Panel Session 12
Hosted by Thongchart Kerdphol
Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering Kasetsart University
29 Nov 2025, 09:00 - 10:30 |
Spark Room 1
"DERMS and ADMS: Enabling the Clean Energy Transition at the Distribution Level"
Synopsis
The integration of Distributed Energy Resource Management Systems (DERMS) with Advanced Distribution Management Systems (ADMS) is reshaping distribution grids into smarter, more flexible, and sustainable platforms. By enabling real-time monitoring, forecasting, and automated decision-making, these systems improve visibility and control of distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar PV, storage, EVs, and demand response. This session highlights technical, operational, and regulatory perspectives, along with case studies showing how DERMS and ADMS support renewable integration, grid reliability, and decarbonization.
Thongchart Kerdphol
Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering,
Kasetsart University
Host Panelist
Thongchart Kerdphol (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand, in 2010 and 2012, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech), Japan, in 2016. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Kyutech from 2016 to 2017 and a Visiting Researcher and Lecturer at the Clausthal University of Technology, Germany, from 2018 to 2019. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, where he also holds an administrative position as Assistant Dean for Human Resources.
Dr. Kerdphol is the author of the Springer textbook Virtual Inertia Synthesis and Control and has published over 80 journal and conference papers indexed in Scopus. His research interests include power system stability, grid-forming inverters, cyber-physical security, harmonics in low-inertia systems, unit commitment in modern grids, hosting capacity analysis, and available transfer capability in deregulated electricity markets. He was recognized among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in the Energy Field by Stanford University in 2024 and 2025.
Thawatchai Tantimaporn
Director, Strategy and Electricity Market Liberalization Support Division Energy Economic Policy Department, Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA)
Panelist
Thawatchai Tuntimaporn is the Director of the Division of Strategy and Support for Electricity Liberalization. He holds degrees in Electrical Engineering from Kasetsart University and Electric Power System Management from AIT. With over 20 years of experience at the Provincial Electricity Authority, he specializes in electricity market development, renewable energy integration, and smart grid technologies.
Thanakrit Kittiwararat
Head, Operation and Control
Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Section, Demand Response and Virtual Power Plant Division, Advanced Power System Technology Division, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)
Panelist
Thanakrit Kittiwararat is currently the Head, Operation and Control Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) Section, Demand Response and Virtual Power Plant Division, Advanced Power System Technology Division, Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT). He has played a pivotal role in researching and developing cutting-edge technology for use cases of DER integration with research focused on power system stability, reliability and grid modernization technology integration. Prior to his current position, he held roles as an electrical design engineer at Control and Protection System Engineering Department, Transmission system engineering division at EGAT with experience in grid-scale BESS project in Thailand. Thanakrit received the Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL) and the Master of Electrical Engineering from Chulalongkorn University (CU).