Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.

Kevin Andrew Vannoy

Yonghong Chen

Fengyu Wang

Akshay Korad

Pavan Kumar Addepalle

Kimberly Lynn Sperry

Chunheng Wang

Oluwaseyi W Akinbode

Congcong Wang

Gary Waldo Rosenwald

Charles William Hansen

Achyuta M Kandukuri

Jason Coy Howard

A method for operating a combined-cycle electrical power grid by: accepting, from combined cycle power generation participants, combined cycle offers for valid combined cycle configurations, each including identification of power generator type(s) for the configuration and the offers including at least three levels of parameter information pertaining for the valid combined cycle configurations, the three levels including, (a) resource level parameters that describe transition information between the valid combined cycle configurations, (b) configuration level parameters that describe operating parameters for each valid configuration; and (c) component level parameters that describe operating parameters for specific power generator components included in a valid configuration; selecting commitments from the combined cycle offers based upon the resource level parameters, the configuration level parameters and the component level parameters; and controlling dispatch of electricity based upon the commitments.

Enhanced combined cycle

A method for operating an electrical power grid, which includes an electrical power grid, a plurality of power generation participants providing electrical power to the electrical power grid, a plurality of consumers drawing electrical power from the electrical power grid, and a controller that administers the market for the power generation participants and the consumers on the electrical power grid. The method may include providing, by the controller, a short-term reserve (STR) product for the consumers. The STR may be provided by the power generation participants through online resources and offline resources. And the controller may share a ramp capability product (RCP) capacity and a resource capacity.

Short-term reserve product for implementation on an electric power grid, and associated method

The present disclosure pertains to a system that may be configured to operate a power grid, including generation participants, consumers, and electric storage resources (ESRs), by: managing, via the generation participants, a state of charge (SOC) for the ESRs, an operational constraint, minimum and maximum offer parameters, minimum and maximum SOCs, and transition times between charging and discharging, the parameters including charge or discharge time and charge or discharge limits; treating different online modes as a must run commitment status, the modes including discharging, charging, and continuous; and committing an ESR offering an emergency discharge commitment status or an emergency charge commitment status to address a maximum generation emergency condition or a minimum generation emergency condition, respectively.

Systems and methods for managing energy storing resources of an electrical power grid

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Carmel, IN, United States of America

Kevin Andrew Vannoy