IEEE DLP: State of Reliability in North America
The reliability and resilience of the transforming resource mix is more vulnerable to extreme, widespread, and long-duration temperatures shifts. For example, there is an increasing reliance on just-in-time delivery of natural gas, wind, and solar to fuel new generating capacity. During extreme weather events, many of these resources may become unavailable, while at the same time, the ability of transfers to make up the energy deficit is limited. Operations planning and communication with natural gas suppliers and pipelines are becoming increasingly important for reliable and resilient operation of the bulk power system. Capacity is needed to ensure both the availability of energy and the essential reliability services that support the grid.
With the integration of renewable resources, it is necessary to manage the uncertainty from variable resources and engineer their integration in ways that they provide. enough energy and sufficient essential reliability services.
This can be addressed through:
Adding No/Low Carbon Resources
Ensuring sufficient no/low carbon energy is built and available to meet decarbonization goals.
Building Transmission
Developing adequate transmission to integrate renewables and transmit and distribute energy from resource rich areas to areas with deficits.
Providing Balancing Resources
Maintaining a robust fleet of balancing resources to support energy delivery alongside renewables.
Strengthening Energy Supply Chain
Ensure healthy energy supply chains for balancing resources, with sufficient access to stored energy to withstand long duration, widespread extreme weather events.
At the same time, the grid is facing unprecedented demand growth from large loads, including electrification, data centers, AI computing, and crypto-currency facilities. These loads are highly concentrated, can connect rapidly, and often have unique operational profiles, further increasing the need for careful planning and resilient integration of resources.
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- St Lucia Campus, Staff House Rd
- The University of Queensland
- St Lucia, Queensland
- Australia 4072
- Building: Andrew N. Liveris Building (46)
- Room Number: 46-914
- Starts 31 March 2026 02:00 PM UTC
- Ends 27 April 2026 02:00 PM UTC
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Mark Lauby of NERC (North American Reliability Corporation)
State of Reliability in North America
Biography:
Mark G. Lauby is senior vice president and chief engineer at NERC. Mr. Lauby joined NERC in January 2007 and has held several positions, including vice president and director of Standards and vice president and director of Reliability Assessments and Performance Analysis. Prior to joining NERC, Mr. Lauby worked for the Electric Power Research Institute for 20 years and began his industry career in 1979 at the Mid-Continent Area Power Pool in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In 2012, Mr. Lauby was elected to the North American Energy Standards Board and was appointed to the Department of Energy’s Electric Advisory Committee by the Secretary of Energy in 2014. Mr. Lauby has served as chair and is a life member of the International Electricity Research Exchange and served as chair of a number of IEEE working groups. From 1999 to 2007, Mr. Lauby was an appointed member of the Board of Excellent Energy International Co., LTD, an energy service company based in Thailand. He has been recognized for his technical achievements in many technical associations, including the 1992 IEEE Walter Fee Young Engineer of the Year Award. He was named a Fellow by IEEE in November 2011 for “leadership in the development and application of techniques for bulk power system reliability.” In 2014, Mr. Lauby was awarded the IEEE Power and Energy Society’s Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award. In 2020, the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) elected Mr. Lauby as a member, citing his development and application of techniques for electric grid reliability analysis. He is also a member of the IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Executive Advisory Committee, focused on providing strategic support to the PES Board of Directors.
Mr. Lauby is the author of more than 150 technical papers on power system reliability, expert systems, transmission system planning, and power system numerical analysis techniques. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. In addition, Mr. Lauby attended the London Business School Accelerated Development Program as well as the Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School.
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