Integrid - Bridging the Gap

14 and where needed based on the flexibility needs for operational planning and real-time operation. In order to do this, the DSO would compute the flexibility needs and publish them through the grid-market hub. Qualified flexibility providers/operators would submit the information on their available flexibility for the desired timeframe in order to identify the most efficient decisions regarding the activated resources. HLUC08 - Manage the flexibility of internal processes to optimize energy consumption based on market- driven mechanisms and system operator requests This Use Case covers the role of a large industrial consumer (a water utility) that exploits flexibility from its internal processes with two goals: i) to optimise electricity cost taking into account electricity purchasing costs, grid usage cost and self- consumption, if local generation is available; ii) to sell flexibility to both DSO and TSO. The goals of the Use Case will be achieved by analysing existing flexibility at the facility, namely: i) Water supply: typical European water system configuration consisting of reservoir (buffer volume) that provides flexibility to accommodate variation in the price of electricity and active management requests. ii) Wastewater treatment: for wastewater treatment facilities, in general, there is no buffer volume (reservoir). Flexibility will be achieved by intertemporal displacement of energy intensive processes taking into consideration multi-period constraints. HLUC09 - Energy management to maximize self-consumption and self-sufficiency This Use Case is to design a service for demand response that provides an optimal operating schedule for appliances at end-user premises through a Building Management System (BMS). This is a proactive approach aimed at making consumers energy-efficient over the long-term. HLUC10 - Aggregate and communicate multi-period behind-the-meter flexibility from LV prosumers The goal of this HLUC is to aggregate and communicate behind the meter flexibility calculated in BMS to the gm-hub. The aggregated flexibility from multiple prosumers will be segmented and used in the market through bidding optimization in day-ahead, intraday and ancillary services markets. HLUC11 - Engage consumers in demand-side management programs taking into account contextualized (environmental, price, peak load reduction) feedback mechanisms This High-Level Use Case describes how the DSO and/ or Retailer provide a feedback mechanism that is relevant to the needs of households, thereby increasing residential awareness and engagement to demand side management programs in order to: i) increase residential demand flexibility; ii)· decrease residential energy use. The High-Level Use Case includes the following general steps: i) based on data from TSO and/or DSO, a price and environmental forecasting signal is created based on a planned grid mix; ii) Residential homes are deployed with a sub-meter or have a smart meter managed by the DSO; iii) Feedback is viewed in a relevant context and is provided in multiple ways. HLUC12 - Aggregate geographically distributed third-party (multi-client) resources to offer ancillary services toTSO(frequency) andDSO(non-frequency) This HLUC achieves the goal of a virtual power plant (VPP) which is to bid in flexibility markets by aggregating the flexibility from eligible consumers and distributed energy resources and exploit management functions to support their participation in energy and ancillary services (i.e., frequency services for TSO and non-frequency services for DSO.