Information Exchange and Demand Response

in Smart Meter enabled Energy Markets

Jan Segerstam, Empower IM

Enabling change – combining competencies

The Energy Market

Electricity Sales

(Free Market)

Distribution

monopolyElectricity Producer(Free market)

Transmission

monopoly

Energy Production

Sales of Production on Energy Market

Transmission Distribution

Procurementfrom Energy

Market

Sa les to endcustomers

Electricity flow Electricity flow

Contract and cost flow Contract and cost flow

Demand Response

• Demand Response is

• Dynamic Loads and Dynamic Generation

• Planned, but responsive

• Demand Response involves

• The Distribution Network

• The Energy Supplier

• The Generator

• The Energy Markets (on many levels)

• Demand Response enables

• Optimum use of grid capacity

• Optimum use of generation capacity

• Better quality of delivery

• Lower cost of supply

Demand Response in Energy Markets

Demand Response Technology Enablers

• Smart Meter

• Basic Functionality

• Simple Communication

• Centralized Smart Systems

• Required by law for other processes

• Home Energy Management System (HEMS)

• Rich Client Functionality

• Rich Communication

• Distributed Smart Systems

• Optional Investment

Current Information Exchange Infrastructure of

the Energy Market (example)

User Workstation DSO A Information system server

Operator 1 server Operator 2 server

User workstationSupplier B Information system server

System specific connection

System specific connectionCorporation B

Intergation server

XML/inhouse-message formats

EDIFACT-message files

EDIFACT-message files

User workstationDSO B Information system server

System specific connection

XML/inhouse-message formats

Operator 1

Message converter

XML/inhouse-

Message formats

EDIFACT-message files

Electricity Market

Information Exchange

System

Future Information Exchange (NO example)

What about

DR?

Enabling DR with Information Exchange

Services

Service provision facilitates interconnection

• Single point of contact

• Format fit

• Leverage investment

• Enable change

Events and information flows within DR

(DSO provided smart meter or HEMS interface)

New Business Information Message

Demand Response (DR) process –

Supplier Infrastructure

Supplier

DSO

Send DSO

invoicing data

Demand Response (DR) process –

DSO Infrastructure

DSO

Potential requirements

for compensation

Information content in DR from Supplier

Information flows in DR to Supplier

DR Management Service System Interface

Demand Response

• Technology Enabled Market Dynamism

• Service Enabled Implementation

• Customer Enabled Energy Efficiency

• Smart Devices and Smart Infrastructure

are prerequisites

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