Austin February 2022 Luncheon

"Virtual Power Plants and Resource Adequacy"

Make plans to join us for some BBQ in Austin!

Speaker: Vijay Betanabhatla
Director of Industry Solutions, AutoGrid Systems Inc.
 
"Virtual Power Plants and Resource Adequacy"

Our speaker Vijay Betanabhatla, Director of Industry Solutions for AutoGrid Systems Inc., will cover the basics of Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) along with use cases, enabling technologies and AutoGrid’s U.S. and Global deployments of VPPs. The presentation will further explore the relevance of VPPs to ERCOT market participants including Munis & Coops, Retail Electric Providers, T&D companies and C&I Customers plus how VPPs will help address some of the recent resource adequacy challenges in ERCOT.

Vijay Betanabhatla has 16 years of energy industry experience in utility, ISO, consulting, and product development roles. He is the Director of Industry Solutions at AutoGrid where he helps customers adopt, deploy, and operate AutoGrid’s VPP solutions. Prior to joining AutoGrid, he worked at the leading energy consulting and accounting firms of Guidehouse and Baker Tilly where he worked on grid reconstruction, smartgrid implementation and DER deployment projects. Prior to that, Vijay worked in the ERCOT control room for over 10 years. He started his career in the Wholesale Power Services group at LCRA. He currently serves as an Energy Fellow at UT Austin - Energy Institute. He also served as Board Director and Treasurer at CleanTX. Vijay has a MSEE from UT Arlington and an MBA from UT Austin, McCombs School of Business.

Registration Options

Online registration is now closed. Please contact Donna Foy if you are interested in late registration.

When and Where

Wednesday February 16, 2022
11:45 AM

Texas RE Facility
805 Las Cimas Parkway Suite 200 Austin, TX 78746

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