PNNL

Abstract

Customer-owned, grid-enabled Distributed Energy Resources proliferated recently. Along with the advent of new communication technologies, new means of load management have been enabled to progress beyond traditional Direct Load Control Demand Response programs. This work demonstrates four grid service use cases using a service-oriented DER Management System within an Energy Grid of Things network. Imposed by a set of rules referred to as the Energy Service Interface, the DER Management System utilizes IEEE 2030.5 as its primary communication protocol. Further, to simulate the collaborative efforts of Grid Operators, Grid Service Providers, and consumers to provide grid services, a co-simulation environment that leverages the GridAPPS-D simulation platform is developed. The results show that a service-oriented DER Management System provides a means of achieving reliable and impactful grid services while protecting customers’ privacy and ensuring their agency over their Distributed Energy Resources.