IEC 61850 PROFILE FOR THE ENERGY REGULATION INTERFACE. A PROPOSAL OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE DISTRIBUTOR SYSTEM OPERATOR AND THE FULL CONTROLLABLE PLANT

The integration of the distributed generation (DG), based on constantly increasing renewable energy sources (RES), is one of the biggest challenges of the modern Distribution System Operator (DSO). This big number of distributed generators can be seen as a resource for the network because they can offer a lot of useful services to the grid. Looking to the Smart Grids, Enel Distribuzione has developed an Energy Regulation Interface that allows to manage the energy flows between the generic user plant and the network. In this paper we want focus to the communication between IRE (Energy regulation interface) and DSO. In particular the focus is on the IEC61850 profile to standardize the communication between the “full controllable plant” and the DSO. The Full controllable plant it’s an user plant that has generators and/or storage and/or loads and offers the capability to be controllable.