Integrated planning of distribution system and gridable parking lots

Plug in electric vehicles (PEVs) are innovative solution to tackle environmental issues. Effective integration of parking lots into the grid and expansion of distribution system to meet loads of these lots are two main steps towards sustainable developments. An innovative concept for integration of parking lots in distribution system planning (DSP) is presented. In the proposed approach storage capability of gridable parking lots (GPLs) are used to defer investments on DSP. Firstly, GPL is modeled as a single storage considering PEVs driving behavior and GPL owner (GPLO) market based behavior. Then, DSP problem is modeled in such a way that distribution system company (DISCO) and GPLO objectives are considered concurrently. Finally, effectiveness of the proposed approach in the integrated DSP is evaluated on a test network.