Criteria used by Canadian utilities in the planning and operation of generating capacity

Author

Billinton, Roy

Author_Institution

Power Syst. Res. Group, Saskatchewan Univ., Saskatoon, Sask., Canada

Volume

3

Issue

4

fYear

1988

fDate

11/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1488

Lastpage

1493

Abstract

The author reviews the reliability criteria used by Canadian utilities in regard to planning and operating generating capacity. These results have been obtained from surveys conducted by the Power System Reliability Subsection of the Canadian Electrical Association. These surveys cover both operating and planning generating capacity criteria. In the case of adequacy assessment, a comparison of the different utility criteria is presented using the IEEE Reliability Test System. It is concluded that virtually all Canadian utilities now use probabilistic techniques in planning future-generating-capacity requirements

Keywords

electric power generation; electricity supply industry; probability; reliability; Canadian utilities; IEEE Reliability Test System; Power System Reliability Subsection; adequacy assessment; future-generating-capacity requirements; generating capacity; operation; planning; probabilistic techniques; reliability criteria; Appraisal; Capacity planning; Power engineering and energy; Power generation; Power system planning; Power system reliability; Power systems; Security; Systems engineering and theory; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/59.192957

Filename

192957