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X-WR-CALNAME:Stanford Energy Seminar | The Black Box at the Center of the G
 rid: Rebuilding Trust and Accelerating Timelines in Energy Planning Throug
 h Open-Source Modeling | Alice Yake\, Breakthrough Energy
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DESCRIPTION:The Stanford Energy Seminar has been a mainstay of energy engag
 ement at Stanford for nearly 20 years and is one of the flagship programs 
 of the Precourt Institute for Energy. We aim to bring a wide variety of pe
 rspectives to the Stanford community – academics\, entrepreneurs\, utili
 ties\, non-profits\, and more. \n\n \n\nAbout the talk\n\nGrid planning ha
 s never been harder — or more consequential. Variable renewables\, distr
 ibuted resources\, vehicle electrification\, data centers\, and industrial
  decarbonization are compounding in real time\, turning the grid into a dy
 namic\, multi-sector nervous system for the entire economy. Yet the tools 
 guiding these decisions remain proprietary black boxes: artifacts of a sim
 pler era\, too slow to innovate and too closed to build the stakeholder tr
 ust that decisions of this scale require. A century of regulatory layering
  and institutional fragmentation built this quagmire. Getting out of it de
 mands a new approach — one where modernizing planning tools and restorin
 g trust are pursued as a single mission\, enabling the faster\, more credi
 ble decisions the energy transition cannot afford to delay. \n\nAlice Yake
 \, is Vice President of GRIDS at Breakthrough Energy\, where she leads a t
 eam focused on achieving faster energy system decisions. Her team is focus
 ed on the development of an open-source grid planning ecosystem designed t
 o make energy system modeling transparent\, accessible\, and trustworthy. 
 With 25 years of industry experience at Enron\, Oxy\, and Xcel Energy (whe
 re she served as President of Colorado and Chief Planning Officer)\, she h
 as lived the incentive structures\, regulatory complexity\, and institutio
 nal ethos that slow decarbonization. She now works to replace opacity with
  shared data\, repeatable tools\, and facts anyone can use. Alice is also 
 a mom to four boys and stepmother to two more — which makes solving the 
 climate problem feel a little more urgent. \n\n \n\nAnyone with an interes
 t in energy is welcome to join! You can enjoy seminars in the following wa
 ys:\n\nAttend live. The auditorium may change quarter by quarter\, so chec
 k each seminar event to confirm the location. Explore the current quarter'
 s schedule.Watch live in a browser livestream if available. Check each sem
 inar event for its unique livestream URL.Watch recordings of past seminars
  Available on the Past Energy Seminars page and the Energy Seminars playli
 st of the Stanford Energy YouTube channel(For students) Take the seminar a
 s a 1-unit class (CEE 301/ENERGY 301/MS&E 494) \n\nIf you'd like to join t
 he Stanford Energy Seminar mailing list to hear about upcoming talks\, sig
 n up here.
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LOCATION:Hewlett Teaching Center\, 201
SUMMARY:Stanford Energy Seminar | The Black Box at the Center of the Grid: 
 Rebuilding Trust and Accelerating Timelines in Energy Planning Through Ope
 n-Source Modeling | Alice Yake\, Breakthrough Energy
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 on-breakthrough-energy
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