An entity responsible for the planning, operation and optimisation of a Distribution System with high levels of Distributed Energy Resource (DER/CER)A diverse range of small to medium scale Energy Resources th... Click for more, Electric VehiclesPassenger cars and other vehicles powered by Electricity. Th... Click for more (EV) and other Flexible ResourcesEnergy Resources connected to the Distribution Network that ... Click for more. Depending on the DSO model implemented, this may include the following functions:
- Implement advanced, scenario-based modelling of DER/CER and EV uptake and operation, bi-directional power flows and Distribution System operations;
- Establish Distribution System State Estimation (DSSE) and near real-time VisibilityThe degree to which information on Energy Resource character... Click for more across the network;
- Dynamically manage the network within the technical constraints and hosting capacity of distribution assets, including computation and issuing of Dynamic Operating Envelopes (DOEs);
- Advance the transition to more cost and value-reflective pricing in broad-based tariff reform and establish bilateral reserve contracts for short and long-term emergency support of distribution security;
- Implement Integrated Distribution Planning (IDP) to medium-long term network requirements, incorporating non-network alternatives;
- Actively identify opportunities for aging network assets to be progressively replaced with MicrogridA group of interconnected Customer Loads, Generation Plant a... Click for more, individual Stand-alone Power SystemsA highly complex cyber-physical and transactional System tha... Click for more and/or grid-connected Energy StorageVarious means of storing energy, either directly or indirect... Click for more solutions;
- Analysis and evidence-based determination of the temporal and locational value of Electric ProductsThe physics-based services that may be provided by Energy Re... Click for more provided by DER/CER to the Distribution System;
- Establish and operate a Flexibility MarketA market that provides the means to monitor flows of Energy ... Click for more or Network Services MarketA market established and operated by the entity responsible ... Click for more that enables more close-coupled ‘market-control’ alignment at the distribution Tier/LayerThe vertical layers of a GW-scale Power System including the... Click for more;
- Provide real and near real-time data flows to relevant Distributed Data Sharing Infrastructure(s)An arrangement for sharing data among multiple entities wher... Click for more; and,
- Work collaboratively with the Market/System OperatorThe combines the functions of the Market Operator and System... Click for more (MSO) across the Transmission-Distribution Interoperability Mechanism (TDIM)The various existing and expanding number of emerging functi... Click for more relevant to the DSO’s service territory.
In many contexts, the DSO role is likely to emerge through a progressive expansion of the function of Distribution Network Service Providers (DNSP).