24thInternational Conference on Electricity Distribution
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PROPOSED DSO ANCILLARY SERVICE PROCESSES CONSIDERING SMART GRID
REQUIREMENTS
Ahmad ALKANDARI Ayman Ahmed SAMI
College of Technological Studies Senior GIS Analyst Engineer Openware
Kuwait (Official ESRI distributor)- Kuwait
alkandari1@yahoo.com engayman79@yahoo.com
ABSTRACT
The role of Distribution System Operator(DSO) in a
Smart Grid environment include five services, namely,
Flexibility services, Infrastructure provision for electric
vehicles, Energy efficiency services Ownership and
management of metering equipment, and Data handling.
An important role of DSOs in a Smart Grid environment
is the flexibility services which are also required by
Transmission System Operator(TSO), suppliers and
balancing responsible parties. With different objectives
this may, at times, lead to conflicting interests. To
safeguard the proper functioning of the energy system, a
form of coordination will be required to address and
resolve these conflicting interests. A proposed DSO
ancillary service processes are identified considering
smartgrid requirements .The intelligence of the smart
grid is critically reliant on geospatial data to represent
and track numerous devices’ locations within the
connected model of the distribution system. Geographical
Information System(GIS)is an essential tool for handling
the proposed DSO ancillary service processes in an
efficient way. An integrated process flow diagram for the
proposed DSO ancillary services together with TSO
ancillary services is developed.
Keywords:
Distribution System Operator - Transmission System
Operator - flexibility services - ancillary services
Geographical Information System - renewable sources -
Weather forecast services- Data handling
INTRODUCTION
Ancillary services (AS) are support services in the power
system and are essential in maintaining power quality,
reliability and security. With the growing relevance of
distributed renewable energy sources (DRES) in the
generation mix and the increasingly proactive demand for
electricity, power systems and their mode of operation
need to evolve. Current trends impose challenges that
impact the ability of the distribution system operator
(DSO) to carry out his responsibilities: develop, operate
and maintain the network in order to deliver high quality
services to grid users and other stakeholders of the
electric power system. All of this occurs while ensuring
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Consultantat Ministry
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the safety of people, using assets most efficiently secure
in cooperation with transmission system operators (TSO).
How should a DSO evolve its business to keep all these
manifold technological challenges that they create?
Beyond this, how should a DSO adjust its functions to
respond to a developing market environment? A number
of emerging trends indicate that the interaction between
transmission system operators (TSO) and distribution
network operators (DSO) will evolve in future. Examples
of these trends are the electrification of energy
consumption and the increasing volume of distributed
generationbeing connectedto the distribution grid.
On the demand side, network operators, both TSOs and
DSOs, can use flexibility for congestion management as a
substitute for infrastructure investments. With the
increase of distributed generation, which is often not
dispatchable due to its intermittent nature, network flows
become more variable and cannot longer be efficiently
resolved in the network planning phase by increasing
network investments. Increased volatility and forecast
uncertainty from DERs (Distributed Energy Resources)
could result in the need for additional ancillary service
resources. Flexible, quick-response resources under
TSO/DSO dispatch help meet imbalances caused by
deviations from expected conditions
PROPOSED DSO ANCILLARY SERVICE (AS)
PROCESSES
1. Weather forecast services to provide the information
utilities use in their internal planning exercises
2. The integrated services belonging IOT (Internet Of
Things) which includes energy management, automation,
and maintenance
3. Standards based services for connected products of the
utilities and their customers. When the basis of the
technology involved is standards based, then utilities can
better trust they will be able to deliver on core mission
requirements (reliability and safety) while adapting to
new market pressures.
4. Services belonging renewablesintegration which
aims to incorporate a variety of advanced energy
technologies into the marketplace, including faster
ramping thermal generation, energy storage, automated
DR, distributed generation, and renewable generation;
accordingly it is recommended to develop decentralized
power markets to match distributed generation-
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chnology
6. Service Providers to Take Lead in DER aggregation The expected increased interaction
intera between TSOs and
7. Digital Service for the Connected Home DSOs will result in both oth technical
te and nontechnical
challenges. It is proposed to use
us market mechanisms only
AN INTEGRATED PROCES
OCESS FLOW for the balancing challenge,
nge, which
w is applied today in
DIAGRAM FOR THE PROP
ROPOSED DSO various countries. Becauseuse of the local nature of the
mentioned grid operation challenges,
chall markets would not
ANCILLARY SERVICES work efficiently. Instead,d, a regulatory framework is
The following five smart grids services
vices are the role of required for bilateral con contracts between flexible
(Distribution System Operator) DSOs Os in a Smart Grid customers and network operators,
operat facilitating the use of
environment;Flexibility services - Infrastructure flexible generation and demand
dem for grid operation
provision for electric vehicles-Energyy effi
efficiency services purposes. An integrated proce
process flow diagram for the
- Ownership & management of meterin etering equipment - proposed DSO ancillaryy services
serv together with TSO
Data handling ancillary services is shownn in Fig.
F 2.
The role of Geographical Informationn System
Sys (GIS) is to
determine optimal locations for smartart grid
gri components.
During the rollout of a smart grid, d, util
utilities will need
significant analysis to determine thehe right
rig location for
sensors, communication-marshaling cabinets,
cabin and a host
of other devices such as fiber opticss in conduits
c and on
poles. GIS provides the proper means eans to perform an
essential tool for handling the proposed
posed DSO ancillary
service processes in an efficient wayy in ad addition to these
design services, since the optimall locat
locations depend so
heavily on the existing infrastructure.
re. The
Th unique view
and structure of data, which GIS IS provides,
p offers
organizations radically different ways
ys of delivering their
services. GIS can act as the IT T inte
integrator for an
organization. The real-time couplingg of energy
e systems
and GIS is necessary in order to eeffectively and
efficiently resolve both unexpected cted and expected
challenges in energy supply Fig.1. On a technical level,
such a real-time coupling of diverse rse systems
sy requires
interoperable data and information exchange
exch based on
standardized interfaces and services. s. GIS provides the
Fig . 2 Integrated process flow diagr
diagram for the proposed DSO
proper means to perform these ancillary
illary services, since
ancillary services together with TSO ancillary services
the optimal locations depend so heavily
avily on the existing
infrastructure. However, the intelligence
nce ofo the smart grid
is critically reliant on geospatial data
ata to represent and CONCLUSION
track numerous devices’ location within the connected The interaction between transmission
trans system operators
model of the distribution system. (TSO) and distribution network
netwo operators (DSO) will
evolve in the coming years. The expected increased
interaction between TSOss and DSOs will result in both
technical and nontechnical al challenges.
cha A proposed DSO
ancillary service processes
sses area identified considering
smartgrid requirements. From a high level viewpoint,
grid monitoring has to bee implemented.
imp Communication
between TSO and DSO has to be identified via an
integrated process flow diagram
diagra for the proposed DSO
ancillary services togetherr with TSO ancillary services.

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