BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:PST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260213T204050Z UID:8F3B5C61-19A2-483F-BBCC-4E312521BEFC DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260211T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260211T170000 DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Alex Chorey\, Snohomish PUD\nTitle: Energy Storage and the Future of the Grid\nAbstract: As the demand for electricity rises and new generation sources are slow to develop\, utilities need to adopt new technologies to help balance growing loads against available generation. E nergy storage will be a key piece of a reliable and affordable future grid \, but construction and implementation of these new tools is not as straig htforward as traditional utility projects. This presentation will walk thr ough Snohomish PUD's process of building the largest battery in the Pacifi c Northwest\, as well as explore some of the utility's other projects in d evelopment.\nBio: Alex Chorey has worked as an engineer for Snohomish Coun ty Public Utility District for over 18 years. After graduating from Gonzag a University in 2007\, he joined the PUD's distribution and transmission e ngineering groups to build and maintain the electrical grid in Snohomish C ounty. After spending much of his career focused on building the infrastru cture to deliver power to customers\, he transitioned to his current role in the Energy Storage and Emerging Technologies group which is working to ensure that the PUD has reliable capacity resources to flow through that i nfrastructure. Alex is a Washington native\, and is excited to be a part o f the development of clean energy resources in the Pacific Northwest.\n\nC o-sponsored by: UW Seattle\n\nSpeaker(s): Alex\, \n\nAgenda: \nSpeaker: Al ex Chorey\, Snohomish PUD\nTitle: Energy Storage and the Future of the Gri d\nAbstract: As the demand for electricity rises and new generation source s are slow to develop\, utilities need to adopt new technologies to help b alance growing loads against available generation. Energy storage will be a key piece of a reliable and affordable future grid\, but construction an d implementation of these new tools is not as straightforward as tradition al utility projects. This presentation will walk through Snohomish PUD's p rocess of building the largest battery in the Pacific Northwest\, as well as explore some of the utility's other projects in development.\nBio: Alex Chorey has worked as an engineer for Snohomish County Public Utility Dist rict for over 18 years. After graduating from Gonzaga University in 2007\, he joined the PUD's distribution and transmission engineering groups to b uild and maintain the electrical grid in Snohomish County. After spending much of his career focused on building the infrastructure to deliver power to customers\, he transitioned to his current role in the Energy Storage and Emerging Technologies group which is working to ensure that the PUD ha s reliable capacity resources to flow through that infrastructure. Alex is a Washington native\, and is excited to be a part of the development of c lean energy resources in the Pacific Northwest.\n\nseattle\, Washington\, United States LOCATION:seattle\, Washington\, United States ORGANIZER:memrick@ieee.org SEQUENCE:10 SUMMARY:Energy Storage and the Future of the Grid\, URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/539250 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>Speaker:</strong>&nbsp\; Alex Chor ey\, Snohomish PUD<br><strong>Title:</strong>&nbsp\;Energy Storage and the Future of the Grid<br><strong>Abstract:&nbsp\;</strong>As the demand for electricity rises and new generation sources are slow to develop\, utiliti es need to adopt new technologies to help balance growing loads against av ailable generation. Energy storage will be a key piece of a reliable and a ffordable future grid\, but construction and implementation of these new t ools is not as straightforward as traditional utility projects. This prese ntation will walk through Snohomish PUD's process of building the largest battery in the Pacific Northwest\, as well as explore some of the utility' s other projects in development.<br><strong>Bio:</strong> Alex Chorey has worked as an engineer for Snohomish County Public Utility District for ove r 18 years.&nbsp\; After graduating from Gonzaga University in 2007\, he j oined the PUD's distribution and transmission engineering groups to build and maintain the electrical grid in Snohomish County.&nbsp\; After spendin g much of his career focused on building the infrastructure to deliver pow er to customers\, he transitioned to his current role in the Energy Storag e and Emerging Technologies group which is working to ensure that the PUD has reliable capacity resources to flow through that infrastructure.&nbsp\ ; Alex is a Washington native\, and is excited to be a part of the develop ment of clean energy resources in the Pacific Northwest.</p><br /><br />Ag enda: <br /><p><strong>Speaker:</strong>&nbsp\; Alex Chorey\, Snohomish PU D<br><strong>Title:</strong>&nbsp\;Energy Storage and the Future of the Gr id<br><strong>Abstract:&nbsp\;</strong>As the demand for electricity rises and new generation sources are slow to develop\, utilities need to adopt new technologies to help balance growing loads against available generatio n. Energy storage will be a key piece of a reliable and affordable future grid\, but construction and implementation of these new tools is not as st raightforward as traditional utility projects. This presentation will walk through Snohomish PUD's process of building the largest battery in the Pa cific Northwest\, as well as explore some of the utility's other projects in development.<br><strong>Bio:</strong> Alex Chorey has worked as an engi neer for Snohomish County Public Utility District for over 18 years.&nbsp\ ; After graduating from Gonzaga University in 2007\, he joined the PUD's d istribution and transmission engineering groups to build and maintain the electrical grid in Snohomish County.&nbsp\; After spending much of his car eer focused on building the infrastructure to deliver power to customers\, he transitioned to his current role in the Energy Storage and Emerging Te chnologies group which is working to ensure that the PUD has reliable capa city resources to flow through that infrastructure.&nbsp\; Alex is a Washi ngton native\, and is excited to be a part of the development of clean ene rgy resources in the Pacific Northwest.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR