Operation of distribution network: Challenges and opportunities in the era of peer-to-peer trading

In recent years, the attention of researchers has been drawn to identifying and investigating new optimal approaches for operation of the distribution networks (ODNs) and the role of various players including distribution system operators in ODNs. This attention is due to the expansion of distributed resources changes in the role of end consumers and the expansion of local markets such as peer-to-peer (P2P) trading. Therefore, the challenges related to ODN seem important now, taking into account the changes in the current distribution networks compared to the past, the most important of which is the change in the role of consumers to prosumers and the creation of P2P trading. Hence, in the paper, a review of the effective features in ODNs such as network reconfiguration, mobile energy storage systems, and energy markets is presented, and then the new role of players in ODNs is explored, focusing on P2P trading features. Also, in this paper, we have categorized the challenges of ODN optimization with P2P trading and we have identified the limit behavior modeling of prosumers and policy schedule as research opportunities, and we have given sufficient insights to the researchers by examining them more deeply.