Power Loss Allocation in Deregulated Electricity MarketsIJERD Editor
The restructuring of Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) all over the world thatstartedmainlyinthe 20th
century introduces an open electricity marketfor trading electricity betweengenerators and suppliers in
competitive environments. Market participants utilize thenetwork differently to maximize their profits. This
transformation consists of two aspects that are related with each other; restructuring and privatization.
However, dueto this change, some problems and challenges have risen. One of it is theissue of power losses
allocation. When electrical power is transmitted throughanetwork, it will cause power losses. The generators
must compensate this lossbygenerating more power. Under competitive electricity market environment, no
generators would want to generate more to compensate this loss asit will increase their production cost.
Logically both generators and consumers are supposed topayfor the losses because they both use the network
and thus are responsible for the lossesincurred. If there is no specified method to handle this problem, there is a
probability that the Independent System Operator (ISO) which is a non-profit entity and does not have source of
income will be responsible for this losses. However, if ISO paid forthe losses, itis considered unfair. Thus, this
analysis focuses on some existing allocating transmissionlosses.The selected methods are pro rata, postage
stamp, and Current Adjustment Factor (CAF) and these methods have been tested using simple bus network and
the IEEE standard 14 test bus system.
Transmission congestion management effects on reducing cost of bilateral mark...IRJET Journal
1) The document discusses transmission congestion management and its effects on reducing costs in bilateral electricity markets and increasing trader profits.
2) It presents a case study simulating a two-bus power system under different congestion scenarios and analyzing the use of financial derivatives and transmission rights to manage congestion risks.
3) The study finds that financial transmission rights allow generators to be compensated for congestion fees, fixing transmission prices and making arrangements profitable for traders. This protects traders from price fluctuations due to transmission constraints.
PLANNING OF THE DISTRIBUTION GRIDS WITH DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND DEMAND SID...davidtrebolle
The document discusses planning for electricity distribution networks with distributed generation and active demand management. It analyzes alternatives for addressing overloads on a distribution network, including traditional network investment, doing no investment and incurring penalties, and investing in distributed energy resources through auctions. It models these options for a case study network, finding that distributed energy resources can provide firm capacity at lower cost than traditional solutions if periods requiring firmness are low. However, distributed resources require mechanisms to ensure reliability of supply.
Multi-Objective based Optimal Energy and Reactive Power Dispatch in Deregulat...IJECEIAES
This paper presents a day-ahead (DA) multi-objective based joint energy and reactive power dispatch in the deregulated electricity markets. The traditional social welfare in the centralized electricity markets comprises of customers benefit function and the cost function of active power generation. In this paper, the traditional social welfare is modified to incorporate the cost of both active and reactive power generation. Here, the voltage dependent load modeling is used. This paper brings out the unsuitability of traditional single objective functions, e.g., social welfare maximization (SWM), loss minimization (LM) due to the reduction of amount of load served. Therefore, a multi-objective based optimization is required. This paper proposes four objectives, i.e., SWM, load served maximization (LSM), LM and voltage stability enhancement index (VSEI); and these objectives can be combined as per the operating condition. The simulation studies are performed on IEEE 30 bus test system by considering the both traditional constant load modeling and the proposed voltage dependent load modeling.
This document describes a flexible software-based distributed energy management system (DEMS) designed to investigate how controllable distributed energy units (CDEs) can be aggregated and integrated into the electric grid. The DEMS uses a hierarchical agent-based model to control different CDEs, including a wind turbine, combined heat and power plant, electric vehicle charging station, and industrial load. An experiment was conducted using the DEMS to demonstrate how it can aggregate these CDEs in different communication configurations to meet a secondary frequency control signal while maximizing profit from energy generation. Results showed the DEMS was able to successfully control the CDEs to closely track the required active power output.
Reliability Impacts of Behind the Meter Distributed Energy Resources on Trans...Power System Operation
The increasing amounts of customer-owned Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) limit the control and visibility of local Independent System Operators (ISOs) and utility operators. Most of these resources are non-curtailable and subject to several aggregation guidelines for wholesale participation. These units cannot be decoupled from the Transmission-Distribution (T-D) interface and have a direct impact on the economics and reliability of the grid. This paper reports the results of a study that investigated realistic dispatch conditions from a production and power flow co-simulation environment with increased behind-the-meter DER resources. The objectives of this study include: 1) understanding steady-state and transient voltage response of the system at the local T-D interface, 2) analyzing impacts on switching operations, 3) studying the system-wide frequency response of the Western Interconnection, and 4) examining scenarios that provide insight into the type of control strategies that best benefit local ISO and utility operations from a reliability perspective.
Power Loss Allocation in Deregulated Electricity MarketsIJERD Editor
The restructuring of Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) all over the world thatstartedmainlyinthe 20th
century introduces an open electricity marketfor trading electricity betweengenerators and suppliers in
competitive environments. Market participants utilize thenetwork differently to maximize their profits. This
transformation consists of two aspects that are related with each other; restructuring and privatization.
However, dueto this change, some problems and challenges have risen. One of it is theissue of power losses
allocation. When electrical power is transmitted throughanetwork, it will cause power losses. The generators
must compensate this lossbygenerating more power. Under competitive electricity market environment, no
generators would want to generate more to compensate this loss asit will increase their production cost.
Logically both generators and consumers are supposed topayfor the losses because they both use the network
and thus are responsible for the lossesincurred. If there is no specified method to handle this problem, there is a
probability that the Independent System Operator (ISO) which is a non-profit entity and does not have source of
income will be responsible for this losses. However, if ISO paid forthe losses, itis considered unfair. Thus, this
analysis focuses on some existing allocating transmissionlosses.The selected methods are pro rata, postage
stamp, and Current Adjustment Factor (CAF) and these methods have been tested using simple bus network and
the IEEE standard 14 test bus system.
Transmission congestion management effects on reducing cost of bilateral mark...IRJET Journal
1) The document discusses transmission congestion management and its effects on reducing costs in bilateral electricity markets and increasing trader profits.
2) It presents a case study simulating a two-bus power system under different congestion scenarios and analyzing the use of financial derivatives and transmission rights to manage congestion risks.
3) The study finds that financial transmission rights allow generators to be compensated for congestion fees, fixing transmission prices and making arrangements profitable for traders. This protects traders from price fluctuations due to transmission constraints.
PLANNING OF THE DISTRIBUTION GRIDS WITH DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND DEMAND SID...davidtrebolle
The document discusses planning for electricity distribution networks with distributed generation and active demand management. It analyzes alternatives for addressing overloads on a distribution network, including traditional network investment, doing no investment and incurring penalties, and investing in distributed energy resources through auctions. It models these options for a case study network, finding that distributed energy resources can provide firm capacity at lower cost than traditional solutions if periods requiring firmness are low. However, distributed resources require mechanisms to ensure reliability of supply.
Multi-Objective based Optimal Energy and Reactive Power Dispatch in Deregulat...IJECEIAES
This paper presents a day-ahead (DA) multi-objective based joint energy and reactive power dispatch in the deregulated electricity markets. The traditional social welfare in the centralized electricity markets comprises of customers benefit function and the cost function of active power generation. In this paper, the traditional social welfare is modified to incorporate the cost of both active and reactive power generation. Here, the voltage dependent load modeling is used. This paper brings out the unsuitability of traditional single objective functions, e.g., social welfare maximization (SWM), loss minimization (LM) due to the reduction of amount of load served. Therefore, a multi-objective based optimization is required. This paper proposes four objectives, i.e., SWM, load served maximization (LSM), LM and voltage stability enhancement index (VSEI); and these objectives can be combined as per the operating condition. The simulation studies are performed on IEEE 30 bus test system by considering the both traditional constant load modeling and the proposed voltage dependent load modeling.
This document describes a flexible software-based distributed energy management system (DEMS) designed to investigate how controllable distributed energy units (CDEs) can be aggregated and integrated into the electric grid. The DEMS uses a hierarchical agent-based model to control different CDEs, including a wind turbine, combined heat and power plant, electric vehicle charging station, and industrial load. An experiment was conducted using the DEMS to demonstrate how it can aggregate these CDEs in different communication configurations to meet a secondary frequency control signal while maximizing profit from energy generation. Results showed the DEMS was able to successfully control the CDEs to closely track the required active power output.
Reliability Impacts of Behind the Meter Distributed Energy Resources on Trans...Power System Operation
The increasing amounts of customer-owned Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) limit the control and visibility of local Independent System Operators (ISOs) and utility operators. Most of these resources are non-curtailable and subject to several aggregation guidelines for wholesale participation. These units cannot be decoupled from the Transmission-Distribution (T-D) interface and have a direct impact on the economics and reliability of the grid. This paper reports the results of a study that investigated realistic dispatch conditions from a production and power flow co-simulation environment with increased behind-the-meter DER resources. The objectives of this study include: 1) understanding steady-state and transient voltage response of the system at the local T-D interface, 2) analyzing impacts on switching operations, 3) studying the system-wide frequency response of the Western Interconnection, and 4) examining scenarios that provide insight into the type of control strategies that best benefit local ISO and utility operations from a reliability perspective.
Economic Impacts of Behind the Meter Distributed Energy Resources on Transmis...Power System Operation
The increasing penetration of customer-owned Distribution Energy Resources (DERs) will have an impact on the economics that govern market operation. Visibility and control of local Independent System Operators (ISOs) over these resources are currently restricted or available in some form of aggregation. Additionally, non-curtailable resources pose a serious problem while balancing the market with eminent risks of over-generation and added congestion to the system. This study attempts to decouple the model at the Transmission-Distribution interface and demonstrate the following: 1) economic implications of such resources under two control strategies, 2) aspects of market dynamics affected by several DER penetration levels, 3) Potential benefits of increased ISO visibility beyond the Transmission-Distribution(T-D) interface.
Optimal scheduling of smart microgrids considering electric vehicle battery s...IJECEIAES
Smart microgrids belong to a set of networks that operate independently. These networks have technologies such as electric vehicle battery swapping stations that aim to economic welfare with own resources. Improper handling of electric vehicles services represents overload, congestion or surplus energy. This study addresses both management and support of electric vehiculos battery swapping stations. The formulation of a decision matrix examines economically viable alternatives that contributes to scheduling battery swapping stations. The decision matrix is implemented to manage the swapping, charging and discharging of electric vehicles. In addition, the smart microgrid model evaluates operation issues. The smart microgrid model used extends with considerations of demand response, generators with renewable energies, the wholesale market, local market and electricity spot price for electric vehicles. Additionally, uncertainty issues related to the planning for the infrastructure of the electric vehicle battery swapping station, variability of electricity prices, weather conditions and load forecasting are used. Mentioned stakeholders must maximize their economic benefits optimizing their uncertain day-ahead resources. The proposed hybrid optimization algorithm supports aggregator decision making. This algorithm achieves a 72% reduction in total cost. This percentage of feasible reduction is obtained by calculating the random solution with respect to the suboptimal solution.
This document summarizes research on approaches to managing congestion in deregulated electricity markets. It reviews various congestion management methods that have been proposed, including nodal pricing, price area congestion management, available transfer capability based approaches, using thyristor controlled phase shifting transformers, and flexible AC transmission systems devices. It also discusses optimization techniques that have been applied to congestion management problems, such as genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization. The document provides examples of research on applying these different congestion management methods and optimization techniques to address transmission network congestion issues in deregulated power systems.
This document summarizes research on assessing the performance of LTE and hybrid sensor-LTE networks in smart grid demand response scenarios. The research studies the impact of varying levels of demand response participation on traffic volumes, packet delivery ratios, and delays. Three demand response simulation scenarios are analyzed: direct load balancing with short generation intervals, load balancing with local energy generation and longer intervals, and high-intensity load balancing with very short intervals. The performance of a public LTE network and a hybrid sensor-LTE network are evaluated and compared. The hybrid network is shown to achieve lower delays and maintain higher delivery ratios for smart grid traffic under high demand response participation levels.
This document summarizes an article that proposes an automatic demand response controller with a load shifting algorithm implemented using MATLAB software. The controller monitors generation capacity and customer demand to optimally schedule loads to reduce peak demand and stabilize the load curve. A mathematical model is presented that shifts loads in priority order from the lowest to highest load if total demand exceeds generation capacity. The model was tested on an 8 bus system in MATLAB and successfully stabilized the load curve to better manage power demand according to supply conditions.
Vehicle-to-Grid: l’integrazione della mobilità elettrica nei sistemi elettric...Sardegna Ricerche
L'intervento di Fabrizio Pilo (DIEE, Università degli Studi di Cagliari) in occasione dell'evento "Vehicle-to-Grid: l'integrazione della mobilità elettrica nelle microreti" che si è tenuto il 24 ottobre 2019 a Cagliari.
This document discusses how to better monetize the economic potential of distributed energy resources (DERs) like rooftop solar. It argues that current power system design and regulation only considers bulk power transmission and does not provide the right incentives for DERs. It recommends (1) establishing more granular locational and time-based pricing signals, (2) having distribution networks create "missing markets" to value services from DERs like peak shaving, and (3) using alternative planning techniques like "real options" to properly value the flexibility provided by DERs. This would help transition power systems to make better use of DERs and intermittent generation.
The document is an invitation letter from the general chair of the IEEE EPEC 2011 Conference to Mr. Masoud Yadollahi Zadeh. It invites him to participate in the conference from October 3-5, 2011 in Winnipeg, Canada, where he will be presenting his paper titled "Nash Equilibrium In competitive Electricity Markets". It provides details about the conference objectives, acknowledges that all expenses will be covered by the participant or their company, and provides contact information for the registration chair if he has any other questions.
The GREDOR project. Redesigning the decision chain for managing distribution ...Université de Liège (ULg)
This presentation proposes an integrated methodology for redesigning the decision chain in distribution networks for integrating renewable energy and demand side management.
Active network management involves modulating electricity production from renewable sources and demand to safely operate electrical grids without unnecessary infrastructure investment. This presentation details two active network management problems and solutions:
1. Modulating photovoltaic power injection to prevent overvoltage from high solar production. This can be formulated as a mathematical optimization problem.
2. Modulating both photovoltaic power and controllable loads, like electric vehicles, to absorb excess solar power in storage rather than curtailing it. This requires optimizing over multiple time periods to coordinate load and generation modulation.
Solving these optimization problems in practice faces challenges of data collection, computation and coordination between different actors in the electric industry.
Reliability Impacts of Behind the Meter Distributed Energy Resources on Trans...Power System Operation
The increasing amounts of customer-owned Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) limit the control and visibility of local Independent System Operators (ISOs) and utility operators. Most of these resources are non-curtailable and subject to several aggregation guidelines for wholesale participation. These units cannot be decoupled from the Transmission-Distribution (T-D) interface and have a direct impact on the economics and reliability of the grid. This paper reports the results of a study that investigated realistic dispatch conditions from a production and power flow co-simulation environment with increased behind-the-meter DER resources. The objectives of this study include: 1) understanding steady-state and transient voltage response of the system at the local T-D interface, 2) analyzing impacts on switching operations, 3) studying the system-wide frequency response of the Western Interconnection, and 4) examining scenarios that provide insight into the type of control strategies that best benefit local ISO and utility operations from a reliability perspective.
Optimized Power Flows in Microgrid with and without Distributed Energy Storag...Power System Operation
This study presents a combined algebraic and power flow model of a microgrid to compare configurations with and without distributed energy storage systems. The microgrid model consists of 5 nodes connected by a transformer representing residential buildings with photovoltaic systems and potential energy storage. Optimization calculates optimal dispatch strategies to minimize costs. Power flow simulation then determines impacts on transformer loading and losses. Results show distributed batteries and a battery plant both reduce transformer loading compared to photovoltaics alone, with distributed batteries performing slightly better by further reducing power line losses. This model provides a tool to evaluate and compare technical impacts of different energy storage configurations in microgrids.
This document provides an overview of smart grids and their goals and challenges. It discusses how smart grids use digital technologies to monitor electricity transport from generation to users. The goals of smart grids include self-healing, demand response, resilience, power quality, and optimization. Key challenges are integrating variable renewable generation, consumer engagement, distribution automation, and transmission automation. It also outlines how technologies like phasor measurement units and GPS help with issues like wide-area protection and control.
A Generalized Multistage Economic Planning Model for Distribution System Cont...IJERD Editor
This document presents a generalized multistage economic planning model for distribution systems containing distributed generation (DG) units. The model minimizes total investment and operation costs over a planning horizon divided into multiple periods, taking into account load growth, equipment capacities and voltages limits. Constraints include power flow equations and logical constraints relating planning periods. The model is applied to a sample 11kV distribution network with one substation, 23 load buses and 32 feeders over 4 annual periods. The mixed integer nonlinear optimization problem is solved using LINGO software to obtain the least-cost expansion plan.
Active network management for electrical distribution systems: problem formul...Quentin Gemine
In order to operate an electrical distribution network in a secure and cost-effi cient way, it is necessary, due to the rise of renewable energy-based distributed generation, to develop Active Network Management (ANM) strategies. These strategies rely on short-term policies that control the power injected by generators and/or taken of by loads in order to avoid congestion or voltage problems. While simple ANM strategies would curtail the production of generators, more advanced ones would move the consumption of loads to relevant time periods to maximize the potential of renewable energy sources. However, such advanced strategies imply solving large-scale optimal sequential decision-making problems under uncertainty, something that is understandably complicated. In order to promote the development of computational techniques for active network management, we detail a generic procedure for formulating ANM decision problems as Markov decision processes. We also specify it to a 75-bus distribution network. The resulting test instance is available at http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~anm/ . It can be used as a test bed for comparing existing computational techniques, as well as for developing new ones. A solution technique that consists in an approximate multistage program is also illustrated on the test instance.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
1) Digitalization and decentralization have been accelerating the modularization of both industry structures and regulatory frameworks in the energy sector for 25 years. This has created opportunities for more granular and specialized generation, consumption, and regulation.
2) Emerging technologies are driving generation and storage down to the individual consumer level and enabling more dynamic distribution grids and transaction platforms. This could lead to new forms of self-regulation or regulation at the distribution level.
3) If regulators cannot adapt quickly to facilitate these innovation waves, the energy sector risks fragmenting into alternative regulatory models like "innovation zoos" that constrain disruption, or a landscape dominated by specialized startups and communities operating outside existing rules.
This document discusses developing an information model to connect electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSEs) to customer energy management systems (CEMS) through the Energy Information Standards Alliance. The model would allow two-way communication between EVSEs and CEMS to facilitate demand response and other grid services. Integrating EVSEs with CEMS could help manage electric vehicle charging load and make use of stored vehicle energy for applications like peak shaving and renewable energy firming.
This document discusses microgrids and their potential effects on the traditional electrical grid system. It begins by defining microgrids as electrical systems that include loads and distributed energy sources that can operate connected to or independent of the broader utility grid. It then discusses six key factors driving the development of microgrids, including declining costs of solar PV panels. While microgrids may disrupt the traditional grid model, the document argues they will likely be limited by available surface area for solar and changes to energy market regulations. It advises major grid players to develop solutions like large-scale hydrogen storage and influence regulations to maintain a role for centralized grids alongside distributed generation from microgrids.
This document presents a two-stage model for daily volt/var control (VVC) of distribution systems that includes distributed energy resources (DERs) like wind turbines and synchronous machine-based distributed generations. The first stage is a day-ahead market that minimizes electrical energy costs and gas emissions from generation units to determine an initial schedule. The second stage examines this schedule from an operational perspective to determine optimal daily dispatches of VVC devices while minimizing losses, adjustment of scheduled active powers, and depreciation costs. It uses Benders decomposition to solve the mixed integer nonlinear programming problem, and tests the approach on two distribution test networks.
Economic Impacts of Behind the Meter Distributed Energy Resources on Transmis...Power System Operation
The increasing penetration of customer-owned Distribution Energy Resources (DERs) will have an impact on the economics that govern market operation. Visibility and control of local Independent System Operators (ISOs) over these resources are currently restricted or available in some form of aggregation. Additionally, non-curtailable resources pose a serious problem while balancing the market with eminent risks of over-generation and added congestion to the system. This study attempts to decouple the model at the Transmission-Distribution interface and demonstrate the following: 1) economic implications of such resources under two control strategies, 2) aspects of market dynamics affected by several DER penetration levels, 3) Potential benefits of increased ISO visibility beyond the Transmission-Distribution(T-D) interface.
Optimal scheduling of smart microgrids considering electric vehicle battery s...IJECEIAES
Smart microgrids belong to a set of networks that operate independently. These networks have technologies such as electric vehicle battery swapping stations that aim to economic welfare with own resources. Improper handling of electric vehicles services represents overload, congestion or surplus energy. This study addresses both management and support of electric vehiculos battery swapping stations. The formulation of a decision matrix examines economically viable alternatives that contributes to scheduling battery swapping stations. The decision matrix is implemented to manage the swapping, charging and discharging of electric vehicles. In addition, the smart microgrid model evaluates operation issues. The smart microgrid model used extends with considerations of demand response, generators with renewable energies, the wholesale market, local market and electricity spot price for electric vehicles. Additionally, uncertainty issues related to the planning for the infrastructure of the electric vehicle battery swapping station, variability of electricity prices, weather conditions and load forecasting are used. Mentioned stakeholders must maximize their economic benefits optimizing their uncertain day-ahead resources. The proposed hybrid optimization algorithm supports aggregator decision making. This algorithm achieves a 72% reduction in total cost. This percentage of feasible reduction is obtained by calculating the random solution with respect to the suboptimal solution.
This document summarizes research on approaches to managing congestion in deregulated electricity markets. It reviews various congestion management methods that have been proposed, including nodal pricing, price area congestion management, available transfer capability based approaches, using thyristor controlled phase shifting transformers, and flexible AC transmission systems devices. It also discusses optimization techniques that have been applied to congestion management problems, such as genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization. The document provides examples of research on applying these different congestion management methods and optimization techniques to address transmission network congestion issues in deregulated power systems.
This document summarizes research on assessing the performance of LTE and hybrid sensor-LTE networks in smart grid demand response scenarios. The research studies the impact of varying levels of demand response participation on traffic volumes, packet delivery ratios, and delays. Three demand response simulation scenarios are analyzed: direct load balancing with short generation intervals, load balancing with local energy generation and longer intervals, and high-intensity load balancing with very short intervals. The performance of a public LTE network and a hybrid sensor-LTE network are evaluated and compared. The hybrid network is shown to achieve lower delays and maintain higher delivery ratios for smart grid traffic under high demand response participation levels.
This document summarizes an article that proposes an automatic demand response controller with a load shifting algorithm implemented using MATLAB software. The controller monitors generation capacity and customer demand to optimally schedule loads to reduce peak demand and stabilize the load curve. A mathematical model is presented that shifts loads in priority order from the lowest to highest load if total demand exceeds generation capacity. The model was tested on an 8 bus system in MATLAB and successfully stabilized the load curve to better manage power demand according to supply conditions.
Vehicle-to-Grid: l’integrazione della mobilità elettrica nei sistemi elettric...Sardegna Ricerche
L'intervento di Fabrizio Pilo (DIEE, Università degli Studi di Cagliari) in occasione dell'evento "Vehicle-to-Grid: l'integrazione della mobilità elettrica nelle microreti" che si è tenuto il 24 ottobre 2019 a Cagliari.
This document discusses how to better monetize the economic potential of distributed energy resources (DERs) like rooftop solar. It argues that current power system design and regulation only considers bulk power transmission and does not provide the right incentives for DERs. It recommends (1) establishing more granular locational and time-based pricing signals, (2) having distribution networks create "missing markets" to value services from DERs like peak shaving, and (3) using alternative planning techniques like "real options" to properly value the flexibility provided by DERs. This would help transition power systems to make better use of DERs and intermittent generation.
The document is an invitation letter from the general chair of the IEEE EPEC 2011 Conference to Mr. Masoud Yadollahi Zadeh. It invites him to participate in the conference from October 3-5, 2011 in Winnipeg, Canada, where he will be presenting his paper titled "Nash Equilibrium In competitive Electricity Markets". It provides details about the conference objectives, acknowledges that all expenses will be covered by the participant or their company, and provides contact information for the registration chair if he has any other questions.
The GREDOR project. Redesigning the decision chain for managing distribution ...Université de Liège (ULg)
This presentation proposes an integrated methodology for redesigning the decision chain in distribution networks for integrating renewable energy and demand side management.
Active network management involves modulating electricity production from renewable sources and demand to safely operate electrical grids without unnecessary infrastructure investment. This presentation details two active network management problems and solutions:
1. Modulating photovoltaic power injection to prevent overvoltage from high solar production. This can be formulated as a mathematical optimization problem.
2. Modulating both photovoltaic power and controllable loads, like electric vehicles, to absorb excess solar power in storage rather than curtailing it. This requires optimizing over multiple time periods to coordinate load and generation modulation.
Solving these optimization problems in practice faces challenges of data collection, computation and coordination between different actors in the electric industry.
Reliability Impacts of Behind the Meter Distributed Energy Resources on Trans...Power System Operation
The increasing amounts of customer-owned Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) limit the control and visibility of local Independent System Operators (ISOs) and utility operators. Most of these resources are non-curtailable and subject to several aggregation guidelines for wholesale participation. These units cannot be decoupled from the Transmission-Distribution (T-D) interface and have a direct impact on the economics and reliability of the grid. This paper reports the results of a study that investigated realistic dispatch conditions from a production and power flow co-simulation environment with increased behind-the-meter DER resources. The objectives of this study include: 1) understanding steady-state and transient voltage response of the system at the local T-D interface, 2) analyzing impacts on switching operations, 3) studying the system-wide frequency response of the Western Interconnection, and 4) examining scenarios that provide insight into the type of control strategies that best benefit local ISO and utility operations from a reliability perspective.
Optimized Power Flows in Microgrid with and without Distributed Energy Storag...Power System Operation
This study presents a combined algebraic and power flow model of a microgrid to compare configurations with and without distributed energy storage systems. The microgrid model consists of 5 nodes connected by a transformer representing residential buildings with photovoltaic systems and potential energy storage. Optimization calculates optimal dispatch strategies to minimize costs. Power flow simulation then determines impacts on transformer loading and losses. Results show distributed batteries and a battery plant both reduce transformer loading compared to photovoltaics alone, with distributed batteries performing slightly better by further reducing power line losses. This model provides a tool to evaluate and compare technical impacts of different energy storage configurations in microgrids.
This document provides an overview of smart grids and their goals and challenges. It discusses how smart grids use digital technologies to monitor electricity transport from generation to users. The goals of smart grids include self-healing, demand response, resilience, power quality, and optimization. Key challenges are integrating variable renewable generation, consumer engagement, distribution automation, and transmission automation. It also outlines how technologies like phasor measurement units and GPS help with issues like wide-area protection and control.
A Generalized Multistage Economic Planning Model for Distribution System Cont...IJERD Editor
This document presents a generalized multistage economic planning model for distribution systems containing distributed generation (DG) units. The model minimizes total investment and operation costs over a planning horizon divided into multiple periods, taking into account load growth, equipment capacities and voltages limits. Constraints include power flow equations and logical constraints relating planning periods. The model is applied to a sample 11kV distribution network with one substation, 23 load buses and 32 feeders over 4 annual periods. The mixed integer nonlinear optimization problem is solved using LINGO software to obtain the least-cost expansion plan.
Active network management for electrical distribution systems: problem formul...Quentin Gemine
In order to operate an electrical distribution network in a secure and cost-effi cient way, it is necessary, due to the rise of renewable energy-based distributed generation, to develop Active Network Management (ANM) strategies. These strategies rely on short-term policies that control the power injected by generators and/or taken of by loads in order to avoid congestion or voltage problems. While simple ANM strategies would curtail the production of generators, more advanced ones would move the consumption of loads to relevant time periods to maximize the potential of renewable energy sources. However, such advanced strategies imply solving large-scale optimal sequential decision-making problems under uncertainty, something that is understandably complicated. In order to promote the development of computational techniques for active network management, we detail a generic procedure for formulating ANM decision problems as Markov decision processes. We also specify it to a 75-bus distribution network. The resulting test instance is available at http://www.montefiore.ulg.ac.be/~anm/ . It can be used as a test bed for comparing existing computational techniques, as well as for developing new ones. A solution technique that consists in an approximate multistage program is also illustrated on the test instance.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
1) Digitalization and decentralization have been accelerating the modularization of both industry structures and regulatory frameworks in the energy sector for 25 years. This has created opportunities for more granular and specialized generation, consumption, and regulation.
2) Emerging technologies are driving generation and storage down to the individual consumer level and enabling more dynamic distribution grids and transaction platforms. This could lead to new forms of self-regulation or regulation at the distribution level.
3) If regulators cannot adapt quickly to facilitate these innovation waves, the energy sector risks fragmenting into alternative regulatory models like "innovation zoos" that constrain disruption, or a landscape dominated by specialized startups and communities operating outside existing rules.
This document discusses developing an information model to connect electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSEs) to customer energy management systems (CEMS) through the Energy Information Standards Alliance. The model would allow two-way communication between EVSEs and CEMS to facilitate demand response and other grid services. Integrating EVSEs with CEMS could help manage electric vehicle charging load and make use of stored vehicle energy for applications like peak shaving and renewable energy firming.
This document discusses microgrids and their potential effects on the traditional electrical grid system. It begins by defining microgrids as electrical systems that include loads and distributed energy sources that can operate connected to or independent of the broader utility grid. It then discusses six key factors driving the development of microgrids, including declining costs of solar PV panels. While microgrids may disrupt the traditional grid model, the document argues they will likely be limited by available surface area for solar and changes to energy market regulations. It advises major grid players to develop solutions like large-scale hydrogen storage and influence regulations to maintain a role for centralized grids alongside distributed generation from microgrids.
This document presents a two-stage model for daily volt/var control (VVC) of distribution systems that includes distributed energy resources (DERs) like wind turbines and synchronous machine-based distributed generations. The first stage is a day-ahead market that minimizes electrical energy costs and gas emissions from generation units to determine an initial schedule. The second stage examines this schedule from an operational perspective to determine optimal daily dispatches of VVC devices while minimizing losses, adjustment of scheduled active powers, and depreciation costs. It uses Benders decomposition to solve the mixed integer nonlinear programming problem, and tests the approach on two distribution test networks.
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GREDOR Presentation
1. Damien Ernst – University of Li`ege
Email: dernst@ulg.ac.be
ATRIAS
September 2013
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2. From fit and forget to active network management
Distribution networks traditionnally operated according to the
fit and forget doctrine.
Fit and forget. Network planning is made with respect to a set of
critical scenarios so as to assure that sufficient operational margins
are always ensured (i.e., no over/under voltage problems, overloads)
without any control over the loads or the generation sources.
Shortcomings. With rapid growth of distributed generation
resources, the preservation of such conservative margins comes at
continuously increasing network reinforcement costs.
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3. The buzzwords for avoiding prohibitively reinforcement costs: active
network management.
Active network management. Smart modulation of generation
sources and loads (demand side management) so as to operate the
electrical network in a safe way, without having to rely on significant
investments in infrastructure.
GREDOR project. Redesigning in an integrated way the whole
decision chain used for managing distribution networks so as to do
active network management in an optimal way (i.e., maximisation of
social welfare).
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4. Decision chain
The four stages of the decision chain for managing distribution
networks:
1. Models of interaction
2. Investments
3. Operational planning
4. Real-time control
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5. 1. Models of interaction
A model of interaction defines the flows of information, services and
money between the different actors.
Defined (at least partially) in the regulation.
2. Investments
Decisions to build new cables, investing in telemeasurements, etc.
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6. 3. Operational planning
Decisions taken few minutes to a few days before real-time.
Decisions that may interfere with energy markets. Example: decision
to buy the day-ahead load flexibility to solve overload problems.
Important: new investments may significantly affect the cost of
operational strategies.
4. Real-time control
Almost real-time decisions. Typical examples of such decisions:
modifying the reactive power injected by wind farms into the
network, changing the tap setting of transformers. In the normal
mode (no emergency situation caused by “unfortunate event”),
these decisions should not modify production/consumption over a
market period.
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7. GREDOR as an optimisation problem
M : set of possible models of interaction
I : set of possible investment strategies
O : set of possible operational planning strategies
R : set of possible real-time control strategies
Solve:
argmax
social welfare(m, i, o, r)
(m,i,o,r)2M×I×O×R
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8. A simple example
M: reduced to one single element.
Model of interaction mainly defined by these two components:
1. Distribution Network Operator (DNO) can buy the day-ahead
load flexibility service.
2. Between the Uncertain beginning variables !of every market ...
1 period, !T
it can decide to
curtail generation for the next market period or activate the load
...
flexibility service. System Curtailment state x1 decisions x2 have a x T-cost. 1
xT Note: No
uncertainty when taking these curtailment decisions.
...
u1 uT
x0
0h00 24h00
Control actions
Time
u0
Period 1 2 ... T
Stage 0 ...
1 2 T
Day-ahead Intra-day
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9. More about the load modulation service
Any load offering a flexibility service must follow a baseline
demand profile unless otherwise instructed by the DNO.
The loads specify upward and downward demand modification
limits per market period.
Any modulation instructions by the DNO should not modify the
net energy volume consumed by a flexible load over the market
day, with respect to the baseline profile.
In the day-ahead, the DNO analyzes the different offers and
selects the flexible loads it will use for the next market day.
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10. I: made of two elements. Either to invest in an asset A or not to
invest in it.
O: the set of operational strategies is the set of all algorithms that
(i)in the day-ahead process information available to the DNO to
decide which flexible loads to buy (ii) process before every market
period this information to decide (a) how to modulate the flexible
loads (b) how to curtail generation.
R: empty set. No real-time control implemented.
social welfare(m, i, o, r): the (expected) costs for the DNO.
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11. The optimal operational strategy
Let o be an optimal operational strategy. Such a strategy has the
following characteristics:
1. for every market period, it leads to a safe operating point of the
network (no overloads, no voltage problems).
2. there are no strategies in O leading to a safe operating point of
the network and a smaller(expected) total cost than o. The total
expected cost is defined as the cost of buying flexiblity plus the
costs for curtailing generation.
It can be shown that the optimal operation strategy can be written
as a stochastic sequential optimisation problem.
Solving this problem is challenging. Getting even a good suboptimal
solution may be particularly difficult for large distribution networks
and/or when there are the day-ahead strong uncertainty on the
power injected/withdrawn at the different nodes of the distribution
network.
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12. The benchmark problem
HV
MV Bus 1
Bus 3
Bus 2 Bus 4 Bus 5
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Solar
aggregated
Wind
Residential
aggregated Industrial
When Distributed Generation
(DG) sources produce a lot of
power: (I) overvoltage problem at
Bus 4 (II) overload problem on the
MV/HV transformer.
Two flexible loads; only three market periods; possibility to curtail
the two DG sources before every market period (at a cost).
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13. Information available to the DNO on the day-ahead
The flexible load offers:
0.0 1.5 3.0 4.5 6.0 7.5
Periods
Load in MW
1 2 3
0.0 1.5 3.0 4.5 6.0 7.5 Periods
Load in MW
1 2 3
Left: residential aggregated. Price pr.
Right: Industrial. Price pi.
Scenario tree for representing
uncertainty:
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increase the dimensions of the problem. In the following
sections, we describe results obtained on a small test system,
with a short time horizon and a moderate number of scenarios.
In the concluding section, we discuss pitfalls and avenues for
solving realistic scale instances.
Case Study
We analyze issues arising at the MV level in some Belgian
distribution systems (Figure 5). Often, wind-farms are directly
connected to the HV/MV transformer, as modeled in our test
system by the generator connected to bus 2. Power off-takes
and injections induced by residential consumers are aggregated
at bus 4 by a load and a generator representing the total
production of PV panels. Finally, the load connected to bus 5
represents an industrial consumer.
HV
MV Bus 1
Bus 3
Bus 2 Bus 4 Bus 5
D-A
W = 80%
S = 20%
W = 70%
S = 40%
W = 80%
S = 70%
W = 65%
S = 50%
0.5
0.5
W = 40%
S = 30%
W = 60%
S = 60%
W = 45%
S = 40%
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.7
W = 60%
S = 10%
W = 35%
S = 30%
W = 35%
S = 60%
W = 25%
S = 40%
0.5
0.5
W = 20%
S = 20%
W = 20%
S = 50%
W = 10%
S = 30%
0.6
0.4
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.7
(a) Scenario tree used for the case study. The nodes show the values of
the random variables and the label on the edges define the transition
probabilities between nodes.
●
●
●
●
2 4 6 8 10 12 14
Total generation of DG units in MW
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
●
W = Wind; S = Sun.
Additional information: a load-flow model of the network; the price
(per MWh) for curtailing generation.
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14. Decisions output by o
The day-ahead: To buy flexibility offer from the residential
aggregated load.
Before every market period:
We report results when gen-eration
follows this scenario:
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0.0 1.5 3.0 4.5 6.0 7.5
Periods
Load in MW
1 2 3
0.0 1.5 3.0 4.5 6.0 7.5
Periods
Load in MW
1 2 3
Fig. 7: Flexible loads, with P, P and P represented respec-tively
by dashed, continuous and dotted lines.
D-A
W = 80%
S = 20%
W = 70%
S = 40%
W = 80%
S = 70%
W = 65%
S = 50%
0.5
0.5
W = 40%
S = 30%
W = 60%
S = 60%
W = 45%
S = 40%
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.7
W = 60%
S = 10%
W = 35%
S = 30%
W = 35%
S = 60%
W = 25%
S = 40%
0.5
0.5
W = 20%
S = 20%
W = 20%
S = 50%
W = 10%
S = 30%
0.6
0.4
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.7
Fig. 8: Selected scenario
Scenario analysis
Interest of the stochastic model
The first thing to notice from the results presented in Table ??
Results: Generation never cur-tailed.
Load modulated as follows:
0.0 1.5 3.0 4.5 6.0 7.5
0 50 100 150 200 250
0 1 2 3 4
Availability price of flexibility
Curtailed power
50 100 150 200 250 300
Objective
Curtailed Power
Objective
2 flexible
loads
1 flexible load
0 flexible
load
Fig. 9: Flexibility cost analysis.
Load in MW
scenarios.
In the considered case study, the mean scenario technique
make the decision not to buy flexibility while the tree-based
approach only buy the flexibility of the residential load.
Interest of loads’ flexibility
Highlight ability to detect 1 whether 2 DSM is function of bid prices vs. issues in the system.
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interesting as
Periods
cf. Figure ?? !! To update with new case study !!
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Implementation and algorithmic details
It is not easy to find a solver that can manage this MINLP, even
15. On the importance of managing well uncertainty
E{cost} max cost min cost std dev.
o 46$ 379$ 30$ 72$
MSA 73$ 770$ 0$ 174$
where MSA stands for Mean Scenario Strategy.
Observations: Managing well uncertainty leads to smaller expected
costs than working along a mean scenario.
More results in:
“Active network management: planning under uncertainty for exploiting load
modulation” Q. Gemine, E. Karangelos, D. Ernst and B. Corn´elusse. Proceedings
of the 2013 IREP Symposium-Bulk Power System Dynamics and Control -IX
(IREP), August 25-30, 2013, Rethymnon, Greece, 9 pages.
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16. The optimal investment strategy
Remember that we had to choose between doing investment A or not. Let AP be
the amortization period and cost A the cost of investment A. The optimal
investment strategy can be defined as follows:
1. Simulate using operational strategy o the distribution network
with element A several times over a period of AP years. Extract
from the simulations the expected cost of using o during AP
years. Let cost o with A be this cost.
2. Simulate using operational strategy o the distribution network
without element A several times over a period of AP years.
Extract from the simulations the expected cost of using o during
AP years. Let cost o without A be this cost.
3. If cost A+cost o with A cost o without A, do investment A.
Otherwise not.
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17. GREDOR project: four main challenges
Data: Difficulties for DNOs to gather the right data for building the
decision models (especially for real-time control).
Computational challenges: Many of the optimisation problems in
GREDOR are out of reach of state-of-the-art techniques.
Definition of social welfare(·, ·, ·, ·) function: Difficulties to reach
a consensus on what is social welfare, especially given that actors in
the electrical sector have conflicting interests.
Human factor: Engineers from distribution companies have to break
away from their traditional practices. They need incentives for
changing their working habits.
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18. Acknowledgements
1. To all the partners of the GREDOR project: EDF-LUMINUS,
ELIA, ORES, ULG, UMONS, TECTEO RESA, TRACTEBEL
ENGINEERING.
2. To the Public Service of Wallonia - Department of Energy and
Sustainable Building for funding this research.
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