Work Package G : "Investigation 
        of Regulatory, Commercial, Economic and Environmental Issues"
      
 Work Package Leader 
        : UMIST
      Partners involved :  
        ICCS, PPC, GERMANOS, INESC, EPRI 
      Objectives :
       The overall aims of this 
        WP are to :
      
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 Investigate 
            alternative commercial and regulatory frameworks for the integration 
            of MicroGrids in the operation of the entire electricity system and 
            
 
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 Develop techniques for 
            quantifying economic benefits of MicroGrids.
 
      
       Description of work : 
         
      
         
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              Task 7.1   | 
             
              Markets for Energy and Ancillary Services  | 
        
         
          |    Task 
              7.2  | 
             Models 
              for simulation of Energy and Ancillary Services by MGCC  | 
        
         
          |    Task 
              7.3  | 
             Evaluation 
              of DG regulatory practices    | 
        
         
          |    Task 
              7.4  | 
             Loss 
              and Network Capital Investment Allocation    | 
        
         
          |    Task 
              7.5  | 
             Quantification 
              of increased Service Quality  | 
        
         
          |    Task 
              7.6  | 
             Quantification 
              of overall efficiency and environmental benefits of MicroGrids  |