Title :
Holistic Approach to System Planning
Author :
Gopinathan, Murale
Author_Institution :
Northeast Utilities, Berlin, CT
Abstract :
Deregulation has changed the electric industry. Proper system expansion is necessary to insure adequate reliability as well as to maximize social welfare. This paper presents a holistic transmission planning approach to evaluate the reliability and economic impact as well as optimize social welfare under the competitive energy market. Losses, production cost, and emission is considered in market simulations to assess the overall performance of transmission expansion projects. A design modification to transmission towers to minimize electro magnetic field is also discussed
Keywords :
power markets; power transmission economics; power transmission planning; power transmission reliability; competitive energy market; electric industry; electro magnetic field; social welfare; transmission expansion projects; transmission planning; transmission towers; Companies; Costs; Economic forecasting; Environmental economics; Fuel economy; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Power system planning; Production;
Conference_Titel :
Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exhibition, 2005/2006 IEEE PES
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9194-2
DOI :
10.1109/TDC.2006.1668710
