Market based embedded Real Time Operation for Distributed Resources and Flexibility
Bertrand Travacca, Greg Rybka, Kenji Shiraishi

TL;DR
This paper develops a model predictive control approach for a DER aggregator to optimize participation in real-time electricity markets, focusing on flexible resources like EVs and solar PVs, with initial simulation results.
Contribution
It introduces a novel optimization structure for aggregators managing distributed resources in real-time markets, differing from prior models and lacking similar approaches.
Findings
Real-time operation has minimal impact on total costs in simulations.
The approach demonstrates potential for cost-effective market participation.
Further tuning and data processing are needed for improved results.
Abstract
We build upon previous work out of UC Berkeley's energy, controls, and applications laboratory (eCal) that developed a model for price prediction of the energy day-ahead market (DAM) and a stochastic load scheduling for distributed energy resources (DER) with DAM based objective\cite{Travacca}. In similar fashion to the work of Travacca et al., in this project we take the standpoint of a DER aggregator pooling a large number of electricity consumers - each of which have an electric vehicle and solar PV panels - to bid their pooled energy resources into the electricity markets. The primary contribution of this project is the optimization of an aggregated load schedule for participation in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) real time (15-minute) electricity market. The goal of the aggregator is to optimally manage its pool of resources, particularly the flexible resources,…
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Taxonomy
TopicsSmart Grid Energy Management · Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure · Microgrid Control and Optimization
