Relationship to To be determined WECC Scenarios Potential Partners Sandia Laboratory Issue Utility Business Models Key Reliability Will alternate utility business models create reliability risks? Question As individuals become prosumers, will individuals’ use and generation patterns create reliability issues that up” from distribution to “trickle transmission? How would the development of consumers who can “prosumagers,” also produce and manage energy, impact grid reliability? Could residential prosumager aggregators become utilities” “virtual that present challenges to grid reliability? Is it likely that such reliability risks will manifest by year 2028? by year 2038? Relationship to NTP #2: Impacts of the Changing Resource Mix WECC Near-Term reliability services specific to the Western Interconnection.” “Essential Priorities (NTP) interface between the transmission and distribution systems due “The to DER, with a focus on modeling techniques that can be used as DER penetration increases.” Consumers acting as both and suppliers at different times may place unexpected burdens on the electric system: must be “…analysis performed to assure that reliability is preserved under a variety of system conditions.” Relationship to Scenario 2: policy with a high degree of market freedom and WECC Scenarios customers seeking more energy service options Potential Partners Issue WECC Scenarios (4)
Relationship to WECC Scenarios To be determined Potential Partners Sandia Laboratory Issue Utility Business Models Key Reliability Question Will alternate utility business models create reliability risks? As individuals become prosumers, will individuals’ use and generation patterns create reliability issues that “trickle up” from distribution to transmission? How would the development of “prosumagers,” consumers who can also produce and manage energy, impact grid reliability? Could residential prosumager aggregators become “virtual utilities” that present challenges to grid reliability? Is it likely that such reliability risks will manifest by year 2028? by year 2038? Relationship to WECC Near-Term Priorities (NTP) NTP #2: Impacts of the Changing Resource Mix “Essential reliability services specific to the Western Interconnection.” “The interface between the transmission and distribution systems due to DER, with a focus on modeling techniques that can be used as DER penetration increases.” Consumers acting as both and suppliers at different times may place unexpected burdens on the electric system: “…analysis must be performed to assure that reliability is preserved under a variety of system conditions.” Relationship to WECC Scenarios Scenario 2: policy with a high degree of market freedom and customers seeking more energy service options Potential Partners Issue WECC Scenarios (4)
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