ECE6322 -  Power System Planning and Reliability  (3-0-3)

Prerequisites:  ECE 4320

Corequisites:  None

Catalog Description:  To introduce basic concepts as well as analysis and optimization techniques underlying reliability assessment of electric power systems and planning techniques.

Textbook(s):  Endrenyi, Reliability Modeling in Electric Power Systems, John Wiley, 1978. (required) (comment: Print on demand.)

Topical Outline:  Review of Power System Planning Techniques Review of Probability concepts Power System Reliability Component System Margin requirements Cost of interruptions Value based reliability analysis Transmission access impact Generation reliabiity Transmission reliability Distribution reliability Corporate planning Forecasting Load growth Economic environment New technologies Project financing Amortization Cost of capital Taxation Cost-benefit analysis Long-term reliability Generation planning Engineering models Simulation tools Load forecast models Production costing Economic dispatch Pollution dispatch Reliability constraints Inventory management (cost vs. risk) Least cost planning / integrated utility planning Comparative evaluation of alternatives Available tools Corporate models Transmission planning Engineering models Environmental constraints Reliability/securiety constraints Value based transmission resource analysis (VBTRA) Available VBTRA tools Impact of transmission access Impact of third party producers Corporate models