The State of DERs and how it benefits the smart grid in the context of energy transition. Join us for a session on the Smart Grid. What is it and why do we need it? Find out the latest trends in design and construction of the NEW Grid. What changed? How are we handling cyber attacks on the grid? How are we physically strengthening the grid? What government incentives are we taking? And how are the Electric Utilities working with the client facilities behind the meter to build resiliency and sustainable facilities for the future. How are DERs (distributed Energy Resources) like solar, fuel cells, and wind working to reduce our nations carbon footprint? From our ancestor’s awareness of electrical energy to more recent history of experiments on how to generate and control such energy, the Electricity has been around with us for several hundred years. But it only became widely accessible as the dominant form of energy, thanks to the modern power systems. At the heart of such power systems is the electric grid, which has served as the backbone for the world’s electricity system for more than a century, fueling economic growth and enabling more advanced technology development. Fast forward to today the society is transitioning from reliance on fossil fuel to cleaner and sustainable operation. We’ve seen signs that the grids are becoming a bottleneck of such energy transition. The observations range from wide-spread outages to multiple grid cogeneration, to prolonged interconnection queue and renewable curtailment. When integrated and managed well, Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) bring in huge value and provide system level flexibility services that can help address the grids’ challenge. In today’s session I would like to take the audience together to explore the challenges and opportunities of integrating DERs to the Smart Grid. Co-sponsored by: IEEE Power and Energy Society Speaker(s): Ding Han, Agenda: 12:00 pm PST IEEE Announcements 12:02 pm PST Introduction of the Speaker(s) 12:04 pm PST Presentation 12:45 pm PST Q&A Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/386518