Zone-branch reliability methodology applied to Gold Book standard network

There is a need recognized in the power industry to identify and utilize a standard tool or a set of tools to analyze the reliability of industrial and commercial power systems. Historically, the reliability results of different reliability methodologies varied significantly and comparisons were extremely difficult. The Reliability Analysis Technique Working Group of the Gold Book (i.e., IEEE Std. 493) developed a standard network to enable comparison of analytical techniques. This paper identifies the different analysis techniques currently available. This paper is the second of a series of papers applying the zone-branch methodology to the Gold Book standard network configuration. Two case studies are presented for different network operating practices. Future papers applying these different techniques to the same Gold Book standard network configuration will be presented and the results compared to determine accuracy of these analytical techniques.