3 papers
eess.SY2026
Hidden Economic Consequences of Adapting to Fast Ramping Datacenter Loads
Willa Gutowski, Charles Foltz, Nicholson Koukpaizan +2
Artificial intelligence workloads are driving the rapid expansion of datacenter infrastructure, which imposes substantial stress on the US energy system. While high peak electricit…
eess.SY2026
Geospatial sensitivity of transmission-constrained ACOPF to generator retirement
Willa Gutowski, Ulyana Shyrokaya, Nicholson Koukpaizan +3
The US faces a growing resource adequacy challenge: new loads are being added at unprecedented scale while aging generating assets are being retired. In transmission-constrained gr…
eess.SY2026
HPC-Enabled Generator Importance Assessment for RTO-Scale Resource Adequacy Planning
Eve Tsybina, Nicholson Koukpaizan, Joshua Hambrick +2
Modern power systems are increasingly under stress as aging assets approach retirement and load growth outpaces new generation construction. The severity of this challenge varies b…