We extend a static mixed integer disjunctive (MID) transmission expansion planning model so as to deal with circuit contingency criterion. The model simultaneously represents the network constraints for base case and each selected circuit contingency. The MID approach allows a commercial optimization solver to achieve and prove solution optimality. The proposed approach is applied to a regional...

This work analyses the application of heuristic algorithms in the transmission network expansion planning problem using the Hybrid Linear Model (HLM). The HLM is a relaxed model which still has not been fully explored. The work presents a detailed study of a constructive heuristic algorithm for the HLM and proposes an extension of the model and a solution technique for multi-stage planning. Qua...

In network investments, much of the real options value may reside “in” identifying the proper configuration to develop, in terms of the timing and sizing of its deployment. A longer-term perspective, with a treatment of uncertainty that moves beyond simply increasing deterministic specifications, has the potential to improve the design of networked infrastructures, such as power transmission ne...

In this paper a new market Based approach for transmission expansion planning in deregulated power systems is presented. Restructuring and deregulation has exposed transmission planner to new objectives and uncertainties. Therefore, new criteria and approaches are needed for transmission planning in deregulated environments. In this paper we introduced a new method for computing the Locational ...