Transmission planning in a deregulated environment

Zhao Xu

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    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.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalIEE Proceedings - Generation Transmission and Distribution
    Volume153
    Issue number3
    Pages (from-to)326-334
    ISSN1350-2360
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006

    Keywords

    • transmission planning, power system, deregulation

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