The role of market facilitator: how DSO-owned Energy Storage Systems can support private resources in ancillary services market

Abstract

The paper deals with the issue of using assets forsupporting network operations, without being in conflictwith business actors. It is presented a novel businessframework in which the distribution system operator,playing the role of market facilitator, operates its ownenergy assets (including energy storage) in a pro-activeway, using them to support the distribution resources inparticipating to the ancillary services markets.