AGI FA24 Power Seminar Series: Distribution System Operators with Resiliency Implementation and Stakeholder Evaluation (DSO-RISE) by Drs. Monish Mukherjee & Shiva Poudel, PNNL
About the event
Advanced Grid Institute hosts: Distribution System Operators with Resiliency Implementation and Stakeholder Evaluation (DSO-RISE) a presentation by Drs. Monish Mukherjee & Shiva Poudel, PNNL
Abstract
Extreme weather events, many of which are climate-change related, are increasing in frequency and intensity, leading to catastrophic outages. These disruptions not only have significant economic impacts but also introduce additional risks and costs for all stakeholders, especially when compounded by extreme temperatures. Hence, enhancing resilience to such events has become a critical priority for utilities. Recent advancement in communication technology, the roll-out of smart meters (AMI) along with the flexibility from DERs provide strategic opportunities for utilities to integrate new technologies into their outage management capabilities and thereby enhance their system resilience. However, one major challenge has been the absence of a comprehensive framework to holistically analyze the operational performance of such mechanisms and assess the economic losses and customer safety impacts. To address these challenges, the Distribution System Operators with Resiliency Implementation and Stakeholder Evaluation (DSO-RISE) study explored how DSOs can leverage advanced automation and engage large-scale deployment of flexible DERs for resilience enhancement. This assessment employed a high-fidelity co-simulation and valuation framework for a use-case emulating the grid response of the Texas region during the Winter Storm Uri in February 2021. This seminar series will provide an overview of the study, including the key technical contributions in grid response modeling, resilience enhancement mechanism design, and economic cost modeling with a focus on customer-centric resilience valuation. This session will also discuss representative results, lessons learned, and future directions.
Bios
Dr. Monish Mukherjee is a power systems research engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. He also holds an adjunct faculty appointment at Washington State University. In PNNL, he supports leading the development of the Resilience Applications for Transactive Energy Systems. He also leads different efforts focused on developing distribution system resource planning, DER coordination mechanisms and some ADMS efforts. His research interests include transactive energy systems, distribution system modeling and simulation, grid resiliency.
Dr. Shiva Poudel is a power systems research engineer at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. His research focuses on distribution system modeling and simulation, renewable energy integration, and resilience assessment. At PNNL, he leads various projects, including the development of advanced applications on a standards-based platform, volt-var optimization for improved distribution operations, topology identification, and assessing distributed energy resource (DER) hosting capacity.