Background
Distributed Energy Resources Management System solutions are architected to model, optimize, dispatch, and manage the Distributed Energy Resources connected to the grid. The key components of a Distributed Energy Resources Management System solution are:
• Distributed Energy Resources Network Operations: Real-time grid operations management and optimization of all Distributed Energy Resources and Demand Response devices, including device- and network-level scheduling, control, and optimization.
• Distributed Energy Resources Device Management: Distributed Energy Resources device register of connected components, including controllable resources, control/communications modules, physical and electrical asset details, and program constraint attributes.
• Distributed Energy Resources Customer and Programs Management: New connections, enrollment, eligibility, opt-in/opt-out, measurement and verification, billing and payment.
• Distributed Energy Resources Field Service: Inventory management, service installs, customer service, inspections, proactive maintenance, and/or repairs.
• Distributed Energy Resources Analytics: Tools to understand, model, and predict Distributed Energy Resources characteristics and impacts (digital twins, forecasts, state estimation, analysis, and performance)
• Distributed Energy Resources Market Operations: Day-ahead forecasts, VPP, bid management, market clearing, and execution. Cybersecure Market Portal for Distributed Energy Resources owners and aggregators to participate in markets to enable ISO/DSO to securely leverage Distributed Energy Resources as both supply-side and grid-side resources.
Distributed Energy Resources Management System is an evolving platform that orchestrates how the functional network components and parties from the extended ecosystem (including consumers and their Distributed Energy Resources) can operate, coexist, and interact in the new, decentralized energy markets. While the end-state solution will cater to all the above Distributed Energy Resources components and beyond, the current platform supports Demand Response management and is composed of 2 core applications:
• Oracle Utilities Customer Program Management Cloud Service
• Oracle Utilities Edge Distributed Energy Resources Management System
Seamless integration within these components and with external applications is crucial for successfully managing the utility demand response programs.
Oracle Utilities Customer Program Management Cloud Service can be deployed as a standalone solution or used as a module within Oracle Utilities Customer Cloud Service. Enabling Oracle Utilities Customer Program Management Cloud Service within Oracle Utilities Customer Cloud Service is primarily intended to support utilities that have already implemented Oracle Utilities Customer Cloud Service or plan to adopt it in the future. In addition to technical advantages, this approach provides a unified, end-to-end platform for managing all customer-facing operations, including those associated with Distributed Energy Resources Management System assets and programs.