Transmission congestion management in deregulated environment: A bibliographical survey

The congestion management plays an important role in power system operation in deregulated environment. Network congestion may lead to market inefficiency, increase in electricity prices and result in market power. Thus congestion management of transmission network has become a key and crucial task of system operators to ensure efficient, economical, secure, and reliable operation of electricity markets. This paper presents a bibliographical survey of literature available on congestion management. The general concepts, background of research & development and future directions related to congestion management methodologies in different electricity markets are presented based on 193 citations referenced in bibliography.