In July 2018, EPRI published a white paper entitled, Developing a Framework for Integrated Energy Network Planning (IEN-P): 10 Key Challenges for Future Electric System Resource Planning (3002010821). This paper identifies and describes 10 complex, large-scale power system planning challenges that electric power system planners and regulators are beginning to confront today, and which are expected to become more pressing and widespread in the future. EPRI’s Technology Innovation (TI) program launched, in early 2018, Phase 2 of this research effort, which is designed to begin to assist electric companies with determining how to implement strategies to address these challenges.
In February 2019, EPRI published an initial set of case studies that highlight how different electric companies in the United States have started to address the IEN-P challenges identified in the white paper. This Technical Update follows the publication of Volume 1 and includes case studies for planning challenges not contained in the first volume. “Key Insights” are included in each case study to enable transfer of knowledge and learnings among peers and to show companies how others are addressing commonly-occurring challenges brought upon by a rapidly changing electricity sector.
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