January 30, 2022
Report

DSO+T: Transactive Energy Coordination Framework DSO+T Study: Volume 3

Abstract

This report describes a transactive energy coordination scheme designed to integrate into existing day-ahead and real-time wholesale energy markets. This scheme was evaluated in the Distribution System Operator with Transactive (DSO+T) study to assess the engineering and economic performance of the transactive energy coordination of a large-scale deployment of distributed energy resources (DER). Transactive agents were developed for a range of DERs (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning units, water heaters, batteries, and electric vehicles) that optimize flexibility over a 48-hour horizon and adjust their strategy in response to changes in real-time prices. A transactive energy coordination scheme, executed by a DSO retail market operator, aggregates these DER bids from participating customers and clears them against a DSO supply curve using a double auction market mechanism. The process of constructing the price-quantity DSO supply curve includes distribution-level transportation constraints (for example, substation congestion limits) and forecast locational marginal price of the DSO’s connected transmission node. The resulting day-ahead and real-time quantities are then bid into a competitive wholesale market operated by an independent system operator. This report also details additional capabilities for proper marketplace simulation such as wholesale price, weather, and load forecasting. The report concludes with a discussion of lessons learned and key design features required to ensure successful operation.

Published: January 30, 2022

Citation

Widergren S.E., B.P. Bhattarai, R.G. Pratt, S. Hanif, A. Singhal, A. Tbaileh, and F. Bereta dos Reis, et al. 2022. DSO+T: Transactive Energy Coordination Framework DSO+T Study: Volume 3 Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.