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Thursday, May 2
 

8:00am EDT

Registration / Badge Pickup
Thursday May 2, 2024 8:00am - 4:30pm EDT

8:30am EDT

Welcome Address
Speakers
avatar for Alex Thornton (LF Energy)

Alex Thornton (LF Energy)

Executive Director, LF Energy
Alex Thornton currently serves as Executive Director of the LF Energy Foundation, where he works to cultivate open source technology and standards for rapid energy system decarbonization. Alex has nearly two decades of experience in applying technology for energy and climate impact... Read More →

Thursday May 2, 2024 8:30am - 8:45am EDT

8:45am EDT

Keynote: Advancing Energy-Economic-Climate Modeling: Establishing a Community Platform
Energy, economic, and climate modeling communities have developed a plethora of energy models and data sets. Operating a different geospatial and temporal scales, and answering a wide variety of questions has spawned the proliferation of numerous models and model families. There is a unique opportunity to align these into a community platform,  leveraging open source data sets and models through public private partnerships, and an architecture in which each modeling group can advance their own capabilities, while contributing to a community effort.
Speakers
avatar for Doug Arent

Doug Arent

Executive Director, Strategic Public-Private Partnerships, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
As executive director, Doug Arent focuses on strategic public and private partnerships with NREL to transform energy economies at speed and scale across the globe.Arent has worked in research on energy and sustainability for more than 30 years, publishing extensively on topics within... Read More →

Thursday May 2, 2024 8:45am - 9:15am EDT
  Keynote

9:15am EDT

OpenSynth - An open source community for synthetic energy data
Access to raw smart meter data is essential to a rapid and successful energy transition. Yet little of this data is available for research and modelling purposes, largely because of consumer privacy protections. Synthetic data can solve this problem.

We want to liberate global access to smart meter data for research and innovation purposes, by creating an open community of synthetic smart meter data contributors and users.

Centre for Net Zero is already engaged in work that advances these ambitions. Our generative AI model, Faraday, outputs synthetic half-hourly consumption data for specific household archetypes. These are adapted for user-specified inputs, such as low carbon technology, property type and season, allowing users to simulate the entire distribution of load profiles of a bespoke population. The model is designed to help grid operators, innovators and researchers understand the impacts of electrification, and optimise the design of the future energy system.

In this session, we will be exploring what “good” looks like for synthetic smart meter data, as well as some interesting real-life and proposed use cases for the data.
Speakers
avatar for Gareth Jones

Gareth Jones

COO, Centre for Net Zero
Gareth Jones is Chief Operating Officer at Centre for Net Zero. His 20 year technology career has spanned many sectors, including energy, biotech, telecommunications, and enterprise and consumer software. Gareth has scaled AI startups to successful exits, and experienced the maturity... Read More →
avatar for Gus Chadney

Gus Chadney

Data Lead, Centre for Net Zero

Thursday May 2, 2024 9:15am - 9:40am EDT
  Data

9:40am EDT

Getting customer data with LFEnergy's Carbon Data Specification
The Carbon Data Specification Consortium (CDSC) has been working on writing new standards for securely and properly accessing both Customer Data (via Working Group 1) and Power Systems Data (via Working Group 2), which are two critical data needs for carbon tracking and accounting. In this presentation, Working Group 1 maintainer Daniel Roesler will present an overview of the Customer Data specification drafts from CDSC, as well as discuss the positive impact they can have on energy and carbon management regulations. Because of the sensitive and private nature of individual customer energy usage and account data, these specifications dive into the world of how to manage customer consent, as well as best practices for securely handling private customer data. Working Group 1 is also looking to expand participation from relevant stakeholders, so you if you want to help figure out proper and secure access to private customer energy use and account data, come learn how to get involved.
Speakers
avatar for Daniel Roesler

Daniel Roesler

Founder & CTO, UtilityAPI
Daniel Roesler is the founder and Chief Technology Officer at UtilityAPI. He is the maintainer of Customer Data working group for the Carbon Data Specification Consortium (CDSC) at LFEnergy. He is also the former Vice-Chair on the board of the Green Button Alliance and is an active... Read More →

Thursday May 2, 2024 9:40am - 10:25am EDT
  Data

10:25am EDT

Coffee Break
Thursday May 2, 2024 10:25am - 10:55am EDT
  Networking & Breaks

10:55am EDT

FERC Order 881: Ambient-Adjusted Transmission Line Ratings (AARs)

This presentation will discuss the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) December 2021 Order 881, which requires FERC-jurisdictional electric transmission providers to (among other things) implement ambient-adjusted transmission line ratings (AARs) on certain transmission lines by July 2025.  Transmission line ratings are power flow limits that prevent transmission lines from experiencing various technical problems, including overheating.  Overheating a line can cause reliability, safety, equipment damage, and/or legal compliance issues.  Assumptions about weather conditions can affect how such line ratings are calculated.  For example, on a cold winter day, more power can be flowed over a line before overheating than can be flowed on a hot summer day.  Order 881 requires the adoption of AARs that reflect both up-to-date forecasts of ambient air temperature and the different amounts of solar heating that lines experience during daytime and nighttime hours.  AARs are significantly more accurate than the traditional static or seasonal line ratings, which assume worst-case weather conditions across long time periods.  This improved accuracy both increases economic efficiency (by increasing transmission capacity in most hours) and protects reliability (by reducing transmission capacity to reflect system limitations in other hours).  The presentation will review transmission line ratings generally before discussing Order 881's requirements for AAR implementation and related information exchange.

 

Speakers
avatar for Thomas Dautel

Thomas Dautel

Director, Division of Economic and Technical Analysis, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Tom Dautel is the Director of the Division of Economic and Technical Analysis at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.  In his current role, Tom leads an interdisciplinary team of economists, engineers, and policy and legal analysts performing policy research and developing and... Read More →

Thursday May 2, 2024 10:55am - 11:25am EDT
  Data

11:25am EDT

TROLIE: Accelerating Policy Impact through Open Source Collaboration
Policymakers strive to ensure positive impacts, but implementation hurdles often blunt or delay those effects. When intricate technological coordination is required, navigating these hurdles among myriad stakeholders can be a painstaking and time-consuming process.

This talk presents TROLIE, an open-source initiative addressing this challenge in the context of FERC Order 881. The Order mandates the use of ambient-adjusted ratings, requiring the communication of hourly forecasted and real-time ratings and limits data between entities who ensure the reliable and economic operation of the electric power grid. Historically, implementing such mandates entails individual stakeholders developing proprietary solutions, leading to inefficiencies and inconsistencies.

TROLIE, on the other hand, fosters interoperability between stakeholders by providing a community-driven, open-source specification for the data exchange. This specification serves as a common language, streamlining communication and interoperability between diverse systems. Stakeholders may contribute directly to its development, ensuring it meets their needs and fosters innovation.

This talk will explore several benefits of TROLIE's open-source approach from the perspective of accelerating the implementation of Order 881, including:
• Contributor Accessibility: Transparency, a simple participation model, and IP clarity promote engagement
• Software Commons: Practical examples supported by a community of implementers engenders predictability and reliability in disparate implementations
• Simplified Governance: Ensures low ceremony, a clear path to adoption, and sustainability

The talk concludes by discussing the broader applicability of TROLIE's open source approach. By demonstrating the power of open source collaboration in accelerating policy implementation, it serves as a model for tackling similar challenges, paving the way for faster and more impactful policy realization.
Speakers
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Christopher Atkins

Senior Advisor, MISO
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Tory McKeag

Software Architect, GE Vernova

Thursday May 2, 2024 11:25am - 11:55am EDT
  Data

11:55am EDT

Lunch Break - Provided Onsite
Thursday May 2, 2024 11:55am - 12:55pm EDT
  Networking & Breaks

12:55pm EDT

Icebreaker
Thursday May 2, 2024 12:55pm - 1:10pm EDT

1:10pm EDT

Identifying Data Dependencies for a Robust Granular Certificate Marketplace
Energy buyers and sellers, both public and private, need market tools to enable next-generation renewable energy procurement goals, including 24/7 CFE matching and/or emissionality goals. This requires standardized, streamlined granular energy data that is harmonized with existing tracking systems to ensure environmental legitimacy and avoid double counting. How will future collaboration look between regulators, standards bodies, utilities, and the private sector? The answer sits at the intersection of technical solutions, policy, and governance. This interdisciplinary panel will map out the dependencies required for the transition to granular reporting that drives grid decarbonization at scale.
Speakers
avatar for Karl Breustedt

Karl Breustedt

Senior Director of Business Development and Operations, Singularity Energy
Karl currently leads all business development activities for Singularity Energy, a carbon data and analytics company serving grid operators, utilities, and grid users. He has led Singularity's hourly carbon accounting pilot efforts with a number of utilities, including Xcel, Ameren... Read More →
avatar for Killian Daly

Killian Daly

Executive Director, EnergyTag
Killian runs EnergyTag, a non-profit focused on enabling the real-time electricity tracking that will transform clean energy sourcing. Alongside the world’s top experts, Killian led the process of drafting the EnergyTag Standard, which created the Granular Certificate, a robust... Read More →
avatar for Katie Soroye

Katie Soroye

VP, Granular Procurement Solutions, Level Ten Energy
Katie Soroye is VP of Granular Procurement Solutions at LevelTen Energy, the industry's leading provider of renewable transaction infrastructure. She leads the business strategy and development behind LevelTen’s granular certificate solutions, designed to accelerate clean energy... Read More →
avatar for James Critchfield

James Critchfield

Director, Green Power Partnership, US Environmental Protection Agency
Mr. Critchfield currently directs the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Green Power Partnership – a voluntary program that supports organizational procurement of green power to reduce the environmental impacts associated with electricity use. James also currently serves on... Read More →

Thursday May 2, 2024 1:10pm - 2:10pm EDT
  Data

2:10pm EDT

The Path to 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy: Data Driven Decarbonization and Industry Collaboration
Gain insights into how voluntary energy procurement can help pave the path towards a decarbonized future. This presentation will delve into Google and Microsoft's ambitious goals of operating on carbon-free energy every hour, everywhere by 2030. Discover emerging tools and strategies underpinned by a need for robust energy and carbon data, as well as the crucial role of industry partnerships and open-source contributions to accelerate data access and granular solutions.
Speakers
avatar for Audrey Lee

Audrey Lee

Senior Director, Energy Strategy, Microsoft
Dr. Audrey Lee is Senior Director of Energy Strategy at Microsoft, where she works at the intersection of policy, technology, and commercial opportunities on the Microsoft datacenter energy and sustainability team. She also serves on the Board of Redaptive Inc., deploying energy efficiency-as-a-service... Read More →
avatar for Hallie Cramer

Hallie Cramer

Technical Program Manager, Data and Software Climate Solutions, Google
Hallie is a data-driven leader passionate about accelerating the clean energy transition. She currently leads technical standards and data democratization efforts for Google's Climate team, unlocking the use of energy and carbon data to support grid decarbonization. Hallie began her... Read More →

Thursday May 2, 2024 2:10pm - 2:50pm EDT
  Data

2:50pm EDT

Coffee Break
Thursday May 2, 2024 2:50pm - 3:15pm EDT
  Networking & Breaks

3:15pm EDT

NODE Collective’s Open Data Repository for U.S. Residential Electrification Incentives
This session will introduce the National Open Data for Electrification (NODE) Collective’s work to create a comprehensive, open data repository dedicated to residential U.S. electrification incentives. Join us for an engaging panel discussion featuring insights from representatives from NODE Collective founding members, Building Decarbonization Coalition, Eli, Rewiring America, and the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center.  During this session, we will share plans for NODE Collective’s initial data standard and the collective’s aim to increase access and usability of electrification incentive data, facilitating more informed policy-making, market innovation, and community impact. Attendees will gain first-hand knowledge of NODE’s mission, the challenges it addresses, its current roadmap, and ways to get involved.
Moderators
avatar for DeAndrea Salvador

DeAndrea Salvador

Director of Partnerships, Eli Technologies

Speakers
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Steve Kalland

Executive Director, North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center
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Kristin Eberhard

Senior Director of State & Local Policy, Rewiring America
Kristin previously served as the Director of Climate Policy at the Niskanen Center, a centrist think tank in Washington, DC, as the Director of Climate and Democracy at Sightline Institute, a regional policy think tank based in Seattle, and as the Western Director of Climate and Energy... Read More →
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Rose Stephens-Booker

Building Decarbonization Coalition

Thursday May 2, 2024 3:15pm - 4:15pm EDT
  Data

4:15pm EDT

Lessons from the Future: Deploying the first Hourly EAC Market for Distributed Energy Resources
In the summer of 2023, WattCarbon launched the first market for hourly EACs sourced from Distributed Energy Resources. 1,000 MWh of rooftop solar from West Virginia, 1,000 MWh of demand response from California, and 1,000 tons of CO2 from heat pump installations were procured from DER project developers on behalf of dozens of individual and corporate buyers. Advance market commitments allowed these project developers to deploy new projects that promised to reduce emissions in the most carbon intensive parts of the built environment. Learn how WattCarbon managed the challenges of tracking EACs at the watt-hour and navigating complicated carbon accounting rules introduced by distributed energy resources.
Speakers
avatar for McGee Young

McGee Young

Founder & CEO, WattCarbon
McGee is the Founder and CEO of WattCarbon. Prior to starting WattCarbon, McGee served as the CTO at Recurve. McGee currently sits on the Board of Directors at LF Energy as an elected representative. He led the development of CalTRACK and oversaw the submission of the OpenEEmeter... Read More →

Thursday May 2, 2024 4:15pm - 5:00pm EDT
  Data

5:00pm EDT

Onsite Evening Reception
Join Open Sustainability Policy Summit for casual networking and conversation after the sessions wrap up on Thursday. Non-alcoholic "mocktails" will be available to all attendees.
Thursday May 2, 2024 5:00pm - 6:00pm EDT
  Networking & Breaks

6:00pm EDT

Optional Networking at Penn Quarter Sports Tavern
If you'd like to continue conversations after the event wraps on Thursday, we encourage you to walk around the corner to Penn Quarter Sports Tavern.

Note no space is reserved and all food and beverages will be at your own expense.
Thursday May 2, 2024 6:00pm - 7:30pm EDT
  Networking & Breaks
 
Friday, May 3
 

8:30am EDT

Registration / Badge Pickup
Friday May 3, 2024 8:30am - 3:15pm EDT

9:00am EDT

Welcome Address
Friday May 3, 2024 9:00am - 9:15am EDT

9:15am EDT

Vision for power systems planning
We are in the midst of a major transition from fossil fuels to cleaner sources of energy. To make this transition possible, we need to perform a staggering amount of calculations, but the methods and tools that are commonly used are sorely lacking. The interoperability of tools has become the bottleneck in energy infrastructure decision-making. The stakes are too high to continue with business as usual.

At Redeia, we have adopted and developed open source calculation software to create more streamlined calculation processes and drastically reduce the time it takes to adopt new innovations.

This talk will cover the journey from the creation of the GridCal open source project from scratch to its use as the main driver for modernising the power system calculation at a leading transmission system operator, helping to reduce the risks associated with the energy transition.
Speakers
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Santiago Peñate-Vera

Project Manager, Advanced Grid Insights, Redeia

Friday May 3, 2024 9:15am - 9:45am EDT
  Modeling

9:45am EDT

Enabling the Next Generation of Energy Innovators with Data at Grid Status
Grid Status is an energy data and analytics platform that began as an open source project to build transparent and maintainable workflows for centralizing public energy market data in the US. In the past year it has expanded to include a hosted API and paid analytical tools, but the “build in public” and open source scrapers remain core to our vision.

As we move up the curve of the energy transition, every type of participant, be they policymakers, new climate tech startups, or power plant developers, will need an accessible, standardized, and reliable source of energy data and knowledge. Anyone can fork or contribute to our open source scrapers, or make a free account and pull data via the hosted API. By building in public, we hope to enable the pursuit of ideas which would otherwise be hamstrung by the cost and time required to build these tools or acquire the data from traditional vendors.

This talk will cover the evolution of Grid Status, the vision for its place in the energy ecosystem, and the necessity to integrate energy domain expertise with modern data engineering to untangle the complicated landscape of public energy data.
Speakers
avatar for Connor Waldoch

Connor Waldoch

Head of Product and Founder, Grid Status
As Head of Product at Grid Status, Connor leverages experience across energy markets and data to build tools for every user, ranging from hobbyists and academics to traders and utilities.Connor has worked in energy economics at a national lab, in operations and policy for a startup... Read More →

Friday May 3, 2024 9:45am - 10:30am EDT
  Data

10:30am EDT

Coffee Break
Friday May 3, 2024 10:30am - 11:00am EDT
  Networking & Breaks

11:00am EDT

Integrating Tax and Benefit Policy Analysis into the Energy Transition with PolicyEngine
The fight against climate change demands a cohesive strategy to decarbonize our energy and transportation systems. PolicyEngine introduces an innovative open-source platform that calculates the societal and individual impacts of tax and benefit policies, including those pertinent to energy. This session delves into the platform's use of microsimulation to evaluate the distributional consequences of specific policies, such as the UK carbon tax, the US Clean Vehicle Tax Credit, and the utility allowance in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (food stamps). Emphasizing poverty, inequality, and budget outcomes, we highlight the critical role of policy in driving an equitable energy transition. Demonstrating the platform’s web app, Python package, and REST API, we will discuss its current applications and future integrations with climate impact computational models. The talk aims to show how PolicyEngine not only aids in policy design and evaluation but also serves as a foundational tool for others applying computational models in the energy sector, enhancing collaborative efforts toward a sustainable future.
Speakers
avatar for Max Ghenis

Max Ghenis

Co-founder and CEO, PolicyEngine
Max Ghenis is the co-founder and CEO of PolicyEngine, a nonprofit nonpartisan organization that provides a free, open-source software platform for public policy analysis. He was previously a data scientist at Google. Max has a master's degree in Data, Economics, and Development Policy... Read More →

Friday May 3, 2024 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
  Modeling

11:45am EDT

Open, Multi-Model Workflows for Integrated System Planning: NREL and G-PST Efforts
The energy transition is driving increased energy system coupling across economic and infrastructure sectors, geographies, and timescales, while simultaneously attempting to capture a wider range of social feasibility and equity considerations than has been the case historically. The result is a growing need for integrated system planning processes that efficiently communicates options and constraints between an increasingly diverse range of modeling paradigms, software tools, subject matter experts, and community stakeholders. This is by no means a solved problem, nor is it just a software effort. However, it’s one that NREL and its partners in the Global Power System Transformation Consortium have been working on, both separately and together, for many years. This talk will review past efforts in this area and highlight current and future work, emphasizing the importance of open tools and standards in this process.
Speakers
avatar for Gord Stephen

Gord Stephen

Researcher and Developer, Capacity Expansion & Electricity Markets Group, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Gord Stephen is a researcher and software developer in the Capacity Expansion & Electricity Markets Group within NREL's Grid Planning and Analysis Center. His work focuses on applying advanced computational methods to answer electricity policy questions. A recognized expert in the... Read More →

Friday May 3, 2024 11:45am - 12:30pm EDT
  Modeling

12:30pm EDT

Lunch Break - Provided Onsite
Friday May 3, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
  Networking & Breaks

1:30pm EDT

Icebreaker
Friday May 3, 2024 1:30pm - 1:45pm EDT

1:45pm EDT

The Energy Policy Simulator: A Free and Open Source Modeling Tool
Speakers
avatar for Rachel Goldstein

Rachel Goldstein

Research and Modeling Manager, Energy Innovation
Rachel is a Research and Modeling Manager at Energy Innovation, focused on the firm’s Modeling and Analysis Program, where she oversees energy policy research projects and collaborates with external partners and decision-makers to identify decarbonization opportunities. Rachel analyzes emissions trajectories using the firm’s Energy Policy Simulator and communicates key insights from those results... Read More →

Friday May 3, 2024 1:45pm - 2:30pm EDT
  Modeling

2:30pm EDT

Best Practices for Using Open Source Software Safely and Securely
There are many misconceptions about the safety and security of open source software. For those used to proprietary software solutions that are managed by a central vendor, the transparent ethos of open source can seem risky and disconcerting. History and research have demonstrated that this is not the case.

The transparent nature of open source makes it easier to identify security vulnerabilities early and to remedy them quickly. An entire ecosystem of tooling also exists to help open source developers ensure their code is secure from the start, and for end users to verify that security before implementation of source code. These include security scorecards, Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs), authorization and authentication policies, the Secure Supply Chain Consumption Framework (S2C2F), software signing, and more.

This session will provide an overview of the current and planned CISA activities to secure OSS and improve visibility into its usage and trustworthiness, allowing you to take advantage of the benefits of open source while reducing overall security risks.
Speakers
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Olga Livingston

Senior Economist, CISA

Friday May 3, 2024 2:30pm - 3:15pm EDT
  Best Practices & Security

3:15pm EDT

Coffee Break
Friday May 3, 2024 3:15pm - 3:45pm EDT
  Networking & Breaks

3:45pm EDT

An Introduction to Open Source Program Offices - How and Why Your Organization Should Have One
As the energy industry rapidly digitalizes, maximizing open source for strategic benefits becomes more important. An Open Source Program Office (OSPO) is often a critical piece of an organization’s open source strategy. The responsibilities of a program office vary by organization, and may include:
  • Clearly communicating the open source strategy within and outside the company
  • Owning and overseeing the execution of the strategy
  • Facilitating the effective use of open source in commercial products and services
  • Ensuring high-quality and frequent releases of code to open source communities
  • Engaging with developer communities and seeing that the company contributes back to other projects effectively
  • Fostering an open source culture within an organization
  • Maintaining open source license compliance reviews and oversight

This panel will discuss the reasons why OSPOs may be necessary for your organization, possible structures for an OSPO, and best practices for getting it off the ground. This will include examples from the energy industry and other critical sectors from organizations that have built or are in the process of launching OSPOs.
Moderators
avatar for Ana Jimenez Santamaria

Ana Jimenez Santamaria

Senior OSPO Program Manager, TODO Group
Ana is the OSPO Program Manager at the TODO Group, a LF project and an open community of practitioners who aim to create and share knowledge and collaborate on practices, tools, and other ways to run successful and effective Open Source Program Offices. Formerly she worked at Bitergia... Read More →

Speakers
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Boris Dolley

Head of Open Source Program Office and Sustainable IT, RTE
avatar for Remy DeCausemaker

Remy DeCausemaker

Open Source Lead, Digital Service at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, US Department of Health & Human Services
Remy DeCausemaker is the Open Source Lead for the Digital Service at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS.) Remy helps developers, designers, and other contributors work with dedicated civil servants to create open accessible healthcare technology projects, programs... Read More →
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Jordan Kasper

Senior Advisor for Technology & Delivery, Department of Homeland Security
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Sayeed Choudhury

Associate Dean for Digital Infrastructure and Director of the Open Source Programs Office, Carnegie Mellon Libraries

Friday May 3, 2024 3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
  Best Practices & Security
 
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