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.
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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- Imperial College London, Exhibition Rd, South Kensington
- LONDON, England
- United Kingdom SW7 2AZ
- Building: Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Room Number: 611
- Starts 13 May 2026 11:00 AM UTC
- Ends 18 May 2026 11:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
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Dr. Mark Lauby
Dr. Mark G. Lauby serves as chief engineer and NERC Fellow. He joined NERC in January 2007 and has held several positions, including senior vice president and chief engineer, vice president and director of Standards, and vice president and director of Reliability Assessments and Performance Analysis. Prior to joining NERC, He 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, He 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. He has been recognized for his technical achievements, including the 1992 IEEE Walter Fee Young Engineer of the Year Award and being named a Fellow by IEEE in November 2011 for “leadership in the development and application of techniques for bulk power system reliability.” In 2014, he was awarded the IEEE Power and Energy Society’s Roy Billinton Power System Reliability Award. In 2020, the National Academy of Engineering elected Dr. 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.
Dr. Lauby is the author of more than 100 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, He attended the London Business School Accelerated Development Program and the Executive Leadership Program at Harvard Business School.
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16:00–16:05 | Welcome and Opening Remarks
16:05–16:45 | Featured Talk: State of Reliability in North America
16:45–17:00 | Q&A and Discussion