Optimising outage planning for a smarter, greener grid

<strong>Optimising outage planning </strong><strong>for a smarter, greener grid</strong>

Topics

DSO

Grid Optimization

Outage Planning

TSO

Date

February 11, 2026

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Date

March 25, 2026

Location

Online event

Timing

1:00pm - 2:00pm (GMT)
2:00pm - 3:00pm (CET)
8:00am - 9:00am (EST)

During this webinar

The operational challenge: how increasing renewable integration and grid volatility make manual year‑ahead outage planning increasingly difficult, risky, and resource‑intensive.

The solution in action: a guided walkthrough of the Year‑Ahead Outage Optimiser, showing how automated validation, multi‑objective optimization, and rapid single‑request analysis work together as a decision‑support ecosystem.

Live demonstration: see how planners can move from hours to minutes when assessing urgent outage requests, while always respecting operational and safety constraints.

Proof-of-concept project results
A detailed review of performance outcomes, including:

Over 34% reduction in required outages
Delivery of 99.5%+ of all requested work
Improved network availability and reduced system stress

Strategic decision‑making: how sensitivity analysis enables planners to explore “what‑if” scenarios and make informed trade‑offs between plan stability, efficiency, and network availability.

Author

Ryan Flett

Innovation Project Manager, SSEN Transmission

Since joining SSEN Transmission, Ryan has worked on the Year Ahead Outage Optimiser project alongside other Innovation projects funded by the Network Innovation Allowance programme set up by Ofgem. Prior to this Ryan has spent 5 years in SSE working across a number of sectors, including in the SSE generation and customer businesses with a focus on project delivery and a primary focus on innovation.

Author

Stephen Munro

Innovation Development Engineer, SSEN Transmission

Stephen Munro is an accomplished engineer currently specialising in power systems innovation and outage optimisation, drawing on extensive experience at SSEN Transmission and National Grid ESO. He has successfully led initiatives to advance new innovations and automated tools, streamlining outage planning and connecting solutions to business challenges. With a proven ability to challenge conventional approaches and implement innovative solutions, Stephen has consistently driven operational efficiency and improvement throughout his career.

Author

Maxime Hanot

Principal Engineer – Grid Optimization, N-SIDE

Maxime holds a Master's degree in Mathematical Engineering from UCLouvain, Belgium. Over the last seven years at N-SIDE, he has specialized in Outage Planning Optimization, collaborating with transmission owners and operators across Europe. His collaboration with these stakeholders spanned three key pillars: providing strategic advisory, driving technical innovation, and deploying operational solutions. Currently, Maxime leads the Grid Optimization activities within N-SIDE’s Energy department, providing transmission utilities and coordination centers with advanced analytic solutions to ensure grid balance and security.

Author

Jérôme Bausier

Senior Energy Consultant, N-SIDE

Jérôme Bausier holds a Master’s Degree in Bioscience Engineering and a specialization in Data Science from UCLouvain (Belgium). As an Energy Analytics Consultant at N-SIDE, he made an important contribution to the success of this outage planning innovation pipeline. His role is to create innovative prototypes using advanced analytical techniques and transform them into scalable solutions for the Energy Sector, especially for Grid Operations.