Division of the "rest curve" into consumers\´ load profiles using linear programming

Determination of the load profiles (LPs) of the small individual consumers, that do not have the metering equipment to enable them to keep track of their actual power consumption on a time-interval basis, is an important task in the liberalized power market. In the paper division of the "rest curve" into consumers\´ LPs using linear programming as an optimization tool is presented. Thus, LP of the individual consumer can be identified. The proposed methodology is based on the predefined typical load profiles (TLPs) representing various types of consumers. The model represents the improvement of the already known models, which was demonstrated on a simple case using actually measured consumers\´ daily LPs.