Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Location: Room 519B
Date: Tuesday, 30/Sept/2025
10:30am
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12:00pm
C1-1: PS1: Interconnectors
Location: Room 519B
 
10:30am - 10:45am

Multi-Deterministic System Planning with numerous System Operators

Fabien Laurent Barlet

EDF, France



10:45am - 11:00am

The Needed Changes to the Brazilian Interconnected Power System to Keep it in the Course for Net Zero

Nelson Martins1, Iony Siqueira2, Paulo Gomes3

1: Brazilian National Academy of Engineering, Brazil; 2: Tecnix; 3: PSQ Consulting



11:00am - 11:15am

Challenges in Loop System Configuration for Interconnection Facility Enhancement Plan between Chubu, Kansai, and Hokuriku towards Achieving Carbon Neutrality by 2050

Mikito Kato, Yasuhiro Kaburaki

Chubu Electric Power Grid Co., Inc., Japan



11:15am - 11:30am

Realising The Borneo Grid as a Catalyst for APG

Adrian Wee Sung Sim, Wei Chiun Goh

Sarawak Energy Berhad, Malaysia



11:30am - 11:45am

From Disconnection to Integration: The Transformation of the Brazilian Electric Sector over 50 Years

Nayara Souza Montes

Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil, Brazil



11:45am - 12:00pm

Enhancing Electricity Trade between Thailand and Cambodia: Challenges, Solutions, and the Thailand-Lao-Cambodia Power Integration Project (TLC-PIP)

Worrapong Wonglimamornlert, Suppapit Wongpattanasiri

Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand, Thailand

1:30pm
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3:30pm
C1-2: PS1: Renewable Energy Sources
Location: Room 519B
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Assessment of connection concepts for Germany’s far out North Sea offshore wind areas for an efficient energy transition

Tuncay Türkucar

E-Bridge Consulting GmbH, Germany



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Value of Grid Enhancing Technologies for the Integration of Renewable Energy Sources

Nicolas Omont1, Felipe Gonzalez Venegas1, Adèle Des Moutis1, Antons Kutjuns2, Didzis Sulcs2, Thomas Brouhard1

1: Artelys, France; 2: AST, Latvia



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Techno-Economic Evaluation of the Use of Topological Actions in an Electrical Energy Hub with Large Penetration of Offshore Wind

Giacomo Bastianel1,2, Dirk Van Hertem1,2, Hakan Ergun1,2

1: KU Leuven; 2: Etch - Energyville, Belgium



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Challenges and Practices in Integrating Large-Scale Renewable Energy into Canada’s Electricity Grid

Tatiana Guerrero, Eric Breault, Nishant Gehani

BBA Consultants, Canada



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Challenges of Strategic Grid Renovation and Investment Plan in the Tokyo Bay Area to meet RES-Dominant Era

Hajime Hirano, Junichi Takaue

Tokyo Electric Power Company Power Grid, Inc, Japan



2:45pm - 3:00pm

History of Effort for the Acceleration of Renewable Energy Integration in Japan

Mitsuhiko Tato1, Koichiro Yamaki2

1: Tokyo Electric Power Company Power Grid, Inc., Japan; 2: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc., Japan



3:00pm - 3:15pm

Green Grid Initiative: Advancing Renewable Energy Integration and Transmission System Optimization - Indian Perspective

Amandeep Kala

Powergrid Corporation of India Limited, India



3:15pm - 3:30pm

Hydro-Thermal System Optimization in Georgian Power System for Enhanced Resource Utilization and Decarbonization

Pikria ELIZARASHVILI, Tamar JIKIA

Georgian State Electrosystem JSC, Georgia

4:00pm
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6:00pm
C1-3: PS1: Demand & Storage
Location: Room 519B
 
4:00pm - 4:15pm

Demand Control for the Transmission System Congestion Management

Alexandre Besner, Mihajlo Curcic, Abderrahman Bani, Thierry Major-Cyr

Hydro-Quebec, Canada



4:15pm - 4:30pm

Impact of Data Center Demand on the US Transmission System

Rekha Sharma1, Dr. Ankita Samui1, Jackson Spaeth1, Vineeta Kaushik2

1: GE Vernova, United States of America; 2: GE Vernova, Canada



4:30pm - 4:45pm

MESH Concept Application by Watts and Bits procedure

Koichiro Yamaki1, Yoshimitsu Umahashi2, Hiroshi Okamoto3

1: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc., Japan; 2: Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan; 3: TEPCO Power Grid, Japan



4:45pm - 5:00pm

Long Term electrical Load Forecasting for the Jordanian electrical Power Grid using ANN Models

Ghaith Ahmad Mohmmad Mubark

Samra Electric Power Company (SEPCO), Jordan, Hashemite Kingdom of



5:00pm - 5:15pm

Energy Storage in the big electrical systems: keypoints from the analysis of situation and challenges faced by the major transmission system operators

Claire Lajoie-Mazenc1, Darren Lamb2, Jennifer Ross3, Siju Joseph4, Alexandre Nohara5, Stanislas Utts6, Silvia Ruggiero7, Gerald Sanchis8

1: Rte, France; 2: CAISO, USA; 3: MISO, USA; 4: NTCSA, South Africa; 5: ONS, Brasil; 6: SO-UPS, Russia; 7: Terna, Italy; 8: GO15, USA



5:15pm - 5:30pm

Importance of risk averse operation of long-term storages when modelling a future renewable northern European electricity system

Birger Mo, Arild Helsteh

SINTEF Energy, Norway



5:30pm - 5:45pm

Increase Transfer Capacity to Remote Areas and Defer Transmission Reinforcement Needs Using Battery Energy Storage Systems

Farzad Farahmand, Farid Chagla, Megan Lund, Alex Merrick

Independent Electricity System Operator, Canada



5:45pm - 6:00pm

Battery Energy Storage Systems for Primary Frequency Regulation: A Pioneering Case in Colombia’s National Grid

Oscar Andres Tobar-Rosero1, Gabriel Jaime Sanchez-Zuluaga1, Luis Fernando Quintero-Henao2, John Edwin Candelo-Becerra1

1: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia; 2: Enterprise Innovation

Date: Wednesday, 01/Oct/2025
10:30am
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12:15pm
C1-4: PS1: Congestion, Curtailment, Reliability, Adequacy & Uncertainty
Location: Room 519B
 
10:30am - 10:45am

Analysis of the Impact of Curative Congestion Management Measures on System Stability

Fabian Meissner, Ricarda Kriete, Stefanie Samaan, Albert Moser

RWTH Aachen University, Germany



10:45am - 11:00am

Energy Curtailment Analysis in Alberta

ASHRAF UL HAQUE1, ASHIKUR BHUIYA2, HABIB MASUM1

1: Stantec Consulting Ltd., Canada; 2: ARUP, Canada



11:00am - 11:15am

Weather Synchronizations - The key Consideration for System Simulation and Reliability Assessment

Ming Hu

AESO, Canada



11:15am - 11:30am

Power System Reliability Models and the Characterization of Equipment Outage Durations

Razib Hasan1, Selena Lee1, JinMing Liu1, Partha Roy1, Thomas Fredeman1, David Allen2

1: Consolidated Edison Co. of NY, United States of America; 2: Risk Research Group, USA



11:30am - 11:45am

Strathclyde European Electricity Market Model: a 14-Zone disaggregated GB model for adequacy and cost assessment of future decarbonisation pathways

Shanay Skellern, Callum MacIver, Magnus Jamieson, Keith Bell

University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom



11:45am - 12:00pm

Adaptive Power System planning for integration of new Technologies

Frederik J van der Linde1, Muath Akkad1, Stefan Kovacevic1, Sultana Begum2, Kate Young1

1: Jacobs, United Kingdom; 2: Jacobs, UAE

1:30pm
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3:30pm
C1-5: PS1/2: Hydrogen, Heat, Multi-energy systems & Planning
Location: Room 519B
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Global sustainable energy system coupling electricity and hydrogen

Nicolas Chamollet1, Duncan Mathews2, Raul Montano3, Ling Wei4

1: EDF, France; 2: University College Cork; 3: Hitachi Energy; 4: Electric Power Development Research Institute



1:45pm - 2:00pm

Hydrogen Production from Thermal Electricity Constraint management

Charlotte Higgins1, Jacob Kane1, Paul Wakely2, Helen Dugdale3, Hanna Lawrence1, Adrian Anderson1

1: Arup, United Kingdom; 2: National Energy System Operator (NESO), United Kingdom; 3: National Gas, United Kingdom



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Economic Evaluation of energy-flexible Heating and Holding Phases of Melting Furnaces

Alexander Mages1,2, Alexander Sauer1,2

1: Institute for Energy Efficiency in Production (EEP) University of Stuttgart, Germany; 2: Fraunhofer IPA, Germany



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Quantifying the Industrial Heat Electrification Potential for Grid Planning

Francis LEBREUX DESILETS, Soseh ZADOORIAN, Matheus ZAMBRONI, Steven WONG

NRCAN



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Investigation of the Influence of Energy policy framework conditions on the Development of Municipal Multi-energy systems

Paul Maximilian Röhrig1,2, Leon Zoller1, Oliver Banovic1, Julius Zocher2, Andreas Ulbig1,2

1: RWTH Aachen, IAEW, Aachen, Germany; 2: Fraunhofer FIT, Aachen, Germany



2:45pm - 3:00pm

Railway Multi-Energy Hub for a Resilient Integrated Energy System

JAMES YU, Ross Davison, Brian Sweeney, Kang Li, Ross Kirkwood, Colin McNaught, Pingz Qian

SP Energy Networks, United Kingdom



3:00pm - 3:15pm

Strategic planning of network expansion by considering different constraints and factors

Stefano Grassi

Gilytics AG, Switzerland



3:15pm - 3:30pm

Enhancing Grid Utilization: A Case Study on Dynamic Line Rating and Advanced Power Flow Control for Long Term Planning

Swaroop Guggilam, Alberto Del Rosso

EPRI, United States of America

4:00pm
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6:00pm
C1-6: PS2/3. Asset management, PMUs, VPPs & Climate change
Location: Room 519B
 
4:00pm - 4:15pm

ReLife: an open-source Python library for survival analysis and asset renewal decisions for infrastructure managers.

Alexis Frémond1, Thomas Guillon1, Aya Hankir2, Benoît Desvignes2

1: RTE Réseau de Transport d'Electricité, France; 2: Artelys



4:15pm - 4:30pm

Probabilistic Life Cycle Costing Approach for Physical Assets: Application to Grounding Devices.

Darragi Messaoudi, Marie-Hélène Joannette-Cartier

Hydro Québec, Canada



4:30pm - 4:45pm

Leveraging Virtual Power Plants to Enhance Data Centers Reliability and Sustainability

Samaneh Morovati1, Shadi Chuangpishit1, John Wiltshire2, Drazena Brocilo2, Ben Rosenfeld2, Selver Corhodzic2, Amin Zamani1

1: Quanta Technology; 2: Meta Platforms



4:45pm - 5:00pm

Computing of Power Networks in Quantum Era - PMU Data Encoding in Quantum Circuit

Hillol Biswas, M Manojkumar, S K Srivastava

WAPCOS LIMITED, India



5:00pm - 5:15pm

The Brazilian Interconnected Power System Experience with Energy Transition under Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events and Outdated Regulation Paulo Gomes PSQ Brazil pglinha@gmail.com Nelson Martins

Paulo Gomes1, Nelson Martins2

1: PSQ, Brazil; 2: Brazilian National Academy



5:15pm - 5:30pm

Enhancing Climate Resilience in Power System Planning: An Integrated Framework

Maren Ihlemann1, Jesse Bukenberger2, Andrea Staid2, Juan Carlos Martin3

1: EPRI International, Canada; 2: EPRI, US; 3: EPRI Europe



5:30pm - 5:45pm

An analytical methodology to evaluate the outage return periods for substations subject to floods

Emanuele Ciapessoni1, Diego Cirio1, Andrea Pitto1, Leonardo Mancusi1, Alessandro Lazzarini2, Giuseppe Berrettoni2, Francesca Scavo2, Federico Falorni2, Laura Bianco2

1: Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico - RSE S.p.A., Italy; 2: Terna S.p.A

Date: Thursday, 02/Oct/2025
10:30am
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12:15pm
C2-3: Operational Strategies and Tools for Enhancing Grid Resilience and Management
Location: Room 519B
 
10:30am - 10:45am

Cold load pickup management behind the meter: enhancing resilience in low-voltage networks

Luis Rueda1, Nathalie Benoit1, Michaël Fournier1, Daniel Galeano-Suarez2, Alejandro Parrado-Duque2, François Laurencelle1, Follivi Kloutse Ayevide1

1: Hydro-Québec, Canada; 2: Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Canada



10:45am - 11:00am

Innovative Approach for the Cold Load Pickup Management at the Meter

Alexandre Lemire, Bruno Cantin

Hydro-Quebec, Canada



11:00am - 11:15am

Implementing SCADA-EMS for Microgrid Management: A Case Study of the Greek DSO

Stefanos Kokkinelis, Despina Koukoula, Charalampos Pappas

Hellenic Electricity Distribution Network Operator S.A., Greece



11:15am - 11:30am

System Operation Strategy for Grid Enhancement and Prevention of Sumatera Power System Blackout

mohammad bachtiar, feri fivaldi, Amiruddin bz

pt pln, Indonesia



11:30am - 11:45am

Operational management of digital electric networks

ALEXANDER KHRENNIKOV1, Nikolay Aleksandrov2, Sergey Mikhailov3

1: JSC "Rosseti Scientific & Research Center", Russia; 2: SPE “Dynamics”, Russia; 3: National Research University MPEI , Russia



11:45am - 12:00pm

Operational and organizational alarm management support by integrating machine learning, metrics, and user interface design

Antony Hilliard1, David Marino1, Georgios Mitrentsis2, Jhelum Chakravorty1, Susanne Schmitt2

1: Hitachi Energy Research, Canada; 2: Hitachi Energy Research, Germany

1:30pm
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3:30pm
C2-4: Advanced Methods for Stability and Reserve Management in Renewable Power Systems
Location: Room 519B
 
1:30pm - 1:45pm

Reserve Requirements Estimation and Pooling Methods for Intermittent Energy Resources in GCC Grid

Ahmed ALJaafari, Nasser Al-Shahrani, Hashim Al-Zahrani

GCCIA, Saudi Arabia



1:45pm - 2:00pm

A Remedial Action Scheme to Prevent Short-Term Voltage Instability in Presence of WECC Generic Photovoltaic System Model

Siavash Yari1, Innocent Kamwa1, Dmitry Rimorov2

1: Laval University, Canada; 2: IREQ, Hydro-Quebec, Canada



2:00pm - 2:15pm

Automatic Generation Control of a solar power plant in the Indian power system

Anmol Sharma, Phanisankar Chilukuri, Rohit Shukla, Vivek Pandey

Grid Controller of India Limited, India



2:15pm - 2:30pm

Solar Photovoltaic Power Penetration Estimation on Distribution Load Feeders for Black Start

Tina Chou1, Yi-Jun Wang2

1: INTERGRID LTD., Taiwan; 2: Tungnan University, Taiwan



2:30pm - 2:45pm

Recommended Electrical Grid Operational Technologies for Cities Running on 100% Renewable Energy

SAAD ISRARUL HAQ

ACWA Power, Saudi Arabia



2:45pm - 3:00pm

Recommended Electrical Grid Innovation Technologies for a Sustainable and Reliable 100% Renewable Energy Grid

SAAD ISRARUL HAQ

ACWA Power, Saudi Arabia