RFP Issued Today for Simulation & Modeling of Electric System

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 2, 2003 -- The Electricity Innovation Institute (E2I) released a Request for Proposals (RFP) today to solicit assistance in developing a software system designed to provide faster-than-real-time simulation and modeling of electricity grid dynamics at different levels of topological detail over a range of different time domains. This project is being launched as a part of E2I's Consortium for Electric Infrastructure to Support a Digital Society (CEIDS) program.

A key strategic goal of the CEIDS program is development of the technologies necessary to achieve the transformation of the current electricity system into a sustainable, adaptive, and self-healing electricity system for the future. Achievement of this goal entails a system that is capable of reconfiguration and self-restoration in response to changing conditions including market-driven operational decisions, external threats to system stability (weather, man-made risks), shifting distributions of loads, and available transmission capacity.

This dynamically adaptable electricity system has been characterized as a "self-healing grid." The capability to model and simulate system behavior fast enough to anticipate changing system conditions is essential to support automated control capabilities. The purpose of the Fast Simulation & Modeling (FSM) system project is to develop this capability.

E2I is seeking proposals from individual contractors and contracting teams to apply the latest engineering and software development methods to develop a fast simulation & modeling (FSM) system. The RFP calls for contractors to work with key industry stakeholders to develop a complete set of systems requirements and verification/validation criteria.

For more information on the scope of work or to obtain an RFP package, visit http://www.e2i.org/ceids/information/rfp.html.

E2I, an affiliate of EPRI, is a new nonprofit organization that conducts strategic breakthrough research and development in energy-related science and technology. Bringing together public and private resources, E2I directs and supports science and technology innovation in electricity supply, delivery, and utilization to address the needs of the 21st century economy. Visit E2I at http://www.e2i.org.

EPRI was established in 1973 as a non-profit center for public interest energy and environmental research. EPRI's collaborative science and technology development program now spans nearly every area of power generation, delivery and use. Visit EPRI at http://www.epri.com.

SOURCE Electricity Innovation Institute

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