MATHEMATICAL
SCIENCES RESEARCH
CHALLENGES FOR THE
NEXT-GENERATION
ELECTRIC GRID
SUMMARY OF A WORKSHOP
Michelle Schwalbe, Rapporteur
Committee on Analytical Research Foundations for the
Next-Generation Electric Grid
Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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COMMITTEE ON ANALYTICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS
FOR THE NEXT-GENERATION ELECTRIC GRID
JOHN GUCKENHEIMER, Cornell University, Co-Chair
THOMAS J. OVERBYE, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Co-Chair
DANIEL BIENSTOCK, Columbia University
ANJAN BOSE, Washington State University
TERRY BOSTON, PJM Interconnection, LLC
JEFFERY DAGLE, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
MARIJA D. ILIC, Carnegie Mellon University
CHRISTOPHER K. JONES, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
FRANK P. KELLY, University of Cambridge
YANNIS G. KEVREKIDIS, Princeton University
RALPH D. MASIELLO, DNV Kema, Inc.
JUAN C. MEZA, University of California, Merced
CYNTHIA RUDIN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ROBERT J. THOMAS, Cornell University
MARGARET H. WRIGHT, New York University
Staff
NEAL GLASSMAN, Senior Program Officer, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications
ALAN CRANE, Senior Program Officer, Board on Energy and Environmental Systems
RODNEY N. HOWARD, Administrative Assistant, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications
BOARD ON MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
DONALD SAARI, University of California, Irvine, Chair
DOUGLAS N. ARNOLD, University of Minnesota
JOHN B. BELL, E. O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
VICKI M. BIER, University of Wisconsin, Madison
JOHN R. BIRGE, University of Chicago
L. ANTHONY COX, JR., Cox Associates, Inc.
MARK L. GREEN, University of California, Los Angeles
BRYNA KRA, Northwestern University
JOSEPH A. LANGSAM, Morgan Stanley (retired)
ANDREW W. LO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
DAVID MAIER, Portland State University
WILLIAM A. MASSEY, Princeton University
JUAN C. MEZA, University of California, Merced
CLAUDIA NEUHAUSER, University of Minnesota
FRED S. ROBERTS, Rutgers University
GUILLERMO R. SAPIRO, Duke University
CARL P. SIMON, University of Michigan
KATEPALLI SREENIVASAN, New York University
ELIZABETH A. THOMPSON, University of Washington
Staff
SCOTT T. WEIDMAN, Board Director
NEAL GLASSMAN, Senior Program Officer
MICHELLE K. SCHWALBE, Program Officer
RODNEY N. HOWARD, Administrative Assistant
BETH DOLAN, Financial Associate
Acknowledgments
This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:
Alejandro Aceves, Southern Methodist University,
Judith Cardell, Smith College,
Michael Chertkov, Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Clark Gellings, Electric Power Research Institute,
Peter Sauer, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and
Pravin Varaiya, University of California, Berkeley.
Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the views presented at the workshop, nor did they see the final draft of the workshop summary before its release. The review of this workshop summary was overseen by M. Granger Morgan, Carnegie Mellon University, who was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this workshop summary was carried out in
accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this summary rests entirely with the author and the institution.
We also wish to thank National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine staff Linda Casola and Elizabeth Euller for their help in preparing this summary.
Contents
Organization of This Workshop Summary
Low-Cost Pathways to Grid Integration of Renewable Energy: Skating to Where the Puck Is Going to Be
Prosumer-Centric Power Industry Transformation
Grid-Scale Data Fusion: Obstacles and Opportunities
4 OPTIMIZATION AND CONTROL METHODS FOR A ROBUST AND RESILIENT POWER GRID
Duration-Differentiated Electrical Service for Integrating Renewable Power
Advances in Mixed-Integer Programming and the Impact on Managing Electric Power Grids