Distributed Energy Resources Integration in the Wholesale Electricity Market

Distributed energy resources (DER) have the potential to change the way power is generated and transmitted with impact visible in both transmission and distribution networks. These resources may include intermittent resources, energy storage, gas turbines, and combined heat plants among others. DER integration in the wholesale electricity market will require developing new market rules, policy changes and increased coordination among ISO/RTOs, transmission owners and individual DER units/ DER aggregation owners. This session will have a mix of panelists from ISO/RTO, education and research institutions with focus on developments required on new market construct and modeling requirements to facilitate integration of DER in the wholesale electricity market.