DEVELOPMENT OF THE DISTRIBUTED GENERATION AND IMPROVING THE ELECTRIC NETWORK EFFICIENCY

According to plan transition to the digital economics, network companies have got obligations to perform digital transformation in the electric network that requires funds and therefore the search for the new ways of revenue generation. An attempt of network companies to find additional income by raising tariff makes the users to look for alternative to the centralized electric power supply. Therefore the growth of distributed power generation is observed based on the small generation. With the advent of local energy systems and a new subject of electric energy — the demand side management aggregator — the network organizations have the opportunity to earn additional income by attracting free capacity of distributed systems as a regulatory resource. It should be noted that the network companies are ready better than any other retail market entities to indicate places where the efficiency of the regulatory resource is higher than in another points. In addition, with the connection of local power systems to the network, the reliability and quality of power supply increases, the costs of developing a regional network are reduced, and losses in networks are reduced. These are known systemic effects that are due to the integration of local and regional energy systems. By stimulating development of the local energy systems to perform the function of the Aggregator, the network organizations can make a significant contribution to the energy transition of the domestic electric power industry. Extracted economic effects will allow performing the digital transformation in the grid complex, while maintaining the existing share of the grid component in the final price of electricity for consumers.

distributed power systems, local and region energy supply, small cogeneration, wholesale and retail electricity market, market entity, aggregator of demand side management, network organization, system effect, additional income, cost of electricity for consumers, digital transformation.

Byk F. L., Myshkina L. S. Development of the distributed generation and improving the electric network efficiency. Business. Education. Law, 2019, no. 4, pp. 134–138. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2019.49.421.