Transmission switching (TS) has gained significant attention recently. However, barriers still
remain and must be overcome before the technology can be adopted by the industry. The …

Topology control has garnered recent consideration for its value in leveraging the flexiblity of
the power system. However, using even the latest technology, the AC optimal transmission …

Reserve requirements serve as a proxy for N-1 reliability in the security-constrained unit
commitment (SCUC) problem. However, there is no guarantee that the reserve is deliverable …

Transmission switching, as a power flow control mechanism that can reduce costs and
improve reliability, has gained a lot of attention during the last decade. Despite its benefits …

Transmission networks consist of thousands of branches for large‐scale real power systems.
They are built with a high degree of redundancy for reliability concerns. Thus, it is very likely …

The penetration of renewable resources in electrical power systems has increased over the
years. This increased levels of intermittent resources adds complexities in power system …

Transmission switching (TS) has gained significant attention recently. However, barriers still
remain and must be overcome before the technology can be adopted by the industry. The …

Utilizing flexibility of the transmission network has gained significant attention recently. Prior
efforts have shown that various benefits could be achieved by appropriately changing the …

The standard optimal power flow (OPF) problem is an economic dispatch (ED) problem
combined with transmission constraints, which are based on a static topology. However …

The challenges in maintaining economic and reliable operation of the grid are ever
increasing with power system modernization. Increased competition and earnings pressures …