Energy and Resources Group Colloquium

Customers are adopting new energy technologies, incentivized by state and federal electrification programs. At the same time, utilities and regulators are exploring new pricing strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs. Will the electrical distribution system be able to support these innovations without expensive system upgrades? In this talk, I explore challenges in price-signal control of distributed energy resources (DERs) and the potential congestion management issues that arise in the distribution system. I will then present a data-driven approach for voltage management and a novel electricity tariff designed for congestion management of DERs.

Speaker: Phillippe Phanivong