Moreno López de Saá, María ÁngelesUsaola García, Julio2016-09-052016-09-0520152015 12th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM) (19-22 May 2015, Lisbon)978-1-4673-6691-5https://hdl.handle.net/10016/23517Technical constraints and flexibility management in smart grids are analyzed using a market based approach. Flexibility services may allow network operators to tackle grid constraints in all timescales, maintaining reliability and quality of service and maximizing integration of distributed energy resources. Here, only short term markets will be considered; consumer and DER flexibility will be used in order to solve the distribution grid constraints (line/transformer overloads or voltage limit violations) in the day-ahead framework. The main contribution of the paper is a proposal of congestion management in smart grids consistent with the wholesale electricity market already in use. The role of the new actors will be highlighted to remark the consequences of regulatory decisions to be taken in the next future.6application/pdfeng© 2015. IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.Congestion managementDERFlexibility marketsSmart gridsconference paperIngeniería Industrialopen access2015 12th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM 2015)CC/0000024027