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Value of Demand Response: Quantities from Production Cost Modeling (Presentation)

Conference ·
OSTI ID:1134094
Demand response (DR) resources present a potentially important source of grid flexibility particularly on future systems with high penetrations of variable wind and solar power generation. However, managed loads in grid models are limited by data availability and modeling complexity. This presentation focuses on the value of co-optimized DR resources to provide energy and ancillary services in a production cost model. There are significant variations in the availabilities of different types of DR resources, which affect both the operational savings as well as the revenue for each DR resource. The results presented include the system-wide avoided fuel and generator start-up costs as well as the composite revenue for each DR resource by energy and operating reserves. In addition, the revenue is characterized by the capacity, energy, and units of DR enabled.
Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Policy and Analysis and Evaluation
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1134094
Report Number(s):
NREL/PR-6A20-61815
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English