Incorporation of plug-in electric vehicles and solar panels in unbalanced mitigation of LV systems

Demand Response (DR) seeks to involve end-use customers in modifying their electricity usage and to offer incentive payments to encourage lower electricity use at times of high prices. This paper addresses how smart charging of plug-in electric vehicle can be used to support efficient energy delivery and phase unbalance control in three-phase system, while improve DR by PEV owners' collaboration. The proposed approach includes real-time interaction between the aggregator and PEV owners. An extensive performance evaluation using MATLAB/GAMS simulation of the 123-bus test system verifies the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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