IP-Based Grid Power Coordination for Operating Reserve Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current electric power management systems are inadequate for actively controlling power load management on the grid, failing to effectively integrate new energy sources and track power savings, leading to inefficiencies and inaccuracies in load shedding and reserve creation.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for actively managing power supply and load curtailment using IP-based messaging to communicate with grid elements and devices, enabling real-time tracking and control of power consumption and generation, and creating operating reserves through a Coordinator that manages power flow and communication across the grid.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional power management systems are used for load curtailment, then service points can be removed from the grid, but the system cannot effectively supply or introduce new sources of supply to the grid
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a universal compliance framework that enables both traditional load curtailment and new power source integration through the same service point management architecture. The compliance module provides multi-functional support for different types of grid interactions (supply and demand) while maintaining standardized procedures.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of treating new power sources as exceptions requiring special handling, the system inverts the approach by designing compliance procedures that naturally accommodate both supply and demand functions. The service point compliance framework is structured to handle power flow in either direction without requiring separate modeling approaches.
2Reliability
If detailed attachment modeling is applied to ensure compliance with utility standards, then full scale utility compliance is achieved, but the process becomes difficult and expensive
Solution Approach 1:
The system changes the parameters of compliance by establishing standardized service point characteristics that simplify the modeling process. Rather than requiring detailed custom modeling for each attachment, the system defines standard parameters and configurations that ensure utility compliance while reducing complexity and cost.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary compliance verification through standardized service point definitions and pre-configured compliance checks. By establishing compliance requirements upfront through standardization rather than through detailed post-attachment modeling, the system reduces both complexity and cost while maintaining reliability.
3Measurement precision
If real-time tracking and control of power consumption and generation is implemented, then precise power supply and demand management is achieved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary service point compliance module that mediates between raw power measurements and the control system. This intermediary layer standardizes the data interface and control signals, enabling precise tracking and control while shielding the overall system from the complexity of detailed measurements and control actions.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for managing power supplied over an electric power grid by an electric utility and/or other market participants to a multiplicity of grid elements and devices for supply and/or load curtailment as supply, each of which having a supply equivalence value associated with its energy consumption and/or reduction in consumption and/or supply, and wherein messaging is managed through a network by a coordinator using IP messaging for communication with the grid elements and devices, with the energy management system (EMS), and with the utilities, market participants, and/or grid operators.