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Delivery-Risk-Aware Flexibility Scheduling and Dispatch for Aggregated Flexible Loads

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OSTI ID:2356779
Flexible loads like smart thermostats and water heaters can shift energy consumption and provide flexibility to the grid. However, this flexibility is dependent on occupant behavior and can lead to delivery risk, which causes utilities and grid operations to consider them as unreliable for purposes of grid operation. To date, they have not been well integrated into wholesale electricity markets or ancillary service offerings. With proper consideration of uncertainty and risk, these resources can be one of the most cost-effective sources of flexibility. This work uses stochastic optimization to quantify and bid flexibility from a fleet of flexible resources while considering their delivery risk.
Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
2356779
Report Number(s):
NREL/PR-5D00-89735; MainId:90514; UUID:8f4a3025-baaf-4c25-9a4e-5538abbca98a; MainAdminId:72636
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English