Wind generation with an uncertain nature poses many challenges in grid integration and secure operation of power system. One of these operation problems is the unit commitment. Demand Response (DR) can be defined as the changes in electric usage by end-use customers from their normal consumption patterns in response to the changes in the price of electricity over time. Further, DR can be also d...

As part of the day-ahead market clearing process, MISO solves one of the most challenging Security Constrained Unit Commitment (SCUC) models. With the footprint expansion and increased financial activities, the day-ahead market unit commitment may encounter performance challenges from time to time. This paper reviews MISO’s day-ahead market clearing process and identifies the factors contributi...

As a part of the day-ahead market clearing process, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) solves one of the largest and most challenging Security Constrained Unit Commitment (SCUC) models. Better computational performance of SCUC models not only improves the market efficiency but also facilitates future market development. This paper introduces two developments on Mixed Integer Progra...

Due to the ever-growing load, especially peak load, the increase in the capacity of plants is inevitable for the response to this growth. Peak load causes increases in customer costs and vast investments in generating and transmission parts. Therefore, restructuring in the electrical industry, competition in the electrical market and Demand Response Programs (DRPs) are of special importance in ...

This paper introduces a new approach for scheduling security constraint unit commitment (SCUC) including wind farms. Because of uncertainty in wind power production, we tried to develop a new method for incorporating wind power generation in power plant scheduling. For this, wind power generation modeled with unit commitment in a non-linear optimization problem and simulated by submitting diffe...

As a part of the day-ahead market clearing process, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) solves one of the largest and most challenging Security Constrained Unit Commitment (SCUC) models. Better computational performance of SCUC models not only improves the market efficiency but also facilitates future market developments. This paper introduces recent developments in SCUC formulation...

Currently, optimization models for the safe and reliable operation of power systems deal with two major challenges: first one is reduction computational load when considering N−1 contingencies; second adequate modeling uncertainty intermittent generation demand. This paper proposes a new affinely adjustable robust model to solve security constrained unit commitment problem these sources uncerta...