Transactive Energy Systems Conference

Add On: Pre-Conference Tutorial: Transactive Energy 101

If you've heard of transactive energy systems, but aren't sure how they work or where they're headed, this is the tutorial for you. The Transactive Energy 101 tutorial is designed for technical and non-technical backgrounds and will give an overview of transactive energy systems and discuss the opportunities and challenges that they present. The tutorial is applicable for a broad range of backgrounds including those with experience in regulatory, utility, solution design, or building management areas.

Conference Registration

Welcome and Opening Remarks

SEPA's Chief Innovation Officer, Sharon Allan, will be joined by the Gridwise Architecture Council (GWAC)'s Chair, David Forifa and the Administrator of GWAC Mark Knight, to welcome attendees to the conference.

Opening Keynote: New York REV, Past and Future

This session discusses the origins of the New York Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) and the future of the initiative.

MIT and the Origins of Transactive Energy

Professor Jim Kirtley will describe the origins of transactive energy in the concepts developed in the 1970s by MIT for homeostatic control. Professor Maria Ilic will provide an overview of current MIT research in the area of transactive energy.

Networking Break

GWAC Foundational Session: Revisiting the TE Framework

This plenary will feature several members from the GridWise Architecture Council (GWAC) discussing changes to the Transactive Energy Framework. Since the framework's first publication in 2013, there have been significant developments in the transactive energy space. Council members will discuss these key changes and how the Transactive Energy Framework continues its evolution.

Networking Reception

Enjoy refreshments and continue the conversation with your peers!

Registration and Networking

Plenary Keynote: Transactive Perspectives from the Department of Energy

Chris Irwin will discuss the changing nature of the power grid and how the U.S. Department of Energy see the potential impacts of these changes. Mr. Irwin will describe recent and current work sponsored by the DOE and offer personal observations about the role of transactive energy systems.

Business & Policy Panel: Transactive Energy for Policymakers

What are the business and policy aspects that are needed to guide the transactive energy transition? Panelists will discuss the necessary actions policymakers must take to enable transactive energy as DER proliferation increases, as well as how to align policy and regulatory measures to establish a convergence of architectural and energy marketplace changes. The discussion will also focus on various stakeholders, their roles in transactive energy, and how their business models could evolve to provide and realize value over time.

Networking Break

Enjoy refreshments and continue the conversation with your peers!

Design & Technology Panel: Reaching Agreement on Transactions

While there is broad agreement on the conceptual scope of transactive energy systems, there are a variety of approaches to how to implementation should occur. This panel will focus on the system design and architecture decisions that have been used for early transactive energy systems, delve into the changing cyber-physical needs of both the transactive and non-transactive elements of the grid, and finally discuss the evolving requirements that are essential as the grid becomes smarter on both sides of the meter.

Lunch

NIST TE Challenge Review

Dr. Holmberg will review the achievements of the NIST TE Challenge for advancing TE and present a summary of team simulation results. Two products of the TE Challenge, a common TE abstract component model and a baseline reference scenario, are available for ongoing comparisons of TE approaches.

Customers as the Ultimate Regulator(s)

This plenary session will include regulators and staff from the Northeast. The session will be moderated by Ellen Anderson who is the Executive Director of the University of Minnesota's Energy Transition Lab and was chair of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission in the past. The panel will discuss topics relating to distributed energy resource proliferation and how this is transitioning the role of the customer from a passive to more active role.

Networking Break

Enjoy refreshments and continue the conversation with your peers!

Breakout: Business & Policy Workshop - Transactive Energy for Policymakers

This workshop will explore issues decided by the audience at the end of the Business & Policy panel. The top 3-4 questions will be discussed by workshop participants.

Breakout: Design & Technology Workshop - Reaching Agreement on Transactions

This workshop will explore issues decided by the audience at the end of the Design & Technology panel. The top 3-4 questions will be discussed by workshop participants.

Registration and Networking

Keynote: Grid Modernization and Energy Storage

Mr. Hill discusses energy storage and the collaboration between Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, National Grid, and the Department of Energy

Business & Technology Panel: Valuing DER and Unbundled Services

In 2016, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) noted that about 40% of total U.S. energy consumption was from residential and commercial sectors, mostly building related. This panel examines how buildings can be integrated with the grid, how blockchain consensus algorithms may be adapted to value control, and the possible role of information as a service. The panel also discusses a municipal aggregation pilot that includes the integration of local distributed energy resources behind the meter.

Networking Break

Enjoy refreshments and continue the conversation with your peers!

Breakout Workshop: Business & Technology - Buildings as DER

This workshop will explore issues decided by the audience at the end of the Business & Technology panel. The top 3-4 questions will be discussed by workshop participants.

Lunch

The Power of Blockchain

This plenary session will review the latest developments and applications of crypto currency technologies for transactive energy including smart contracts, tokens, and the consensus algorithms. It will provide an overview of blockchain applicability and the power consumed by the proof of work algorithm, as well as privacy and encryption concerns. Panelists will share their assessment of blockchain, including how they view its applicability for microtransactions today.

Closing Remarks