Restructuring of electric industry has seriously affected the operation and planning process of electric power systems. Due to the unbundling process and new market requirements, a set of new challenges and goals have been introduced in the field of transmission planning. Moreover, the uncertainty level of input data to planning process has been increased significantly. In this paper first, the...

The unprecedented penetration of distributed generation in distribution network provides utilities with a unique opportunity to manage portions of networks as microgrids (MG). The implementation of an MG may offer many benefits, such as capital investments deferral, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, improvement in reliability, and reduction in network losses. In order to draw the most effe...