Unit commitment health analysis for interconnected systems

The concepts previously published for unit commitment and operating reserve assessment in an isolated power system using a system well-being framework are extended in this paper to evaluate unit commitment and spinning reserve requirements in interconnected power systems. The problem of interconnected power systems unit commitment is decomposed into two subproblems. Unit scheduling is first performed in each isolated power system in accordance with the specified operating criterion. This is then followed by interconnected power system evaluation. The analysis is further extended to determine the operating state probabilities for the overall interconnected power system. The paper illustrates how power system well-being is improved by interconnection with other power systems. The concepts contained in the paper are illustrated by application to two radially interconnected IEEE-RTS.