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Pricing and control in the next generation power distribution system

  • Gerald Thomas Heydt
  • , Badrul H. Chowdhury
  • , Mariesa L. Crow
  • , Daniel Haughton
  • , Brian D. Kiefer
  • , Fanjun Meng
  • , Bharadwaj R. Sathyanarayana

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Abstract

Smart grid technologies are gaining acceptance and are being integrated into power distribution systems as a result of public and private investment and funding. However, costs of these technologies appear to be a clear obstacle in the widespread integration and maximal use of these technologies. In this paper, the utilization of dollar pricing signals is proposed and illustrated for power distribution engineering. A signal modeled after locational marginal pricing from transmission engineering is proposed to provide pricing data locally in distribution systems. The calculation, utilization, advantages, and shortcomings of the concept are presented. A main conclusion is that the use of a distribution locational marginal price signal fits well with an electronically controlled power distribution system.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number6182597
Pages (from-to)907-914
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
Volume3
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012

Keywords

  • Direct digital control
  • distributed control
  • distributed resources
  • distribution engineering
  • locational marginal prices
  • power system control
  • solid state controllers
  • state estimation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science

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