A hierarchical approach to designing an electricity distribution reward‐penalty scheme for service quality improvement

Abstract

In each regulatory period, the parameters of the reward and penalty scheme (RPS) vary based on the investment made by electricity distribution companies (EDCs) and imposed costs. In this paper, a novel dynamic model for determining the RPS parameters for each EDC is presented. This new model has three stages: (i) determination of the RPS parameters for the first regulatory period, (ii) the RPS decision-making model, and (iii) determination of the RPS parameters for the subsequent regulatory period. The proposed model was implemented for Iranian EDCs. Results verified the effectiveness of the proposed model in enhancing distribution system reliability.

A resilience‐motivated restoration scheme for integrated electricity and natural gas distribution systems using adaptable microgrid formation

“…Thus, due to the significant need for natural gas-fired heating devices, natural gas loads are much more critical than electricity loads. However, as the workday gets started and the ambient temperature increases in (7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12), the majority of critical loads belong to the PDN due to the importance of supplying commercial loads. In (13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18) the portion of critical loads is high for both NGDN and PD N since there is a simultaneous need to supply electricity and natural gas for residential loads as residents are back home and commercial and industrial loads are still on.…”

“…In today's modern world, energy infrastructures are getting more interdependent to ensure a clean, efficient, and sustainable energy supply for end users [7][8][9][10][11][12]. The increasing usage of gas-fired distributed generators (DGs), gas compressors, and power-to-gas (P2G) units has increased the complexity of integrated electricity and gas distribution systems (IEGDS).…”

“…This work also implemented a masterslave control technique forming MGs in order to increase the distribution system resilience. Moreover, Having investigated different methods of MG formation in [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] and other related works in [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18], it is inferred that previous studies did not address the advantages of MG formation on IEGDS load restoration.…”

Decomposition of unbalanced operation incremented active power loss in distribution network

“…In the wake of evolving measurement devices and communication infrastructure, the interests in monitoring and mitigating power quality (PQ) issues in active distribution networks is on the rise [1,2]. Distribution management system (DMS) by the means of state estimation (SE) analysis [3] has brought situational awareness (SA) out of the bunch of raw measurements.…”