The integration of nonutility generation and spot prices within utility generation scheduling

Author

Macgregor, Paul R. ; Puttgen, Hans B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Power Syst. Eng., Gen. Electr. Co., Schenectady, NY, USA

Volume

9

Issue

3

fYear

1994

fDate

8/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1302

Lastpage

1308

Abstract

As deregulation becomes a reality within the utility industry, nonutility generators (NUGs) become an ever growing segment of the generation mix. The wider penetration of NUGs will profoundly affect many aspects of utility planning and operations; among these is the economical optimization of scheduling generation within established reliability criteria. This paper describes a unit commitment technique incorporating NUGs, which are assumed to be operating under spot pricing rates, within a consistent reliability framework

Keywords

costing; economics; electric power generation; load distribution; power system analysis computing; power system reliability; economical optimization; nonutility generation; reliability criteria; spot prices; unit commitment technique; utility generation scheduling; utility operations; utility planning; Costs; Job shop scheduling; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power industry; Power system planning; Pricing; Reliability engineering; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/59.336136

Filename

336136