At a glance

This course introduces the topics of economic dispatch and generation scheduling. A logical sequence of generation scheduling problems is examined, and new solution techniques discussed. Power generation characteristics, economic dispatch and methods of solution, transmission losses, unit commitment, scheduling of limited energy resources, hydro-thermal coordination, current interchange practices in U.S. utilities and pools, and techniques for analyzing power system security are addressed.

•  Characteristics of generating units
•  Economic dispatch
•  Unit commitment of thermal units
•  Market operations and scheduling
•  Distributed System Platform (DSP)
•  Interconnections and interface flows
•  FERC & NERC requirements i.e. FERC order 1000
•  Power system security (N-1, N-2 & N-1-1)
•  Power system generation control
•  Power system state estimation
•  Planning vs operation