Funding entity PSR Soluçoes e Consultoria em Energia Ltda
This project aims to develop recommendations to improve TSO-DSO coordination in the Brazilian system. For this purpose, IIT collaborates in the following tasks:
1. to contribute recommendations to the review of international experience in the integration between the Distribution System Operator (DSO) and the Transmission System Operator (TSO), including proposals for conceptual designs, pilot projects carried out, case studies, among others. Among the main subtopics related to international experience, special attention is given to the institutional concepts of distribution and transmission system operators, the regulation and business models applicable to the networks, and critical analysis and/or proposals for regulatory modification in the countries analyzed.
2. Provide recommendations, contributions and critical analysis of the proposed formulation for the Brazilian System, including price signals provided to decentralized agents, products to be provided by and to the DSO, physical interface between the transmission and distribution systems, allocation of responsibilities between DSO, TSO and agents, management mechanism of the products offered, institutional arrangements for the operational interface of both networks and governance model, related to the process of operation, planning and information flow between the TSO and DSO.
3. Details of international practical experiences on TSO-DSO (regulations, tools used, information and/or commercial structures, etc.)
Layman's summary: This project aims to develop recommendations to improve TSO-DSO coordination in the Brazilian system.
PSR-ONS-TSO-DSO
