The systematic operational alignment of UtilityA generic term that may be used by Customers to describe one... assets and non-Utility Energy ResourcesA universal term for all technologies that provide one or se... via Dispatch InstructionsInstructions issued by the Market/System Operator (MSO), Dis..., direct technical control and/or market-based incentives, to ensure System SecurityThe ability to continue operating the Power System within de..., Resource AdequacyThe ability of the Power System to supply the total aggregat... and economic efficiency over time windows from days to milliseconds.
As the proportion of conventional Synchronous GenerationA Generation Plant which is directly connected to the Power ... declines, and growing levels of operational VolatilityThe propensity of rapid and/or unpredictable change, especia... are experienced with the deployment of Variable Renewable Energy (VRE)A generic term for Generation Plant that are powered by rene..., scalable new models of coordination become essential. In many contexts, this presents significant challenges as GW-scale Power SystemsA critical societal System that, in the case of GW-scale gri... transition from hundreds to tens of millions of participating Energy Resources.
Importantly, while legacy Power Systems often have entrenched structural demarcations, the Laws of Physics interact with them as singular, integrated SystemsA set of Components that are formally related together by a .... In a high-VRE and high-CER/DER context, advanced Operational Coordination mechanisms will be required to enable the Bulk Power SystemThe large-scale Generation Plant and other Energy Resources ..., Transmission NetworksThe High Voltage (HV) network that transports Power over lon... and Distribution NetworksA network that transports Electricity from the Bulk Supply P... – and the rapidly expanding fleet of Consumer Energy Resources (CER/DER)A diverse range of small to medium scale energy resources th... – to function together more dynamically and holistically as a self-balancing system.
The concept of Operational Coordination is integral to the topic of OrchestrationThe coordination of dispatchable Energy Resources, includi.... Refer also to the topics of Electric ProductsThe valuable physics-based services that may be provided to ..., Electric Product ValueThe sustainable economic value of Electric Products provided..., Value StackingThe process of providing Electric Products to several vertic... and Co-optimisationCo-optimisation is a structured approach to ensuring that En....