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Design and Valuation Design and Valuation of Demand Response Mechanisms and Instruments for Integrating Renewable Generation Resources in a Smart Grid Environment (M-23)

Summary We propose to investigate alternative contractual based approaches to the design and valuation of demand response (DR) mechanisms and instruments aimed at addressing the ancillary service (AS) challenges associated with integrating an increasing quantity of intermittent renewable generation resources into a power grid. For our investigation, we will develop a methodology for simulating systems with integrated renewable and DR resources over longer periods. The methodology will be effectively used to study how different DR mechanisms and financial instruments can facilitate the integration of DR programs into ISO markets and provide the much needed AS support to the intermittent renewable generation.
Academic Team Members Project Leader: Shi-Jie Deng (Georgia Institute of Technology, deng@isye.gatech.edu)
Team members: Shmuel Oren (University of California at Berkeley, ren@ieor.berkeley.edu), George Gross (University of Illinoise at Urbana, gross@uiuc.edu)
Industry Team Members Jim Price (California ISO), Jianzhong Tong (PJM), Feng Zhao (ISO New England), Mark Westendorf (Midwest ISO), Mark Sanford (GE Energy)

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