Integrating Load Management into Energy Management System's Normal Operations???Primary Factors

Abstract

This paper delineates the major considerations inintegrating loadmanagement intothe normal operations of powersystemcontrol centers' energy management systems(EMS). It showshowthe system operators wouldliketoutilize loadmanagement in conjunction withtheday-to-day scheduling and dispatch ofgeneration andinterchange resources inan electric utilitycompany.The paperpresents the results ofa surveyof utility companies andsystem vendors onthestate-of-the-art forintegrating load management intotheEMS. The survey wassponsored underanEPRIProject (RP2202-1). Thenthepapersets forththe primaryfactorsthatwouldaffectthe integration of load management intoEMS'normal operations.Theseprimaryfactorsbecomethe cornerstone for the formulation thatentailsthe integration ofloadmanagement. Theseresults provide insights intowhatto considerifutility engineers andoperators desire tointegrate loadmanagement into theEMS. anotherupcomingpaper,the authorswill present themathematical formulation for thisload management integration problem.Thepaperwillalso describethe prototypesoftwareentitledLoad Management Decision-Support System(LMDSS)that interfaces withtheapplication programsofEMSina hostutility company.Resultsof casestudies for thishostutilitycompanywillalsobepresented to illustrate howpractical the LMDSSisinintegrating loadmanagement intotheEMSfunctions andoperational planning.