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.