These trainings are open to commissioners and staff of all public utility commissions, the directors and staff of State Energy Offices, and state consumer advocates.
This training will include an optional site visit to EPRI's Charlotte Laboratory on the morning of Friday, December 13.
The National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory invite State Energy Offices, public utility commissions, and utility consumer advocates to participate in one of three regional trainings on integrated distribution system planning. The content of the three trainings will be identical, and state participants are welcome to attend any one of them.
The training includes technical courses, peer-sharing, office hours with trainers, and a half-day state action planning workshop, covering all new topics with a focus on planning for electrification and distributed energy resources (see below for a list of topics). If you missed the 2023-24 trainings, please review the slides and recordings here. Please note, the 2023-2024 trainings are not a prerequisite for attending this training.
Registration:
To register for the Wednesday, December 11- Thursday, December 12, 2024 training in Charlotte, North Carolina, please register here. The deadline to register is Friday, November 22, 2024.
Hotel Room Block:
Hotel reservations can be made at the $131.00 per night government per diem rate through the hotel room block. The deadline for the hotel room block is Tuesday, November 26, 2024.
Travel Stipends:
Limited travel stipends will be available upon request. If you require travel assistance, please request when registering and wait to hear from your host organization before making travel arrangements. If you have logistical questions, please contact:
Technical content in the trainings will cover the following:
- Best practices for planning distribution systems.
- Incorporating electrification and DERs in local grid planning
- Stakeholder-informed planning processes to achieve state goals
- Distribution planning challenges and solutions
- What to ask utilities about their distribution planning
In addition, the second day will conclude with a state action planning workshop in which participants will:
- Consolidate the learning from the training sessions
- Apply learning to develop tangible plans for advancing distribution planning in their home states
- Engage in interactive discussions and peer exchange to support ongoing IDSP implementation post-workshop
Preliminary Agenda and Schedule:
- Wednesday, December 11: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | Distribution Planning, Load and DER Forecasting, Equity and Stakeholder Engagement, “Office Hours” with Trainers
- Thursday, December 12: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. | Distribution Planning for Transportation and Building Electrification (morning); State Action Planning Workshop (afternoon)
- Friday, December 13: 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. | Optional Site Visit to EPRI's Charlotte Laboratory
These trainings are open to commissioners and staff of all public utility commissions, the directors and staff of State Energy Offices, and state consumer advocates. They are supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Electricity and Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.