Application of Genetic Algorithms in Colombian Interconnected Power System Operative Planning

Each interconnected electric system has to define its operating mode and how expansion and operation planning are made. This paper presents the first phase of the work of implementing a tool with application to Colombian power system operative planning. The tool uses genetic algorithms to optimize the cost functions that arise in which the elements of the system are the variables that can be operated to reduce losses and fulfill the operation restrictions. Tests results with IEEE systems and two fitness functions proposed by the authors are presented in this work; from those results is estimated the computing time needed to evaluate the Colombian system.