Dispatch in Microgrids: Lessons from the Fort Collins Renewable and Distributed Systems Integration Demonstration Project

The divergent needs of the various microgrid participants make the dispatch in microgrids more complicated than typical methods. A review of the experience in Fort Collins suggests that regulations should be developed to address the potential financial conflict issues where generation companies may see microgrids as competition, and also that the cost of integrating assets into a microgrid need to be lowered.