The Impact of Behind-the-Meter Heterogeneous Distributed Energy Resources on Distribution Grids

Conference · Mon Jan 11 04:00:00 EST 2021

OSTI ID:1762445

Paudyal, Priti; Ding, Fei; Ghosh, Shibani; Baggu, Murali; Symko-Davies, Martha; Bilby, Chris; Hannegan, Bryan

The increasing integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) on the electric grid brings new challenges and opportunities for utility grid operations. With the rapid deployment of DERs, there is emerging interest in integrating these controllable devices with utility operations at all levels for monitoring and management. To understand the challenges with increasing behind-the-meter (BTM) DERs and to identify the needs in deploying advanced controls, a comprehensive grid impact study is indispensable. This paper presents the analysis which help visualize the DER impact on the grid, identify the challenges and provides an insight into the new distribution management and control needs to enable reliable and resilient grid operations.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Electricity; USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); Holy Cross Energy
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1762445
• Report Number(s): NREL/PR-5D00-76969; MainId:24932; UUID:1dbff0fb-8e3c-4d19-8165-8d6e7a9ea7cb; MainAdminID:19152
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

27 ARPA - Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E)
DER
distributed energy resources
grid impact
utility grid operations