Congestion management in WECC grid

We are proposing SCUC to identify annual congestion in large scale grid. Our approach was tested on the WECC grid and the results obtained from this test were mapped on a Geographical Information System (GIS). This mapping was used to visually locate the congested transmission lines in WECC. By linking the transmission congestion information with other cost information in WECC, our approach allows for viewing the price of electricity at various WECC locations. Our approach provides efficient solutions for proactively identifying bottlenecks in WECC, understanding congestion patterns in bulk power grid network, studying hourly LMPs at WECC, developing efficient power-generation capacity and transmission line planning, and developing efficient integration of power grids with renewable energy resources such as wind and solar generation.