The Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (CCREEE) is assisting SKELEC and the Energy Unit in developing an Integrated Resource and Resilience Plan (IRRP).
The IRRP takes a holistic approach to meeting system needs, identifying the capital and infrastructure needed to support energy efficiency and grid-scale resource development. In particular, it has been tasked with capturing the emergence of distributed energy resources, such as electric vehicles, variable renewable generation, and storage, within a disruptive future energy system seeking to accommodate the two-way flow of electricity and services between the customer and the electric system and elevates the importance of distribution system investments.
The plan is expected to provide the utility, independent power producers, and other key sector operatives with better intelligence, to improve flexibility, allowing them to accommodate a range of future uncertainties more effectively. In that regard, the expectation is that systems would adapt more seamlessly to variabilities that could arise from weather, climate, and epidemiological events.
