Cooperative Microgrids: Technical Feasibility of the PREB's Microgrid Rule

In 2018, after hurricane Maria, the Puerto Rico Energy Bureau published a new standard to regulate the implementation of microgrids in Puerto Rico (PREB Microgrid Rule). In this paper, different scenarios were developed to study the feasibility of microgrids that satisfy the rules set forth by the standard. The models used to represent the microgrid and the complete electrical system were implemented in MATLAB/Simulink. Utilizing OPAL-RT, a robust simulation hardware, the present study conducted a series of test cases to emulate the behavior of these microgrids while meeting the requirements specified by the PREB microgrid rule.