Title: Operating reserves and variable generation
Description: This report tries to generalize the requirements of the power system as it relates to the needs of operating reserves. It also includes a survey of operating reserves and how they are managed internationally in system operations today and then how new studies and research are proposing they may be managed in the future with higher penetrations of variable generation.
Subjects: Electric power-plants, Load, Management, Interconnected electric utility systems, Design and construction, Electric power production, Distributed storage and generation systems