Recommendations for the success of
Active Demand
Regine BELHOMME, EDF SA
Rome, May 23th, 2013
active demand
The research leading to these
results has received funding from
the European Community's
Seventh Framework Programme
(FP7/2007-2013) under grant
agreement n° 207643
Aggregation function – Portfolios and business
• Assess AD potential
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Geographical characteristics (e.g. climate)
Characteristics and density of consumers
Electricity sector environment
Technological context
• Adapt the portfolio of consumers
– Changing requirements of AD buyers
– Uncertainties/evolution of consumers flexibilities
 Build and maintain a sufficiently diversified portfolio
• Target the most beneficial applications
– Economic attractiveness may be case-specific
– Identify potentially profitable situations, adapt to their specificities
 Build and maintain a portfolio of AD buyers and offers
• Limit the costs
– AD enabling technologies
– For the consumers
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Aggregation function – Market and regulation
• At first adaptation of existing markets
– Only “minor” changes needed (e.g. minimum size)
– Before introducing new markets like local service markets which
seems very (too?) complex at present time
• Same rights and duties
– As the other deregulated players
– In particular balancing responsibilities
 Crucial for system security
• Appropriate management of energy payback effect
– “purchase” of the payback
 A new type bid: “the payback bid”
• Deregulated AD service provision
 Consumers must be free to opt in and out
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Aggregation function – Standards and data
• AD consumer data
– Belong to the consumers
– Have to be protected
– Have to be transferred to other players
 Rules have to be defined
• AD Interfaces and infrastructures
– Must be standardized
 allow consumers to switch
 ensure fair competition
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Consumers – The keywords!
• Usability of technologies
• Understandability – friendliness of interfaces, functionalities
• Support and training in particular at installation
• Override capability
• Privacy and data protection
• Information on electricity consumption
• Contracts: clear, transparent and understandable
– Implications of actions
– Potential benefits
• ALL the benefits
– Not only financial
– But also: environment, energy security, innovative
technologies, etc.
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System operators
• Technical validation
– To prevent the occurrence of constraints
 Ensure secure and reliable operation of networks
• Localization of AD products
– For technical validation
– For topologically dependent services
 The load areas
• New functions and tools
– To enable AD (guaranteeing transparency, non discrimination)
– To exploit AD for their own needs
• Coordination between DSO and TSO
– With their own roles, needs and constraints
 Crucial for system security and efficiency
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System operators
• Data protection
– For the consumers
– For the deregulated players
• Regulation on SOs
– Include the costs of “AD enabling services” in SOs remuneration
– Allow DSO/TSO to purchase Active Demand products (country
specific)
• AD reliability
– SOs are in charge of real-time system balancing
– Achieve a sufficient level of reliability of the AD products/services
depending on the needs.
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Deregulated players
• See also “Aggregation function” & “System operators”
– Adaptation of existing markets
… Creating new markets is very (too?) complex presently
– Ownership and protection of data
• Standardization of AD products
– To facilitate their trading on the markets
• Verification/measurement of AD products delivery
– Very complex and sensitive issue
– SOs may have a role
 Rules and clear mechanisms have to be defined
• Regulation may need to intervene
– To allocate in a fair way costs and benefits among players
– To prevent unfair competition with regulated tariff (if any)
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Communication infrastructure
• Have to connect a large number of players
– With different communication needs, interfaces,
communication channels, specific problems and requirements
– With large parts « being given » and that cannot be changed
 Have to be designed accordingly
• No restriction to specific communication channels
– To avoid to rule out certain AD participants
 Heterogeneous communication infrastructure
• Use of standards
– Available, open and proven standards
– Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and exchange of standardized XMLmessages
– Standardized and well-proven communication in consumers’ homes
• Comprehensive underlying modeling
 The UML-based Common Information Model (CIM) suitable
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Manufacturers
• Important to create conditions for
– Active consumer involvement
– Attractive commercial offer
– Interoperable and flexible technical infrastructure
• Reliability of Smart Devices and communication
• Use of interoperable standards
– Support communication between EBox and appliances
– Open, flexible, secure and global
• Covering the information to the customer, the control
signals and the user needs
To manage regional differences and avoid to multiply
the effort with dedicated versions of the Smart Devices
To reduce production cost of AD devices
For successful commercialization of Smart Devices
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Future R&D
• Investigate further
– Implementation of local service markets
– Cost reduction of AD technologies
• Smart appliances, EBox, communication infrastructure
– Consumers’ acceptance and commitment
– DSO validation strategy, in particular regarding CRP products
– The full exploitation of consumption/devices flexibility
– The verification/measurement of AD product delivery
• Improve
– The evaluation of consumer consumption and flexibility
– Understandability and friendliness of the interfaces
– Reliability of AD equipment and communication
– Etc.
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Conclusions
• Still a long way to go…
– A long list of recommendations
– They may be very difficult and/or very sensitive
• But some of them needs only “minor” changes or are very
close to achievements
 AD can be deployed progressively:
one step after the other
taking the time needed to investigate all the issues and
assess the soundness and adequacy of the solutions
devised
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Thank you
The research leading to these
results has received funding from
the European Community's
Seventh Framework Programme
(FP7/2007-2013) under grant
agreement n° 207643