Event Date: March 24, 2026
| Time | Event | Lead |
|---|---|---|
| 11:00am – 11:10am | Introductions | Suman Debnath, ORNL |
| 11:10am – 11:50am | Large Grid EMT Modeling – Challenges and Perspectives from a TSP Point of View | Sebastien Dennetiere, RTE |
| 11:50am - 12:00pm | Question & Answers | Marcelo Elizondo, PNNL |
| 12:00pm – 12:15pm | Updates on Activities of the EMT Initiative Working Group 1, Applications and Pilots | Marcelo Elizondo, PNNL |
| 12:15pm – 12:25pm | Question & Answers | Peter Hoang, ORNL |
| 12:25pm – 12:30pm | Close Out | Suman Debnath, ORNL |
Speakers
Dr. Sébastien Dennetière: Dr. Dennetière graduated from the École Supérieure d’Électricité (Supélec), France, in 2002. He obtained his M.Sc. degree in 2003 and his Ph.D. degree in 2017 from the École Polytechnique de Montréal. From 2002 to 2009, he worked at Hydro-Québec in Canada and EDF in France, focusing on research and development activities related to the simulation and analysis of electromagnetic transients.
In 2010, he joined the French TSO RTE (Réseau de Transport d’Électricité), where he is currently a technical expert in power system simulation and HVDC technologies. He also contributes to RTE international as a consultant, participating in numerous HVDC and IBR integration projects worldwide.
He is actively involved in several IEEE, CIGRE, and IEC Working Groups, and previously convened CIGRE Working Group B4-70, which published Technical Brochure 832, “Guide for Electromagnetic Transient Studies Involving VSC Converters.
Dr. Marcelo Elizondo: Dr. Elizondo is a chief power system research engineer in the Electricity Infrastructure and Buildings division at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), where he joined in 2009. His research encompasses a diverse range of topics from bulk electric systems planning and resilience to electromagnetic and electromechanic dynamics in distribution systems and microgrids. He leads a portfolio of projects for Department of State on regional cross-border power systems, transmission expansion, renewable integration, electricity markets, and stability analysis. He also leads projects for the Department of Energy on power system modeling for resilience, including continental-level transmission modeling and high penetration of power electronics equipment in transmission and generation sectors, and transmission and distribution resilience evaluations for grids transiting to 100% renewables. Dr. Elizondo has helped develop planning tools for dynamic cascading failure analysis (DCAT), electric grid resilience and assessment system (EGRASS), sub-transmission reactive power planning (CReST-VCT), generation flexibility assessment (GRAF-Plan), electromechanic and phasor-dynamics for distribution resilience (added to GridLAB-D), as well as for the national-scale energy resilience planning and situational awareness (NAERM). Before joining PNNL, Dr. Elizondo was an international power system consultant in Mercados Energéticos Consultores, Argentina, where he led projects on wind generation grid access, and was involved in the technical design of a new ancillary services market. He earned his engineering and PhD degrees in power systems from the Universidad Nacional de San Juan, Argentina in 2002 and 2008, respectively. He was also a graduate visiting scholar at Carnegie Mellon University from 2003 to 2005, and undergraduate visiting student at Supélec, France, in 2001.