Impact of integrating PEV and renewable sources on power system reliability assessment

The electrification of vehicles is now considered an effective solution that will reduce fuel consumption and emissions as well as increase energy security through the diversification of available energy sources. The electric energy generated from low-emission renewable resources will play a vital role to meet the electricity needs of the transportation sector and will also address concerns about shifting emissions from the transportation sector to the electricity generation sector. This paper proposes a new approach to evaluate the power system reliability indices incorporating plug-in electric vehicles. The proposed method relies on developing virtual scenarios that cover all possible occurrences for normal demand, conventional generation, renewable resources, and plug-in electric vehicles demand. These scenarios are generated using Monte Carlo Simulation and Marcov Chains.