Innovations in Planning Analysis Tools

Distribution system analysis with ever increasing numbers of distributed energy resources (DER) requires new innovations in planning analysis tools to 1) capture the time-varying and time-dependent aspects of the system, 2) Investigate the challenges of planning for future growth while maintaining or improving feeder performance with the influx of many new disruptive technologies such as DER and grid edge devices 3) Understand the complex interaction and control of new DER with diverse utility operation strategies and 4) Integrated capacity analysis.