There has been growing interest in using energy storage to capture solar energy for later
use in the home to reduce reliance on the traditional utility. However, few studies have …

Deployment of high-penetration photovoltaic (PV) power is expected to have a range of
effects–both positive and negative–on the distribution grid. The magnitude of these effects …

This work proposes forecast models for solar-integrated, utility-scale feeders in the San
Diego Gas & Electric operating region. The models predict the net load for horizons ranging …

Considering the intermittency of renewable energy systems, a sizing and scheduling model
is proposed for a finite number of static electric loads. The model objective is to maximize …

A control strategy to reduce OLTC operations resulting from high PV penetration on
distribution feeders was developed and applied in this paper. The strategy uses 5-minute …

In this paper we formulate an optimization approach to schedule electrical loads given a
short term prediction of time-varying power production and the ability to store only a limited …

The remarkable growth of power electronics-interfaced renewable generations in the electric
power grid has the potential to pronounce the effect of frequency disturbances such as inter …

Massive deployment of distributed energy resources (DER) through zero-inertia power
electronic converters has made the power grid vulnerable to frequency instabilities and in …

Voltage regulation is a common practice in power grid operation. The conventional voltage
regulation methods have been facing ever increasing challenges as the penetration of …

Optimization techniques were applied to solve critical power system problems. We first
studied the sizing and scheduling of stand-alone loads and generators for optimal energy …