The next DEC Pizza Lunch will be held on February 21st – We hope to see you there! Sizing and Siting Energy Storage for Distribution Circuits using a Scalable Approach to Optimization Thursday, February 21st 12:15pm-1:15pm Fahey First Floor Commons <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfX_5oKorh7Xkz-zLXGwcq_xwEDfWTGmFNrlCAUw0wk_nIX8w/viewform?usp=sf_link>RSVP Here <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeQS7JPa5--s7GoyUcfAauSYkJLXcUsJ-TvrehFe7g-PK-aXg/viewform?usp=sf_link> Utilities are undergoing a paradigm shift in their business model from primarily being electricity distributors to providers of a suite of value-added electricity services. Pavan Racherla will present a scalable optimization approach centered around system reduction that can be used to address associated problems such as the sizing and siting of energy storage. Optimization experiments are performed on a real distribution circuit in Vermont to identify scenarios that lead to the deployment of energy storage under high levels of distributed solar generation. [cid:7970c926-3e0c-45d0-ac93-6ec04474c656] About Pavan: Pavan Racherla is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Vermont. His research interests include electricity transmission & distribution systems modeling; optimal sizing and placement of energy storage for 3-phase distribution circuits; solar/wind-energy forecasting; and, the resource-constrained interplay between food, energy, and water systems. He has a PhD in Engineering & Public Policy from Carnegie Mellon University (2007). He formerly was a climate modeler at NASA GISS (2009-2013). Hosted by the Dartmouth Energy Collaborative *The Dartmouth Energy Collaborative is a partnership of the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society, the Revers Center for Energy at Tuck, the Dartmouth Sustainability Office and the Thayer School of Engineering