• DocumentCode
    1503480
  • Title

    Deregulation, privatization, and competition: transmission planning under uncertainty

  • Author

    De la Torre, Teófilo ; Feltes, James W. ; Román, Tomás Gómez San ; Merrill, Hyde M.

  • Author_Institution
    SIEPAC, San Jose, Costa Rica
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    460
  • Lastpage
    465
  • Abstract
    Competitive markets expose transmission planners to new uncertainties. These are handled using a decision-analysis approach whose key contribution is quantifying and minimizing risk. The method is applied using existing and generally-available software tools. The result is transmission plan which is robust in the face of uncertainties. A study of a major proposed Central-American interconnection illustrates the problem and the method
  • Keywords
    electricity supply industry; power system interconnection; power transmission planning; uncertainty handling; Central-American interconnection; competitive power markets; decision making; decision-analysis; deregulation; privatization; risk minimisation; robustness; software tools; transmission plan; transmission planning; uncertainty; Business; Fuzzy sets; IEEE members; Power generation; Power system analysis computing; Power system economics; Power system planning; Privatization; Robustness; Uncertainty;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8950
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/59.761866
  • Filename
    761866