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Practice Summary: Improved Reliability via Optimization in Residential Microgrids

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  • Amelia McIlvenna

    (Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996)

  • Jim Ostrowski

    (Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996)

  • Andrew Herron

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830)

  • Daniel King

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830)

  • Philip Irminger

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830)

  • Joshua Hambrick

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830)

  • Ben Ollis

    (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830)

Abstract

Southern Company is an electric utility that is embracing residential microgrids as a platform for distributed energy. The first residential microgrid in the southeastern United States was constructed in Hoover, Alabama, as a testbed for development. To operate the microgrid, we developed an optimization model for unit commitment and economic dispatch. The optimization model was implemented in a microgrid central controller and tested under various operational scenarios. Challenges also include developing a pricing algorithm to deliver price forecasts to the residential homes in the microgrid and open-source software restrictions.

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  • Amelia McIlvenna & Jim Ostrowski & Andrew Herron & Daniel King & Philip Irminger & Joshua Hambrick & Ben Ollis, 2020. "Practice Summary: Improved Reliability via Optimization in Residential Microgrids," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 50(2), pages 112-118, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:orinte:v:50:y:2020:i:2:p:112-118
    DOI: 10.1287/inte.2020.1030
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