THE PROPOSED PROJECT ‘ADVANCED METHODS FOR INTEGRATING RENEWABLES IN GRID PLANNING (ADMIRE-GRIDPLAN)’ FOCUSES ON THE CAPABILITY GAPS (ADEQUACY PLANNING, OPTIMAL ASSET UTILIZATION, WEATHER DEPENDENT OUTAGES OF RENEWABLES, AND DYNAMIC SECURITY ASSESSMENT) OF THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL GRID PLANNING TOOLS (INCLUDING GE MARS AND GE MAPS) AND COMPLEMENTS THE EXISTING TOOLS WITH NOVEL METHODS IN CRITICAL AND INTERRELATED PLANNING ASPECTS. SPECIFICALLY, GOALS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT ARE: A) TO INCORPORATE VARIABLE RENEWABLE ENERGY (VRE)-BOTH AT THE TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION LEVELS- TO ENSURE ROBUST AND GRANULAR ADEQUACY PLANNING, B) TO DEVELOP OPTIMAL ASSET UTILIZATION MODELS THAT INCORPORATES GRID ENHANCING TECHNOLOGIES (GET) AND DISTRIBUTION LEVEL FLEXIBILITY, WITH AN OBJECTIVE OF RESILIENCE, EQUITY, AND DECARBONIZATION INTO BULK GRID PLANNING, C) TO INCORPORATE WEATHER-RELATED LONG-DURATION OUTAGES IN THE CONTINGENCY PLANNING PROCESS, AND D) ACCURATE AND COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT MODELS FOR DYNAMIC SECURITY ASSESSMENT OF THE POWER GRIDS WITH LOW INERTIA.