Spinning reserve allocation using response health analysis

An approach to evaluate the degree of system well-being in the responding capability of a generation system is presented. The overall well being of a generation system in terms of its responding capability is identified as being healthy, marginal and at risk. A risk criterion, designated as the `generating system response state risk´ (GSRSR), is used to determine the generating unit loading schedule. The committed units are loaded such that a specified GSRSR, an acceptable response health probability or both are satisfied. The concept of multiple criteria provides the system operator with considerable flexibility in selecting a meaningful reliability level for load dispatch. These concepts are illustrated by application to the IEEE reliability test system (IEEE-RTS)