The Villanova University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Villanova Center for Advancement of Sustainability in Engineering, the IEEE Power and Energy Society, and the IEEE Industrial Applications Society invite you to join us for a symposium: "The Greening of the Electric Grid: How Will It Affect You."
 

Speakers:

Audrey Zibelman – Viridity Energy
Wayne Gardner – PA Public Utility Commission
Glenn Pritchard – PECO
John Battaglini – International Battery
Joseph Moran – Kema Consulting
Dagmar Niebur – National Science Foundation and Drexel University

The use of small-scale, distributed energy resources on the grid—including wind farms, solar parks, biomass plants, customer-owned generation, smart buildings, and energy storage—is transforming the nation’s electrical network. Furthermore, renewable energy credits, new state and federal energy and environmental policies, and the increased use of demand response are having an impact on the trading of electrical energy and the cost of supply. Future developments such as smart metering and smart appliances will convert the grid into an electrical version of the Internet. This symposium will inform you about the many dimensions of this transformation in the electrical grid system and the opportunities that they will create.

 

Refreshments will be served from 3:30 to 4 p.m.