DocumentCode
1352514
Title
Balancing Act
Author
Lauby, Mark G. ; Ahlstrom, Mark ; Brooks, Daniel L. ; Beuning, Stephen ; Caspary, Jay ; Grant, William ; Kirby, Brendan ; Milligan, Michael ; O´Malley, Mark ; Patel, Mahendra ; Piwko, Richard ; Pourbeik, Pouyan ; Shirmohammadi, Dariush ; Smith, J. Charles
Author_Institution
NERC, Atlanta, GA, USA
Volume
9
Issue
6
fYear
2011
Firstpage
75
Lastpage
85
Abstract
The paper presents the functions of the Integration of Variable Generation Task Force (IVGTF) created by the planning and operating committees of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) in 2008. This is in anticipation of the substantial growth of renewable variable generation such as wind and solar resources.
Keywords
power system management; power system planning; power system reliability; renewable energy sources; IVGTF; Integration of Variable Generation Task Force; North American Electric Reliability Corporation; operating committee; planning committee; renewable variable generation; Generators; Power system planning; Power system reliability; Power system stability; Renewable energy resources; Wind energy;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Power and Energy Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1540-7977
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MPE.2011.942352
Filename
6049630
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