Chin Yen Tee

Advisor(s):

Marija Ilić

Research Project Description:
The increased penetration of distributed energy resources, intermittent renewable energy sources, and demand-side technologies in the future electricity grid is likely to change the generation and demand patterns in the electricity grid and increase the amount of variability and uncertainty associated with these patterns. In order to handle this increasing level of variability and uncertainty, the current electricity infrastructure needs to be enhanced to allow for a greater level of flexibility in the grid. In a smart transmission system, grid flexibility can be introduced using control devices that alter the electrical parameters of the system, such as Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System Devices, or direct current (DC) power lines.

As it stands, the current transmission investment planning and pricing framework does not provide appropriate incentives for optimal investment in transmission infrastructure even if we do not consider new transmission technologies. The introduction of new flexible transmission devices in a Smart Grid will provide an additional level of complexity that system planners and regulators are not equipped to support. Therefore, the goal of my work is to develop a mathematical and computational framework to evaluate the optimal level of investments in both new and conventional transmission technologies. The mathematical framework will be used to design a future regulatory and investment planning framework that provides the right incentives to encourage optimal level of investments in new and conventional transmission technologies. Such a framework would provide one of the necessary links that is required for a smooth transition towards a Smart Grid with high levels of intermittent and distributed resources.

Research Interests: Investment Planning, Smart Grid, Transmission Regulation and Policy, FACTS Devices, Flexible Transmission Services

Publications:

Conference Publications:

Chin Yen Tee, Marija Ilic, “Flexibility in Smart Transmission Planning,” IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, 2014, 19-22 Feb, 2014

Chin Yen Tee, Marija Ilic, “Optimal Investment Decisions in Transmission Expansion,” North American Power Symposium (NAPS), 2012, pp1-6, 9-12 Sep 2012

Judith Cardell, Chin Yen Tee, “Distributed Energy Resources in Electricity Markets: The Price Droop Mechanism,” Forty-Eighth Annual Allerton Conference, Sept 29 - Oct 1, 2010, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

Judith Cardell, Lindsay Anderson, Chin Yen Tee, "The Effect of Wind and Demand Uncertainty on Electricity Prices and System Performance," Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, 2010 IEEE PES, pp.1-4, 19-22 April 2010

Chin Yen Tee, Judith Cardell, Glenn Ellis, "Short-term Load Forecasting using Artificial Neural Networks," North American Power Symposium (NAPS), 2009, pp.1-6, 4-6 Oct. 2009

Awards/Fellowships:

2011: Highest Honors for Honors Thesis in Engineering

2011: Sidney Cohen Prize, Department of Economics, Smith College

2011: Adeline Devor Penberthy ’45 Memorial Prize, Picker Engineering Program, Smith College

2010: Eben Tisdale High Tech and Policy Fellowship

2009 Smith Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship

Personal Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/chinyentee/

CV: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwFVuLpg0h9QLXNmMnQ2YUdlSTQ/edit?usp=sharing