Dispatch
Efficiently integrating wind power into RT dispatch is also important. Short-term wind power forecasts,
which have relatively low uncertainty, should be taken into account in the ISO/RTOs’ RT SCED. At the
same time, it is important that the ISO/RTO is able to control the generation from wind power plants and
enforce curtailment of wind power generation in situations where this is needed, either from an economic
or reliability perspective. Modern wind power plants include a number of features which makes them
appear similar to conventional dispatchable power plants, including reactive power contribution, voltage
regulation, disturbance ride-through, grid frequency response, smoothing wind ramps, and controlled
start-up/shut-down. It will be increasingly important that system operators take advantage of these
features in RT dispatch and operations