Driven by a multitude of factors including federal, state, and local clean energy legislation and initiatives, a significant transformation is underway in the U.S. distributed energy resource (DER) market, which is set to almost double by 2027 from 2022 levels. With electricity demand growing for the first time in a decade and fossil assets retiring, the U.S. Department of Energy identified that “…deploying 80-160 GW of virtual power plants (VPPs)—tripling current scale—by 2030 could support rapid electrification while redirecting grid spending from peaker plants to participants and reducing overall grid costs.”
Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) will be key to addressing some of the energy transition’s most pressing challenges by enabling utilities to integrate and manage a broad range of DERs. Recently, SEPA had the opportunity to sit down with DERMS expert Sadia Raveendran, VP of Industry Solutions at AutoGrid, for a deep dive into key considerations for DERMS as utilities evaluate the broad range of impacts from increased DERs on their systems.
As DERs proliferate, utilities will require more powerful tools to increase visibility within their distribution systems. Examples include both DERMS and advanced distribution management systems (ADMS). Once deployed, these tools increase distribution system automation and help solve power system issues by integrating both behind-the-meter DERs and front-of-the-meter clean energy assets into a centralized system.
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