Advanced Grid Institute (AGI) welcomed Commissioner David Danner and Commissioner Ann Rendahl, from the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, and Technical Manager Kiera Zitelman from the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) on AGI Industry Day. The panelists were invited to speak at the session, “Implementing Energy Policy Activities: State Regulators and State Government […]
It has been a busy start to the year with AGI! Dr. Anamika Dubey was announced as the new Co-Director of the Advanced Grid Institute on the Washington State University (WSU) side and Dr. Wei Du has been appointed as the Interim Co-Director of AGI on the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) side. Here are […]
Schulz transitions to Inaugural Director of WSU’s Institute for Northwest Energy Futures In August of 2023, Dr. Noel Schulz was named the inaugural director for Washington State University’s (WSU’s) Institute for Northwest Energy Futures (INEF). Schulz has worked in the electric grid area for over 30 years and has administrative and research leadership experience at […]
The Advanced Grid Institute (AGI) brought together colleagues from state and federal agencies, utilities, industry, national laboratories, and academia for a day of lively panel discussions and presentations at the annual AGI Industry Day. One of those panels was “Electric Vehicles and the Grid,” a lively discussion on the status and barriers to electrifying vehicles and meeting […]
On August 31, six members of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) met with the Institute co-directors on the WSU Tri-Cities campus to discuss the current activities and future direction of the AGI. The IAB discussed their thoughts related to emerging opportunities for AGI, pressing challenges for their organizations, and feedback on AGI Industry Day 2023. […]
The theme of the 2023 AGI Industry Day was “Pathways Toward A Clean Energy Grid” and was held on August 30 in a hybrid format with participants on the WSU Tri-Cities campus in Richland, Washington and on-line. Over 190 participants from 58 organizations registered for the event that included speakers from DOE, PNNL, WSU, legislators, […]
The IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) gives annual awards to engineers making big differences in their field. Two members of the PNNL/WSU Advanced Grid Institute (AGI) team have received an IEEE PES award this year, Dr. Anamika Dubey and Dr. Mani Venkatasubramanian. Dr. Dubey won the “IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award,” while Dr. […]
Over the last six years, Washington State University (WSU) has been the lead US institution for a $30M joint US-India project on advanced electric distribution systems considering renewable energy and storage. The project, U.S. India CollAborative for Smart DiStribution System wITH STorage (UI-ASSIST), was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as well as […]
Menuka KC’s Poster – Study of inter-area resonance from forced oscillations in a 240-bus system https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/2928/2023/09/Menuka-KC-1.pdf Liadi Akande’s Poster – Suppressing the net-load duck-curve with east-west solar array orientation https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/2928/2023/09/Liadi_Akande_AGI_Poster15950-1.pdf Ben McCornack’s Poster – Loss Minimization Through Local Volt-Var Control https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/2928/2023/09/Ben-McCornack-Poster-1.pdf Sajjad Mahmud’s Poster – Spatiotemporal impact analysis of hurricanes and storm surges on power […]