Passive DER/CER

Distributed Energy Resources (DER/CER) that operate only under the direction of their own internal control algorithms and cannot be remotely Orchestrated by a third party such as an Aggregator or Distribution System Operator (DSO).

Passive DER/CER are significantly less valuable to the Power System than Active DER/CER due to their inability to alter their behaviour in response to significant operational conditions experienced by the wider system. As a result, where deployed at scale they will both impose operational inefficiencies and escalate Minimum Operational Demand risks to the reliability of the Power System as a whole.

Given the fast-evolving nature of power system transformation, the Future Grid Accelerator (FGA) has the status of a perpetual BETA version. Your suggestions for how each concept and definition may be enhanced are very welcome.

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