DSI’s Optimal Power Flow based on the Interior Point Method

  • DSI-IPM-OPF is a comprehensive multi-area optimal power flow program,
  • It provides the optimal solution for a complete set of objective functions: Loss minimization, cost minimization, welfare maximization, minimum deviation from a given solution, etc.
  • It accounts for generator capability curves, voltage limits, line flow limits and a host of group limits (flow gates limits, group reactive reserve limits, etc.), and various types of contingencies,
  • User can limit control action, relax constraints effectively in case a feasible solution is not available,
  • Can be used as the basis for location-based marginal pricing (LMP) market designs.

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The Structuring of Deregulation!

The current economic crisis has given "deregulation" a bad score and the government is now working hard to "regulate." The banking industry is being partially nationalized to avoid the suspected collapse of our financial system. Amazingly, this is happening just over 10 years after major parts of the US introduced deregulation and restructuring in electricity markets on a large scale. This experience in the power industry had major ups, downs and setbacks, but thanks to cool heads and the availability of good options the clock was not rolled back to the full regulation days.

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