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Query: Non-Wire Alternatives: an Additional Value Stream for Distributed Energy
  Resources   Distributed energy resources (DERs) can serve as non-wire alternatives (NWAs)
to capacity expansion by managing peak load to avoid or delay traditional
expansion projects. However, the value stream derived from using DERs as NWAs
is usually not explicitly included in DER planning problems. In this paper, we
study a planning problem that co-optimizes investment and operation of DERs and
the timing of capacity expansion. By including the timing of capacity expansion
as a decision variable, we naturally incorporate NWA value stream of DERs into
the planning problem. Furthermore, we show that even though the resulting
optimization problem could have millions of variables and is non-convex, an
optimal solution can be found by solving a series of smaller linear problems.
Finally, we present a NWAs planning problem using real data from the Seattle
Campus of the University of Washington.

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The categories of this paper are: q-alg
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The categories of this paper are: cmp-lg
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The categories of this paper are: atom-ph
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The categories of this paper are: ao-sci
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The categories of this paper are: eess
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The categories of this paper are: nlin
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The categories of this paper are: econ
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ex
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The categories of this paper are: chem-ph
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The categories of this paper are: bayes-an
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The categories of this paper are: hep-ph
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The categories of this paper are: adap-org