Winter Edition | January 2024

The Advanced Grid Institute (AGI) is a collaborative partnership between Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and Washington State University (WSU) on a mission to solve critical grid modernization challenges. Since 2018, the AGI has been working to accelerate research and development of advanced grid modeling tools and operational technologies our future power grid will require. This quarterly newsletter brings you research updates, timely announcements, news, events, and developments of interest to the AGI community.  

Anamika Dubey Selected to Co-Lead Advanced Grid Institute

Anamika Dubey has been appointed co-director of AGI. Dubey is Huie-Rogers Endowed Chair and associate professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science within the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture. She co-leads the institute with Jeff Dagle, chief electrical engineer at PNNL. Read More. 

Electric Vehicles and the Grid—What Needs

to Happen? 

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 2023 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 state and federal goals. Read More. 

State Regulators Share Perspectives on Implementing Energy Policy

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 on AGI Industry Day. The panelists were invited to speak at the session, “Implementing Energy Policy Activities: State Regulators and State Government Perspectives.”  Read More. 

Schulz Transitions to Inaugural Director of WSU's Institute for Northwest Energy Futures

In August of 2023, Noel Schulz was named the inaugural director for WSU's Institute for Northwest Energy Futures. Schulz has worked in the electric grid area for over 30 years and has administrative and research leadership experience at three universities. With these new responsibilities, Schulz stepped down from her position as co-director of AGI in December. Read More. 

Save the Date—AGI Industry Day 2024

AGI Industry will take place on August 28, 2024 at WSU Tri-Cities in Richland, WA. Bookmark the webpage for more information as it becomes available. 

Publications

Gray N. R. Sadnan A. Bose A. Dubey T. Vu J. Xie and L.D. Marinovici et al. 2023. “Comparison of Networked Microgrid Voltage Support Algorithms.”  In 2023 IEEE Industry Applications Annual Meeting. PNNL-SA-184423."

Macmillan, K. Wilson, S. Baik, J. P. Carvallo, A. Dubey, C. A. Holland, “Shedding light on the economic costs of long-duration power outages: A review of resilience assessment methods and strategies”, Energy Research & Social Science, Volume 99, 2023, ISSN 2214-6296.

Nathan Gray, Rabayet Sadnan, Anjan Bose, Anamika Dubey, Thanh Long Vu, Jing Xie, Laurentiu D. Marinovici, Kevin P. Schneider, Cecilia Klauber, and Wei Trinh “Distributed Coordination of Networked Microgrids for Voltage Support in Bulk Power Grids,” IEEE IAS annual meeting, 2023.

Reiman et al., “App Deconfliction: Orchestrating Distributed, Multi-Agent, Multi-Objective Operations for Power Systems,”  in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 40314-40327, 2023.

Poudel S. G.D. Black M. Mukherjee and A.P. Reiman. 2023. “Multi-Objective Power Distribution Operations: Characterizing Conflict and System Volatility.”  IEEE Access. PNNL-SA-188541. doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3318267"

Rabayet Sadnan, Nathan Gray, Anamika Dubey, Anjan Bose, “Bulk-power Grid Support: Distributed OPF for Voltage and Frequency Regulation,” IEEE SmartGridComm Conference, 2023.

Schneider K.P. J. Glass C. Klauber B. Ollis M. Reno A. Dubey and M. Burck et al. 2023. Citadels Final Report (GMLC 2.2.1: Citadels). PNNL-33889. Richland WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. doi:10.2172/1995452.

Shuva Paul, Abodh Poudyal, Shiva Poudel, Anamika Dubey, Zhaoyu Wang, “Resilience assessment and planning in power distribution systems: Past and future considerations,” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 189, Part B, Nov 2023.

Subho Paul, Nathan Gray, Anamika Dubey, Anjan Bose, Md Touhiduzzaman, and James Ogle, “Robustness Assessment of Distributed OPF at Cyber-Physical Co-simulation Framework under Communication Non-idealities,”  IEEE IAS annual meeting, 2023.

Vu T. L.D. Marinovici K.P. Schneider J. Xie C. Klauber and A. Dubey. 2023. “Coordination of Networked Microgrids for Supporting Voltages of Bulk Power Systems.” In 2023 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM). PNNL-SA-179314.  doi:10.1109/PESGM52003.2023.10252812

Xie J. K.P. Schneider F.K. Tuffner R. Sadnan T. Vu L.D. Marinovici and A. Dubey et al. 2023. “Coordinated Self-Assembly of Networked Microgrids Using Irving’s Algorithm.” In 2024 North American Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference. PNNL-SA-188335.

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