Utility DERMS for Active Management of Emerging Distribution Grids with High Penetration of Renewable DERs

Operational and planning challenges caused by the ever-increasing integration of electronicallycoupled renewable distributed energy resources (DERs) have become a reality all over theglobe. Utilities are faced with potentially huge investment requirements in strengthening the grid assets. However, recent advances in specialized software solutions for integration and active management of high penetration of DERs could turn these challenges into operational and monetary benefits.