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Excellence in Science & Technology

Realizing a Secure, Flexible, and
Resilient Electric Power System

2025 Vision: Innovations at PNNL have led the way to a renaissance of America’s elec-
tric power system. The U.S. grid is now on the global leading edge, with technologies
enabling the smooth integration of renewable energy sources, large-scale energy
storage, and analytics for real-time, agile power management and secure data use.

Goals PNNL’s Electricity Infrastructure Operations
Center (EIOC) features two full-function grid
• Develop exascale computing approaches control rooms. Here, researchers design, test,
to grid optimization and evaluate tools and concepts in a setting
that mirrors current industry conditions. The
• Advance novel data analytic and computa- EIOC is also a state-of-the-art training center
tional approaches to drive threat-informed for grid operations professionals.
cybersecurity technology innovations

• Integrate innovations in materials science
to realize safe, low-cost energy storage
technologies

Research Partners

Jud Virden Carl Imhoff “In collaboration with our long-term sponsors in DOE’s Office of
Steward Science Lead Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability and Buildings Technology
Office, PNNL aims to transform the 21st century grid by delivering
key science & technology outcomes in three critical areas—grid
flexibility and resiliency, cybersecurity, and energy storage. The
PNNL campus will serve as a best-in-class testbed for coordinating
building energy, while adding distributed energy resources that
communicate with utilities and demonstrate energy savings, grid
flexibility, and resiliency benefits.”

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