The National Association of State Energy Officials (NASEO), National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory invite State Energy Offices, public utility commissions, and utility consumer advocates to participate in one of three regional trainings on integrated distribution system planning. The content of the three trainings will be identical, and state participants are welcome to attend any one of them.
To register for the Wednesday, December 11- Thursday, December 12, 2024 training in Charlotte, North Carolina, please register here. Hotel reservations can be made at the $131.00 per night government per diem rate through the hotel room block. The deadline for the hotel room block is Tuesday, November 26, 2024.
Limited travel stipends will be available upon request. If you require travel assistance, please request when registering and wait to hear from your host organization before making travel arrangements. If you have logistical questions, please contact:
This training will include an optional site visit to EPRI's Charlotte Laboratory on the morning of Friday, December 13. Additional details forthcoming.
Future regional trainings are scheduled for:
- March 11-12, 2025 – Detroit, MI
- April 23-24, 2025 – Salt Lake City, UT
The training includes technical courses, peer-sharing, office hours with trainers, and a half-day state action planning workshop, covering all new topics with a focus on planning for electrification and distributed energy resources. If you missed the 2023-24 trainings, please review the slides and recordings here.
Technical courses cover the following:
- Integrated Distribution System Planning Overview
- Forecasting Loads and Distributed Energy Resources: Emerging Methods for New Challenges
- Distribution Planning Modeling
- Distribution Planning with Distributed Energy Resources: Integration and Valuation
- Considering Equity and Engaging Stakeholders
- Distribution Planning for Transportation Electrification
- EV Rate Design
- Distribution Planning for Building Electrification
- Coordination Across Planning Processes
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Electricity and Building Technologies Office support the training.