What Role Do Aggregators Play in Power System Security and Resilience?

Matsuda-Dunn, Reiko; Leddy, Laura; Hotchkiss, Eliza; Gautam, Mukesh; Abdelmalak, Michael

doi:10.1109/RWS58133.2023.10284615

What Role Do Aggregators Play in Power System Security and Resilience?

Conference · 18 October 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS58133.2023.10284615· OSTI ID:2242425

Matsuda-Dunn, Reiko; Leddy, Laura; Hotchkiss, Eliza; Gautam, Mukesh; Abdelmalak, Michael

Barriers to the participation of distributed energy resources (DERs) in wholesale electricity markets have limited the use of DERs for power system security and resilience. In September 2020, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved an order to reduce these barriers. FERC Order No. 2222 enables the participation of DER aggregators in wholesale electricity markets. DERs include renewable generation and technologies that support the integration of renewable generation by increasing grid flexibility and resilience. Requiring wholesale energy markets to allow DER aggregator participation provides a path for DERs to become competitive in these markets. As the contribution from aggregated DERs continues to increase, the aggregator's role in supporting grid security and resilience will become more critical. This paper reviews work that demonstrates how DER aggregators can provide resilience support through technical capabilities, operational strategies, and secure communication architectures. Socioeconomic influences and impacts of aggregators, including implications for social resilience, are presented. In surveying the current state-of-the-art across different but interconnected topics, we illustrate how aggregators can be power system participants that enhance grid security. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to enhancing resilience in a power grid that includes a growing cohort of DER aggregators, but there are many options for aggregators to contribute to a more resilient and secure power grid.

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Research Organization:: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

DOE Contract Number:: AC36-08GO28308

OSTI ID:: 2242425

Report Number(s):: NREL/CP-6A40-88313; MainId:89088; UUID:94f54879-407e-41a6-97e4-57f387f6cf85; MainAdminID:71319

Resource Relation:: Conference: Presented at 2023 Resilience Week (RWS), 27-30 November 2023, National Harbor, Maryland; Related Information: 85649

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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