer premises which can enable an affordable and reliable transition towards low-carbon futures. Facilitator: Pierluigi Mancarella, Chair Professor of Electrical Power Systems, University of Melbourne Integration and scaling Tesla’s South Australia Virtual Power Plant (SAVPP) into the NEM Josef Tadich, Senior Manager Engineering, Tesla Engaging Customer DER on a Utility Path to Carbon Neutrality Obadiah Bartholomy, Manager, Distributed Energy Strategy, Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Resource Planning at the Grid Edge Steve Beuning, Vice President, Holy Cross Energy