PIER Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Integration Research Program Advisory Committee: 2002-2003 Program Advisory Committee, Annual Report

摘要

The Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program was established in 1996 as part of new legislation that includes a requirement that at least ;62.5 million be collected annually from investor-owned utility ratepayers for 'public interest' energy research and development efforts that are not adequately provided by competitive and regulated markets. The Energy Systems Integration (ESI) Program Area within PIER at the California Energy Commission (CEC) is committed to the development of technologies that are crosscutting and strategically relevant between PIERs various program areas. Distributed Energy Resources (DER) Integration has been identified as a particularly important part of the ESI Program Area given its applicability to many areas of research pursued throughout PIER and its potentially revolutionary impact on the energy generation and delivery infrastructure. ESI DER Integration activities currently include a portfolio of 11 projects with a total estimated budget requirement of over ;8 million for the lifetime of these projects.