Elevate Energy Consulting

We welcome another exciting new hire this week! Jiecheng "Jeff" Zhao joins the Elevate Energy Consulting team as a Senior Engineer in our Power System Modeling and Studies team. Jeff will be responsible for transmission planning, generator interconnection, and protection analyses across a range of software platforms as well as supporting NERC regulatory compliance, modeling, and other studies work. Jeff has past consulting experience related to renewable generation development, siting analysis, and market analysis across multiple markets. He also worked at a large utility in Transmission Planning and System Protection on protection system analysis, capital infrastructure projects, DER integration, a BESS pilot study, NERC compliance, and transmission network upgrades. Welcome, Jiecheng "Jeff" Zhao! We are excited to see the great things you will do here at #Elevate. 

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We are excited to announce that Goodarz Ghanavati, PhD has joined the Elevate Energy Consulting team as a Principal Engineer in our Power System Modeling and Studies team. Goodarz will be responsible for conducting a wide array of power system studies involving steady-state powerflow, contingency analysis, short circuit, stability, and electromagnetic transient (#EMT) analysis. Goodarz has extensive experience in these areas. He led one of the first large-scale EMT studies in New England to assess the impact of distributed energy resources (#DERs) on the stability of the New England power system. He also studied and performed control tuning of the state-of-the-art Cape Cod grid forming (#GFM) BESS, which is among the first GFM projects deployed in North America. He also studied the impact of fast trip settings of legacy DERs on the reliability of the New England transmission system. Goodarz brings a tremendous amount of automation experience in multiple power system software packages, which will help #elevate our capabilities. Welcome, Goodarz! We are looking forward to the positive impact you will have, tackling state-of-the-art grid studies to support this energy transition.

❗PSCAD and PSS/E MODELING❗ ERCOT Market Notice "Notice of ERCOT Reliability Monitor Report to Public Utility Commission" #ERCOT Reliability Monitor (ERM) issued a market notice this week stating that it intends to file a report with the Enforcement Division of the Public Utility Commission of Texas regarding delinquent Market Participants with respect to their #PSCAD (electromagnetic transient (#EMT)) model benchmarking against actual hardware testing and providing parameter verification documentation confirming model settings match actual settings implemented in the field. #ERCOT PGRR085 added requirements for certain entities to provide reports of model benchmarking and parameter verification. The revisions included specific details, timelines. applicability, expectations of model accuracy and quality test reports, and plant verification reports. NOTES: ⚠ "The ERM determined ERCOT has 394 commissioned Resource sites that are required to provide the model data pursuant to Planning Guide Section 5.5(5)(b) or a PVR pursuant to Planning Guide Section 5.5(5)(c). Of those sites, as of today, 280 timely submitted the required data. ERCOT rejected some submittals as deficient and returned them to Market Participants. Many Resource Entities that made deficient submittals have not followed up with corrected information as required." ⚠ "The ERM will file a report with the Enforcement Division of the Public Utility Commission of Texas regarding the delinquent Market Participants." Elevate Energy Consulting is poised to support generator owners and renewables developers specifically with PSCAD and PSS/E model development, quality test reports, verification, benchmarking, and meeting ISO/RTO model submittal requirements. Reach out to discuss further! Elevate Details: Contact: info@elevate.energy Website: https://lnkd.in/gkwZ_fUv Notices: July 1, 2024: https://lnkd.in/gY8gCm94 March 13, 2023: https://lnkd.in/grZ36r_R

Farhad Yahyaie presented to the ESIG (Energy Systems Integration Group) Benefits of GFM Task Force today regarding latest updates regarding testing multiple original equipment manufacturer (OEM) models against the #NERC Grid Forming (GFM) Functional Specification and Test Procedures. Farhad also laid out next steps and plans to test the interoperability and stability of the models when electrically tied close together with a microcosm system. The goal of this test is to show that the OEM-provided models of actual product can stably and reliably work together to hold the system stable under a wide range of grid scenarios (changing short-circuit ratio, loads levels, fault conditions, etc.) We are also working collaboratively with the OEMs regarding any issues we may identify in an effort to improve reliable performance of future GFM and IBR technology and models moving forward. The ESIG Task Force meeting also featured a very informative presentation by Xiaoyao Zhou, National Grid ESO, who presented GFM developments in Great Britain including the GFM specification GC0137, Stability Pathfinder work, market design considerations, and further developments of GFM including GFM resources that will be commissioned in the coming months.

⏱ Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the revised North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Rules of Procedure (ROP) revisions related to the registration of bulk power system (BPS)-connected inverter-based resources (#IBR) that will become subject to NERC Reliability Standards applicable to generator owners and operators in May 2026. The NERC ROP revisions are intended to ensure that NERC can identify owners and operators of IBRs as candidates for registration under the new "Category 2 GO/GOPs." 💡 The new registration criteria applies to entities that own or operate IBRs with an aggregate nameplate capacity of >= 20MVA and connected to a common point of connection at a voltage >= 60kV. NERC IBR Registration Quick Reference Guide: https://lnkd.in/gmjcj9j2 FERC Order: https://lnkd.in/g9SFy7Yn

Ryan Quint presented to Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (FRCC) members yesterday at their 2024 Battery Energy Storage System (#BESS) Workshop and gave a brief tutorial about grid forming (#GFM) technology and how it is particularly applicable for BESS to provide grid-stabilizing attributes. He also provided a brief tutorial on how grid planners can apply the NERC GFM Functional Specifications and Test Procedures in their study procedures to verify that the interconnection BESS model meets the necessary performance requirements. System reliability studies can help answer the questions that often come up by industry stakeholders: How much GFM BESS do I need? Where should it be placed on the system? When should I start deploying it? How do I study it? All very good questions and challenging topics that must be addressed relatively soon to unlock a reliable clean energy transition! #gridreliability #cleanenergy #energytransition #gfm #bess #transmissionplanning #ibr #simulation

Join the Elevate Energy Consulting team at the IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting in Seattle, WA next month! So many ways to connect: 🔆 Participate in this Sunday afternoon tutorial on #EMT and #IBRs 🔆 Say hi at the Sunday evening Welcome Reception 🔆 Catch us at the Monday evening Poster Session reception 🔆 Have lunch and chat with us at the CIGRE USNC Annual Luncheon 🔆 Come celebrate with us at the Tuesday evening Awards Dinner 🔆 Join us at the Wednesday Young Professionals and Women in Power reception 🔆 Join in on our panel presentations to discuss exciting evolving topics related to inverter-based resources, distributed energy resources, renewables integration, inverter technology, power system dynamics and stability, and other areas of grid engineering and systems integration. 🔆 Reach out to any of our team members to set up some 1:1 time to discuss ways in which we can collaborate - Ryan Quint, Kyle Thomas, Farhad Yahyaie. #conference #tutorial #panelsession #ieee #ieeepes #connect #cigre #emt #ibr #collaborate #celebrate #industryevent #outreach #teamwork

Tune in next Tuesday, June 25 from 11-1 ET for the next monthly meeting of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) i2X Forum for the Implementation of Reliability Standards for Transmission (FIRST). This upcoming meeting will explore IEEE 2800-2022 ride-through requirements, particularly given the high priority of North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) PRC-029 revisions with Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Order 901 directives and the November 2024 deadline for that standard revision (along with PRC-028 and PRC-030). Join in to the discussion to learn more about latest industry trends, a comparison of IEEE 2800 requirements against PRC-029 draft language, how #IEEE 2800 can be leveraged to enhance IBR ride-through capability and performance in a consistent and unified manner across transmission provider footprints, and to ask questions and provide input among industry experts and peers. #gridreliability #renewableinterconnection #gridintegration #standardization #ieee #nerc #ferc #forum #collaboration #education #outreach

Absolutely thrilled and deeply honored to receive the 2024 IEEE PES Outstanding Young Engineer Award. It has been a tremendous honor and privilege to lead industry initiatives and work with so many bright minds, thought leaders, and innovators over the past 15 years of my career. The formative years of a young engineer's career are so impactful, and I was incredibly lucky to have a "best in class" lineup of mentors raise me as a young leader. My deepest thanks to Dmitry Kosterev, Joe Eto, John Undrill, Prof. Jim Thorp, Damir Novosel, Alison Silverstein, Jeffrey Cook, P.E., Robert Cummings, Rich Bauer, Marianna Vaiman, Charlie Smith, Mark Lauby, and so many others who have had such a positive influence in my life. 2024 IEEE PES Awards Recipients: https://lnkd.in/gd7vsg4M