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Even though action can be slow, there has been progress! (And more to come) It’s also important to recognize all the cities, towns, local govs, and individuals making changes every day to fight climate change. I’m invigorated by those examples and motivated to keep pushing. #COP29 3/3

…in your class during a discussion. Then multiply that by hundreds of countries and dozens of agenda items. It’s hard to hold space for this dialogue and also deliver on progress in a 2 week meeting. So people might be disappointed we didn’t accomplish more during these two weeks… 2/3

More on interconnection queue crisis. Not a limit of clean energy, a limit of connecting to the grid. Planning & operation optimization sync with other processes. We don't have architecture in place - physical (can build batteries, generation), don't have digital architecture, data sharing

Our existing system is built on temps & load of 20th century- given all of this we need to follow through on opportunity for change, creative options, AI use. Data centers won't react to price externally, opportunity to shape signals now. Virtual power plants, willing to act as flexible loads

Good discussion on siting decisions. Based on prevailing rates of electricity, workforce availability, optimized for the data center developer not necessarily the utility. but also interesting about when the cost might make DCs become their own generators

Q- among existing programs in power markets what could be low hanging fruit for data centers to engage with? A- it comes down to timescale- that data center can move consumption. The grid has whole range, (day ahead, real time, auxiliary, etc) but to participate need to exchange info w/market

Line - As we are getting more and more RE and Data Centers are more load, we need to place responsibility on DCs to match with renewable not just buy credits. Loads need to match regionally and hourly with renewable generation.

How do you compare short term v long term? Line speaking- A real driving force to RE on grid now is industry wants it. Pushing PPAs that has helped RE transition. Right now, model of putting more RE on grid is no longer quite working. Interconnection queue is bottleneck. #EnergySky

QA now- Costa talking main concern- AI is not sensitive to price. AI will turn electricity into money in the future. We need to make sure electricity is affordable, reliable, clean, resilient.

Next opening remarks from Ravi Jain, Tapestry (Google). Moonshot for the Electricity Grid. Grid management, planning & operations have to be addressed holistically. Need collaborative partnerships, Utilize AI, data integration, and software innovation x.company/projects/tap...

Says consequences from under forecasting much more significant than over forecasting. How should utilities serve these large loads and how should they charge them among other customers? #EnergySky

He is showing 2 examples- one from #NYISO and #ERCOT load projections. #NYISO looking into #hydrogen as a load driver. In TX, utilities projection much higher if you include everything that c-suite executives say will be built. www.brattle.com/insights-eve...

Next up opening remarks from Bruce Tsuchida from Brattle. Categorizes the following drivers of electricity demand- data centers, onshoring & industrial electrification, cryptocurrency mining (separate from DC), building electrification, transportation electrification.

As data center load is growing- data centers can no longer assume carbon and price signals are external but could benefit from participating in the electricity market more directly.

Next up opening remarks from Line Roald from U of Wisconsin Madison- 2 ways to think about what a DC can do if it wants to contribute to a greener grid? grid focused (demand, market participation, flexibility); consumer focused (direct low carbon use)

@costasamaras.bsky.social starting strong with the need for principles for #Ethical #AI to include Energy and Climate. Doesn't raise people's energy bills, adds more clean power to grid, invests in distribution system infrastructure, increase reliability, flexibility, open data and rising efficiency

Next up Panel with @costasamaras.bsky.social, Moderator: Thomas Wilson, Electric Power Research Institute
Speakers:
• Bruce Tsuchida, Brattle
• Costa Samaras, Carnegie Mellon University
• Line Roald, University of Wisconsin
• Ravi Jain, Tapestry (Google)
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