Delivering Electricity Through a Changing Grid

Wednesday, October 25, 2023

11:45 - 12:45

Location: Palomino E, BMO Centre

Concurrent Session Moderator(s)

Phil McKay

Senior Director, Technical & Utility Affairs
CanREA Electricity Transition Hub
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Concurrent Session Speaker(s)

Terri-Lynn Duque (she/her/hers)

Founder and Principal
Ignite Energy Solutions
Bragg Creek, Alberta, Canada
Travis Lusney (he/him/his)

Director - Power Systems
Power Advisory
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jay Wilson (he/him/his)

Director of Net Zero and Electrification
Electricity Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Anna Lafoyiannis (she/her/hers)

Technical Leader, Resource Planning for Electric Power Systems |Energy Systems and Climate Analysis
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

Delivering Canada’s 2035 non-emitting power generation targets goes beyond swapping emitting for non-emitting generation—it means changing the entire system, across the diverse spectrum of Canadian networks, electricity consumers, and electrification needs in jurisdictions already on the pathway to a 2050 net-zero economy. This concurrent session will examine the renewable energy industry’s role, not just in generating power, but in delivering it, from rooftop solar being used on-site, to moving power from gigawatt scale projects across vast distances, to metropolitan load centers and rural communities along the way. Panelists will discuss major changes in three key areas of grid adaptation:  Transmission-level generation, grid services and interconnections; standardization of two-way distribution-level power flows; the critical interface between transmission and distribution systems, for reliability and the optimization of generation and consumption.