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DER's Impact on Bulk System Reliability

Mather, Barry (ORCID:0000000342017292)
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NREL's Power Electronic Grid Interface (PEGI) Workshop, held October 13, 2020, focused on the research challenges of operating power systems with ever-higher levels of inverter-based generation and power-electronic-based load. This presentation discusses the impact of distributed energy resources on bulk system reliability.

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Mather, Barry (ORCID:0000000342017292). 2020-10-13. DER's Impact on Bulk System Reliability. https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1974404

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