BCSE members National Grid and AspenTech were featured panelists in a side event at the We Mean Business Pavillion on transforming the electric grid through systems and technology innovation. BCSE President Lisa Jacobson moderated the discussion, which focused on the ways the private sector and governments can prioritize optimizing existing grid infrastructure and look to new innovations in technology and systems optimization.
Solutions like distributed energy resources, grid-enhancing technologies, demand response programs, non-wires alternatives, and virtual power plants were highlighted, and speakers spoke to challenges and opportunities in the areas of policy, partnerships, technology deployment, and on-the-ground implementation.