Grid-Enhancing Technologies (Docket No. AD19-19-000)

Workshop regarding Grid-Enhancing Technologies (Docket No. AD19-19-000) (Washington, DC) (Free webcast)

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss grid-enhancing technologies that increase the capacity, efficiency, or reliability of transmission facilities.

Panelists and staff will discuss how grid-enhancing technologies are currently used in transmission planning and operations, the challenges to their deployment and implementation, and what the Commission can do regarding those challenges, including incentiviing or requiring the adoption of grid-enhancing technologies by utilities and RTOs/ISOs.

These technologies include, but are not limited to:(1) power flow control and transmission switching equipment; (2) storage technologies, and (3) advanced line rating management technologies.Participants at this workshop will include representatives from utilities, RTOs/ISOs, technology vendors, researchers, and other interested parties.'

Further details and a formal agenda will be issued prior to the conference.The conference will be held at:

Commission headquarters,888 First Street, NE,Washington, DC 20426.For more information about this workshop, please contact Samin Peirovi at Samin.Peirovi@ferc.govor 202-502-8080.

For information related to logistics, please contact Sarah McKinley at Sarah.Mckinley@ferc.govor 202-502-8368.A free live webcastis available for this meeting. All webcasts are archived for 3 months.