Dynamic hosting capacity system and method for DER integration and management on distribution utility networks

A distributed energy resource management system that utilizes capacity on a distribution grid to host further distributed energy resource interconnections, comprising:

• a) a data store including a plurality of operational values associated with a plurality of distributed electric resources on an electric power distribution network;
• and
• b) one or more computer processors coupled to the data store and in communication with the plurality of distributed electric resources on said electric power distribution network, the one or more computer processors being programmed, upon receiving one or more requests, to:
• i) create 3-phase AC power flows for each of a plurality of locations across said electric power distribution network, wherein said step of creating 3-phase AC power flows utilizes per phase:
• voltages, currents, real power, reactive power, and, power factor;
• and,
• ii) use optimizations of the 3-phase AC power flows to calculate hosting capacity for each of the plurality of locations across said electric power distribution network, for each of a plurality of time intervals, and each of a plurality of types of distributed energy resource, as a dynamic quantity that can change depending on time, day, season, and location;
• iii) translate the calculated dynamic hosting capacity into at least one calculated operational value;
• iv) store said at least one calculated operational value in the data store;
• and
• v) read said calculated operational value from the data store and use the calculated operational value to determine and send a direction to actively manage a plurality of distributed energy resources on said electric power distribution network.