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Today, The Executives' Club of Chicago organized a highly informative conversation, titled "The Electrification of Everything", with Schneider Electric North American President Aamir Paul, and ComEd CEO and World Business Chicago board member, Gil C. Quiniones, moderated by UL Solutions CEO Jennifer Scanlon. There were many important insights that all three shared, here are some of the most important ones: - We need to douple the electric grid by 2050 to satisfy the growing demand for electricity while simultaneously further increasing the reliability of the grid. The growing demand is coming from all three core customer groups: Residential, Commercial, and Industrial. As one industrial example, Gil mentioned the significant growth of data centers in Northern Illinois due to our state's affordable and reliable energy. Additionally, the state is pursuing large manufacturing projects (e.g EV factories, Battery plants, Chip Production) with significant demands for electricity. - Our 100 years old model of an electricity grid needs to evolve from a centralized grid with a one way power flow to a decentralized and multi ways power flow where current electricity consumers can act as both users and generators. - Increasing energy efficiency across all residential and commercial activities needs to stay a strong pillar of managing our energy consumption. The wide spread implementation of Artificial Intelligence will play a significant role to address this need for ever improved energy efficiency. - Aamir shared a great example of how Schneider Electrics partnered with KB Home to build a 200 home large residential section in California where every house is fully electrified with its own independent and bi-directional electricity micro-grid. There was broad agreement that we all need to be part of the solution to use all current energy sources more efficiently and create carbon neutral energy sources over the long-term while becoming a decentralized electricity enabled society. Thank you to my good friend and The Executives' Club of Chicago CEO Margaret M. Mueller, Ph.D. for enabling important business and civic conversations. See you soon at the next one.

Five #DISTRIBUTECH24 sessions that should be on your agenda. 👇I'll see you there! 1️⃣ #ADMS Journey and Road to #DERMS – Implementation Experience, Successes and Lessons Learned 2️⃣ Building the Foundation of Distribution Operations of the Future with #ADMS/#DERMS – American Electric Power 3️⃣ Powering Progress: A VPP Journey Toward 2030 Goals - Portland General Electric 4️⃣ SMUD’s Journey to a Full Model Distribution Power Flow and its Role in Switch Order Management 5️⃣ Grid Enhancement: OGE Energy Corp. FLISR Journey – From Concept to System Wide Automatic Implementation

Five #DISTRIBUTECH24 sessions that should be on your agenda. 👇I'll see you there! 1️⃣ #ADMS Journey and Road to #DERMS – Implementation Experience, Successes and Lessons Learned 2️⃣ Building the Foundation of Distribution Operations of the Future with #ADMS/#DERMS – American Electric Power 3️⃣ Powering Progress: A VPP Journey Toward 2030 Goals - Portland General Electric 4️⃣ SMUD’s Journey to a Full Model Distribution Power Flow and its Role in Switch Order Management 5️⃣ Grid Enhancement: OGE Energy Corp. FLISR Journey – From Concept to System Wide Automatic Implementation

#mdpienergies #callforreading 👏 We are happy to invite you to read Special Issue "Optimal Scheduling and Intelligent Energy Management Strategies for Electric Vehicle Charging Stations". 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wKS8d #EVcharginginfrastructure #EVelectricitymarket

RMI's latest flipbook offers a comprehensive look into the future of virtual power plant (VPP) programs. Drawing on 15 U.S. case studies, it reveals that well-designed VPPs integrate multiple energy technologies, streamline customer experiences, and incentivize the adoption of distributed energy resources. Key takeaways include the importance of long-term planning, proactive engagement with policymakers, and the flexibility to address unique utility needs like reliability and decarbonization. This flipbook is an invaluable resource for utilities, regulators, and grid operators looking to leverage VPPs for enhanced grid services. Dive into the full report and explore how VPPs are revolutionizing our energy systems. Check it out on Utility Dive:

Electric vehicles will become an increasingly important flexible resource as we transition to a net zero grid. However, there is an urgent need to progress infrastructure, metering and market reforms to truly harness their potential. ev.energy's "Metering Matters" report is an important call-to-action that is well worth a read. Delighted that Flexitricity was able to collaborate on this, along with National Grid ESO's Power Responsive.

Dynamic load management involves the intelligent distribution of electrical power based on real-time demand and available resources. In the context of EV charging, this approach optimises the allocation of electricity to charging stations, responding dramatically to variables such as grid load, energy pricing, and network stability. To learn more about this technology, read our latest article: https://okt.to/lTqG68 #Gemtek #EVCharging #DynamicLoadManagement #ElectricVehicles

As electric vehicle (EV) adoption continues to accelerate, #Utilities are working to ensure the grid can accommodate the increased #Energy demand brought on by #EV charging infrastructure. With a proactive, analytics-driven approach, like distributed intelligence (DI), #Utilities can access real-time insights into EV charging patterns with visibility and control at the grid edge. Itron's distributed energy management expert, Nick Tumilowicz, shares more insights in this T&D World article: https://bit.ly/3zHbFyo