Title :
Transmission planning in a deregulated environment
Author :
Xu, Z. ; Dong, Z.Y. ; Wong, K.P.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Electr. Eng., Queensland Univ., St. Lucia, Qld., Australia
fDate :
5/11/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The worldwide trend for the deregulation of the electricity generation and transmission industries has led to dramatic changes in system operation and planning procedures. The optimum approach to transmission-expansion planning in a deregulated environment is an open problem especially when the responsibilities of the organisations carrying out the planning work need to be addressed. To date there is a consensus that the system operator and network manager perform the expansion planning work in a centralised way. However, with an increasing input from the electricity market, the objectives, constraints and approaches toward transmission planning should be carefully designed to ensure system reliability as well as meeting the market requirements. A market-oriented approach for transmission planning in a deregulated environment is proposed. Case studies using the IEEE 14-bus system and the Australian national electricity market grid are performed. In addition, the proposed method is compared with a traditional planning method to further verify its effectiveness.
Keywords :
IEEE standards; power markets; power transmission planning; power transmission reliability; IEEE 14-bus system; deregulated environment; electricity generation; electricity market; reliability; transmission industry; transmission planning; transmission-expansion planning;
Journal_Title :
Generation, Transmission and Distribution, IEE Proceedings-
DOI :
10.1049/ip-gtd:20050201