June 20, 2019

The NATF, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), and Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) held a joint workshop focusing on bulk power system (BPS) modeling and planning on June 18-19 in Novi, Michigan.  NATF member ITC Holdings hosted the event, where industry experts discussed the following topics:

• Modeling and studies of the impacts of distributed energy resources on BPS reliability
• Modeling and studies of BPS-connected inverter-based resources
• Electromagnetic transient modeling and studies
• Node-breaker modeling improvements
• Cascading analysis techniques and studies
• Conventional transmission planning study improvements
• NERC standards updates relevant to transmission planning

Workshop presentation materials are available on the NERC website.