Effects of Ancillary Service Markets on Frequency and Voltage Control Performance of Deregulated Power Systems

In cooperation with PSERC, we are pleased to offer access to this archived webinar. To watch the recording (56 minutes), click the link in the further reading block. 

Ancillary services are those necessary to sustain the basic operation of power systems provided by generators and transmission control equipment. The focus of the research at Washington State University was on balancing markets, which includes regulation and load following, and secondary voltage control markets. In the project, we studied the existing frequency and voltage control markets and the measure of control performance; identified the attributes that influences control performance of the system and possible improvements; and analyzed short and long term impacts of market structures on performance.