TSO-DSO Coordination for the Procurement of Balancing and Congestion Management Services: Assessment of a meshed-to-meshed topology

Abstract

This paper proposes a comprehensive model for different Coordination Schemes (CSs) for Transmission (TSO) and Distribution System Operators (DSO) in the context of distributed flexibility procurement for balancing and congestion management. The model proposed focuses on the coordination between the EHV (TSO) and the HV (DSO) levels, exploring the meshed-to-meshed topology, including multiple TSO-DSO interface substations. The model is then applied to a realistic case study in which the Swedish power system is modeled for one year, considering a representation of the transmission grid together with the subtransmission grid of Uppsala city. The base case scenario is then subject to different scalability and replication scenarios. The paper corroborates the finding that the Common CS leads to the least overall cost of flexibility procurement. Moreover, it shows the effectiveness of the Local Flexibility Market (LFM) for the DSO in the Swedish context in reducing potential penalties in a Multi-level CS.