Practice Summary: Improved Reliability via Optimization in Residential Microgrids

Mcilvenna, Amelia; Ostrowski, Jim; Herron, Jr., Andrew; King, Daniel; Irminger, Philip; Hambrick, Joshua; Ollis, Ben

doi:10.1287/inte.2020.1030

Practice Summary: Improved Reliability via Optimization in Residential Microgrids

Journal Article · 10 March 2020 · Informs Journal on Applied Analytics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.2020.1030· OSTI ID:1608223

Mcilvenna, Amelia ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[2]; ^[2]; ^[2]; ^[2]; ^[2]

Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Southern Company is an electric utility that is embracing residential microgrids as a platform for distributed energy. The first residential microgrid in the southeastern United States was constructed in Hoover, Alabama, as a testbed for development. To operate the microgrid, we developed an optimization model for unit commitment and economic dispatch. We report the optimization model was implemented in a microgrid central controller and tested under various operational scenarios. Challenges also include developing a pricing algorithm to deliver price forecasts to the residential homes in the microgrid and open-source software restrictions.

Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1608223

Journal Information:: Informs Journal on Applied Analytics, Journal Name: Informs Journal on Applied Analytics Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 50; ISSN 2644-0865

Publisher:: INFORMSCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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