An integrated transmission and distribution test system for evaluation of transactive energy designs
Abstract This study presents an open source software platform specifically tailored to permit careful dynamic performance evaluation of transactive energy designs for end to end electric power systems. The platform models a centrally managed wholesale power market operating over a transmission grid linked to one or more distribution systems, where each distribution system consists of a collection of grid edge resources operating over a distribution grid. Test case findings are presented to illustrate the capabilities of the platform. The test cases implement a transmission system linked to a distribution system populated by households that have smart price responsive appliances as well as conventional loads. Transactions at the distribution level are conducted in accordance with a well known bid based transactive energy design known as the PowerMatcher.
Applied Energy