Planning Of Electric Power Systems Research Articles

Transmission capacity expansion planning with economic dispatching and flow evaluation

A new method based on statistical simulation for production costing, reliability evaluation and transmission expansion planning of electric power systems is developed. This method considers apparatus outage probabilities and load forecast uncertainties. Random numbers are generated, according to appropriate laws, to simulate the state of the apparatus and the demand of the bus loads. Through successive applications of the minimum cost-maximum flow algorithm, it is capable of handling the economic dispatch problem embodied in the procedures. An expansion algorithm is introduced, which selects the element with the highest full load ratio ( FLR) for capacity addition. This method generates, as a byproduct, the expected power flow pattern which is valuable for power system planner. Application of the method is demonstrated using the IEEE five-bus test system.

Electric Power System Planning with Explicit Stochastic Reserves Constraint

The problem of optimal planning of an electric power system is formulated as a cost minimizing mixed-integer mathematical program. The model emphasizes system reliability, requiring reserve generating capacity such that a Loss of Load Probability criterion of one day in ten years is met. Integer variables are used in the model to express system reliability explicitly as a constraint on the system model. Results are given for several plant outage rates and demand levels. The results show that the reliability and “rule-of-thumb” approaches to system reserve planning can yield substantially different optimal system costs and configurations.

Transmission Network Estimation Using Linear Programming

One aspect of long-range planning of electric power systems involves the exploration of various designs for the bulk power transmission network. The use of linear programming for network analysis to determine where capacity shortages exist and, most importantly, where to add new circuits to relieve the shortages is presented. The new method of network estimation produces a feasible transmission network with near-minimum circuit miles using as input any existing network plus a load and generation schedule. An example is used to present the two steps of the method: 1) linear flow estimation and 2) new circuit selection. The method has become a fundamental part of computer programs for transmission network synthesis.

The Origin and Development of the Public Utility Holding Company

Previous articleNext article No AccessThe Origin and Development of the Public Utility Holding CompanyNorman S. BuchananNorman S. Buchanan Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Journal of Political Economy Volume 44, Number 1Feb., 1936 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/254883 Views: 5Total views on this site Citations: 13Citations are reported from Crossref PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Eugene Kandel, Konstantin Kosenko, Randall Morck, Yishay Yafeh The great pyramids of America: A revised history of U.S. business groups, corporate ownership, and regulation, 1926–1950, Strategic Management Journal 40, no.55 (Dec 2018): 781–808.https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2992William J. Hausman Howard Hopson’s billion dollar fraud: The rise and fall of associated gas & electric company, 1921–1940, Business History 60, no.33 (Jun 2017): 381–398.https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2017.1339690Carl T. Kitchens, Taylor Jaworski Ownership and the price of residential electricity: Evidence from the United States, 1935–1940, Explorations in Economic History 64 (Apr 2017): 53–61.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eeh.2016.05.002Eugene Kandel, Konstantin Kosenko, Randall Morck, Yishay Yafeh The Great Pyramids of America: A Revised History of US Business Groups, Corporate Ownership and Regulation, 1930-1950, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2015).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2593797 Bibliography, (Nov 2011): 523–548.https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118192481.biblioRichard Carney The Domestic Political Origins of Global Financial Standards: The Agrarian Roots of American Securities Regulations, Business and Politics 13, no.33 (Jan 2017): 1–39.https://doi.org/10.2202/1469-3569.1360Steven A. Bank, Brian R. Cheffins The Corporate Pyramid Fable, Business History Review 84, no.33 (Apr 2011): 435–458.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007680500002191Richard W. Carney Farmers and Capitalism, SSRN Electronic Journal (Jan 2008).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1016647Mary A. O'Sullivan Living with the U.S. Financial System: The Experiences of General Electric and Westinghouse Electric in the Last Century, Business History Review 80, no.44 (Apr 2017): 621–655.https://doi.org/10.2307/25097264William J. Hausman, John L. Neufeld The Market for Capital and the Origins of State Regulation of Electric Utilities in the United States, The Journal of Economic History 62, no.44 (Jan 2003): 1050–1073.https://doi.org/10.1017/S002205070200164XWilliam M. Emmons Franklin D. Roosevelt, Electric Utilities, and the Power of Competition, The Journal of Economic History 53, no.44 (Mar 2009): 880–907.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050700051354Leonard DeGraaf Corporate Liberalism and Electric Power System Planning in the 1920s, Business History Review 64, no.11 (Dec 2011): 1–31.https://doi.org/10.2307/3115843Patrick McGuire Instrumental Class Power and the Origin of Class-Based State Regulation in the U.S. Electric Utility Industry, Critical Sociology 16, no.2-32-3 (Jul 2016): 181–203.https://doi.org/10.1177/089692058901600210