24th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution - CIRED 2017, Glasgow (United Kingdom). 12-15 June 2017
Summary:
Under the present European directive concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity, distribution companies are not allowed to own Distributed Generation (DG) but encouraged to include it as a planning option to defer investment in traditional grid reinforcements. Distribution system operators (DSOs) have used the provision of capacity contracted to DG as a viable alternative under current regulatory arrangements. In this paper the topics bonding DSOs and DG owners under the present regulation will be explored and a planning structure that considers Distribution Capacity Contracts (DCCs) as a planning option will be proposed. This will serve as a road map for DSOs to implement its preferred planning tools in an optimization context, considering costs of investment, reliability, operation, and capacity provision while complying with current regulation.
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1049/oap-cired.2017.0358
Published in CIRED - Open Access Proceedings Journal, vol: 2017, pp: 2869-2873
Publication date: 2017-10-01.
Citation:
M. Álvarez, S.K. Rönnberg, M.H.J. Bollen, R. Cossent, J. Zhong, Regulatory matters affecting distribution planning with distributed generation, 24th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution - CIRED 2017, Glasgow (United Kingdom). 12-15 June 2017. In: CIRED - Open Access Proceedings Journal, vol. 2017, nº. 1, e-ISSN: 2515-0855
