Gansu Province releases the "Implementation Plan for the Construction and Operation Management of Virtual Power Plants in Gansu Province (Draft for Comments)"

(2) Forced exit: During the operation monitoring process, if the actual operation of the virtual power plant operator fails to continuously meet the relevant standards, it shall be rectified within a time limit. For those who fail to complete the rectification on time, after investigation and confirmation by the provincial power company and the power trading institution, and after reporting the relevant situation to the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, the power trading institution shall make a public announcement through the power trading platform, "Credit China" and other government-designated websites. The publicity period is 10 working days. If there is no objection after the publicity period, the virtual power plant operator's trading qualification will be cancelled and reported to the Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology.

3. Transaction Type

According to the different types of virtual power plant operators, the types of market transactions that virtual power plant operators can participate in are classified and managed. Among them, "power type" virtual power plant operators will only participate in the auxiliary service market and demand response market in the initial stage, and will not participate in the electric energy market for the time being, and will be determined separately after the state issues relevant policies on the marketization of distributed power sources; "load type" virtual power plant operators can participate in market transaction types consistent with power sales companies or wholesale power users; "hybrid" virtual power plant operators should refer to the aggregated resource types of "power type" and "load type" virtual power plant operators to establish power generation trading units and power consumption trading units respectively, and participate in various market transactions according to the trading units. Among them, the types of market transactions that the power consumption trading unit can participate in are consistent with those of the "load type" virtual power plant operators, and the types of markets that the power generation trading unit can participate in are consistent with those of the "power type" virtual power plant operators.

4. Establishment of agency relationship

Virtual power plant operators participating in regulatory market and electric energy market transactions shall sign agency agreements (retail contracts) with aggregated power generators and power users respectively and select retail packages. In the same cycle, aggregated power generators and power users in the same type of power market can only establish an agency service relationship with one agency service agency (including power sales companies, load aggregators, virtual power plant operators, etc.). Before establishing an agency relationship, aggregated power generators and power users must inform their respective agency service agencies in writing to ensure that the agency relationship is open, transparent, and well-informed.

(1) Regulating market: Before participating in demand response and ancillary service market transactions, virtual power plant operators should establish an agency relationship with aggregated power generation and electricity users based on the virtual power plant operation and management platform, complete the agency relationship binding before the 15th of each month, sign an agency agreement, and select a retail package. The selected retail agency relationship will take effect the following month. In principle, the binding period is at least 1 month. In the initial stage, the retail packages in the regulating market are signed by the virtual power plant operator and the aggregated power generation and electricity users in the form of a fixed profit-sharing ratio.

(2) Electricity energy market: Before participating in medium- and long-term spot market transactions, virtual power plant operators should establish an agency relationship with aggregated power generation and consumption users on the electricity trading platform, sign electricity retail contracts and select retail packages in accordance with the retail market rules of Gansu Province. Virtual power plant operators should cooperate with the provincial load management center to synchronize the agency relationship and retail package related information to the virtual power plant operation and control platform for unified management.

5. Performance bond

Before participating in power market transactions, virtual power plant operators should submit a performance bond to the power trading institution. The collection of performance bonds shall refer to the "Notice of the National Development and Reform Commission and the National Energy Administration on Issuing the " (Fagai Ti Gai Gui [2021] No. 1595).

(III) Operation management

1. Parameter management

(1) Parameter confirmation: Provincial load management centers regularly monitor and evaluate the regulation capabilities of virtual power plants, focusing on on-site operation conditions, equipment parameters, resource aggregation capabilities, regulation response capabilities, etc. For virtual power plants that fail the assessment, virtual power plant operators should complete rectification within a specified period of time.

(2) Parameter changes: When key indicators such as aggregation agent relationship and regulation response capability change, the virtual power plant operator should submit a test application to the provincial load management center. The provincial load management center should complete the aggregation resource capability, regulation response capability test and information change within 15 working days, and synchronize the change information to the power trading platform.

2. Declaration management

(1) Application requirements: For "power source type" virtual power plant operators, they shall be treated as new energy sources for application management in accordance with the corresponding market rules; for "load type" virtual power plant operators, they shall be treated as power sales companies or power wholesale users for application management in accordance with the corresponding market rules; for "hybrid type" virtual power plant operators, they shall participate in market application separately according to power generation trading units and power consumption trading units. The application management of power generation and power consumption trading units shall be consistent with that of "power source type" and "load type" virtual power plant operators. When participating in the regulatory market, in principle, the adjustment direction of power generation and power consumption trading units of virtual power plant operators in the same period shall not be opposite. When participating in the spot market application, the aggregated resources under different electricity price nodes shall be established into multiple power generation or power consumption trading units for separate application.

(2) Application channels: The virtual power plant operation and management platform provides virtual power plant operators with application channels for participating in demand response, ancillary services, and electricity energy markets, and uniformly submits the application information of each virtual power plant operator to the market operation organization.

3. Clearance Management

(1) Clearing requirements: Virtual power plant operators participate in market clearing in accordance with the Gansu Province electricity market trading rules. For "power source type" virtual power plant operators, they are regarded as new energy synchronous clearing in accordance with the corresponding market rules; for "load type" virtual power plant operators, they are regarded as power sales companies or power wholesale users synchronous clearing in accordance with the corresponding market rules; for "hybrid type" virtual power plant operators, market clearing is carried out separately according to the power generation and consumption trading units, and the clearing methods are the same as those of "power source type" and "load type" virtual power plant operators.

(2) View channels: Provincial load management centers should rely on the virtual power plant operation and control platform and market operation institutions to achieve business integration and provide virtual power plant operators with information on participation in demand response, ancillary services, and clearing of the electricity market.

4. Operation management

(1) Operation requirements: The aggregated power generation and power users included in the orderly power consumption plan should comply with the relevant provisions of the "Gansu Province Power Load Management Implementation Rules". When an emergency occurs in the power grid, the aggregated power generation and power users should bear equal obligations for grid balance regulation and strictly implement the regulation indicators.

(2) Execution evaluation: Provincial power companies should provide daily operation effect evaluation services for virtual power plant operators, including evaluation of their resource aggregation capabilities, regulation capabilities, regulation effects, information synchronization capabilities, data transmission quality, etc. If a virtual power plant operator violates trading rules and market management regulations and fails to make rectifications on time, the power trading agency will handle the forced delisting; if a virtual power plant operator fails to participate in the demand response market or fails to respond to the request twice in a month, its qualification to apply for the demand response market in that year will be revoked.

(IV) Settlement management

1. Settlement principles

The settlement of electricity charges between virtual power plant operators and aggregated power generation and electricity users should be based on the data of the metering devices of the provincial power company and be carried out in accordance with the Gansu power market trading rules. Virtual power plant operators should fairly bear market operating expenses, imbalance funds, etc., and calculate and share expenses separately according to the amount of electricity on and off the grid. Virtual power plant operators shall not participate in the ancillary service market and demand response market at the same time to obtain repeated benefits through the same regulation behavior.