Infrastructures and SubsystemsA self-contained and identifiable part of a larger System, o... Click for more that support the systematic operational alignment of both UtilityA generic term that may be used by Customers to describe one... Click for more and non-Utility assets as Power SystemsA highly complex cyber-physical and transactional System tha... Click for more move from hundreds to tens of millions of participating Energy ResourcesA universal term for all technologies that provide one or se... Click for more. In an operational context characterised by greater VolatilityThe propensity of rapid and/or unpredictable change, especia... Click for more, advanced Operational CoordinationOperational Coordination is the systematic operational align... Click for more is essential for safe, secure and efficient Power System operation in a manner that has a high level of ResilienceThe ability of the Power System to avoid or withstand stress... Click for more, ScalabilityAn architectural characteristic that takes the future scale ... Click for more and ExtensibilityAn architectural characteristic that takes the future extens... Click for more.
A sample of conventional and emerging examples include:
- Market/System Operator (MSO)The combines the functions of the Market Operator and System... Click for more exerts control over Energy Resources participating in the Wholesale MarketA primary market where Electricity is bought and sold in lar... Click for more by sending DispatchInstructions issued by the Market/System Operator (MSO), Dis... Click for more instructions and basepoints to secure necessary services.
- MSO exerts control over the Transmission NetworkThe High Voltage (HV) network that transports Power over lon... Click for more in response to a constraint or contingency to preserve System SecurityThe ability to continue operating the Power System within de... Click for more and ReliabilityThe degree to which electric service that meets applicable u... Click for more.
- AggregatorsAn Entity that brings together and Orchestrates a fleet of E... Click for more provide the MSO and Distribution System Operator (DSO)An entity responsible for the planning, operation and optimi... Click for more resource availability forecasts for EnergyElectrical Energy is the product of electrical Power and tim... Click for more Resources.
- The MSO and DSO conjointly manage their respective sides of the Transmission-Distribution Interfaces (TDI)The physical point at which the upstream Bulk Power and Tran... Click for more due to the growing dependence on Energy Resources located on both sides of the TDI.
- Aggregators orchestrate contracted Distributed Energy Resources (DER/CER)A diverse range of small to medium scale Energy Resources th... Click for more in response to the various market structures for procuring the Electric ProductsThe physics-based services that may be provided by Energy Re... Click for more required by different Tiers/LayersThe vertical layers of a GW-scale Power System including the... Click for more of the system.
Advanced Operational Coordination models are ultimately required to enable the transition to a more holistic Transmission-Distribution-Customer (TDC) model of system coordination.