Bulk power system is facing tremendous challenges in operation and planning as a massive mimber of distributed energy resources (DER) will be integrated into the system. Due to their limited visibility and controllability, it is imperative to study the reliability impacts of large amount of DERs to the transmission system, and to analyze and evaluate their reliability and economic benefits to the grid and market operations in a large scale. The lack of efficient DER modelling method is one of the barriers to the integration of DERs into the existing operation, planning and market paradigm. This is also complicated by increasing complexities in the management systems developed to coordinate and control a large number of DERs. This special section in IEEE Transactions on Power Systems will cover this promising and dynamic area of research and development. We seek original papers in the following topics:

- Next-generation control architecture for future power grid with massive DERs
- DER grid integration challenges and solution methodologies
- Coordination between transmission network and distribution system in the presence of DER
- Protection and control challenges and solutions with grids incorporating DERs
- Advanced DER modelling techniques for grid analysis
- Coordination and advanced management of DERs for grid operations
- System planning technologies for bulk power systems with massive distributed resources

Prospective authors should send summaries (around 300-500 words) in pdf format to the editors of this special section. Based on these summaries, the editors will invite selected authors to submit Ml papers that will be reviewed following the standard IEEE Transactions on Power Systems procedure through Manuscript Central:

http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tpwrs-pes

The format for full papers is available at

http://www.ieee-pes.org/templates-and-sample-of-pes-technical-papers

Important Dates:
June 1, 2017: Deadline for summary submission
October 1,2017: Invitations sent to selected authors for submitting full papers
March 1, 2018: Deadline for full paper submission

Any comments or questions can be directed to the editors of this special section:

Editor: Tongxin Zheng, ISO New England
Email: tzheng@iso-ne.com

Guest Editor: Pengwei Du, The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, U.S.A.
email: pengwei.du@ercot. com

Guest Editor: Jianzhong Tong, PJM interconnection LLC, U.S.A.
email: Jianzhong.Tong@pjm.com

Editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on Power Systems:
Nikos Hatziargyriou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece