Grid Power Futures - Is Locational Pricing a Good Idea?

Grid power futurists are thinking about applying the locational ginal pricing concept to the distribution grid, instead of just the transmission grid. The idea is that it offers a way to unbundle the services that d r can provide where and when they exist on the distribution grids. "Distribution utilities are not accustomed thinking of devices on the distribution system as being able to provide services to them," he says.