12:00 pm
Check-in and Registration
Lunch and Refreshments Available
1:00 pm
Welcome
Mary Ann Piette, Associate Lab Director, ETA Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1:15 pm
Microgrid R&D Program Updates
Dan Ton, U.S. Department of Energy
1:30 pm
Guest Talk: CPUC Microgrid Proceedings
Rosanne Ratkiewich, California Public Utility Commission
2:00 pm
Enabling a Decarbonized, Equitable Grid with Microgrid Building Blocks
Chen-Ching Liu, Virginia Tech (Lead)
2:50 pm
Block-level Approach for Risk Mitigation in Electricity Networks
Miguel Heleno, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Samuel Cordova, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
3:30 pm
Break
3:50 pm
Capacity Congestion Solutions for Enhanced Distribution Operation under Grid Services and
Market Participation of DERs
Kumar Jhala, Argonne National Laboratory
Julieta Giraldez, Kevala
4:30 pm
Advanced Protection for Microgrids and DER in Secondary Networks and Meshed Distribution Systems
Matthew Reno, Sandia National Laboratories
5:10 pm
Net-zero Microgrid Program & Resilient Microgrid Corridor
Timothy McJunkin, Idaho National Laboratory
5:50 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm