Optimal Energy Interruption Planning and Generation Re-dispatch for Improving Reliability during Contingencies

Improving distribution grid reliability is a major challenge for planning and operation of distribution systems having a high share of distributed generators (DGs). The rise of DGs share can lead to unplanned contingencies while on the other hand, they can provide flexibility in supporting grid operations after a contingency event. This paper presents an optimal energy interruption planning approach that dispatches the flexibility from DGs and performs a cost-optimal load shedding of flexible loads. The proposed approach is tested on a synthetic grid, representing typical urban and low voltage feeders in EU with distribution networks modeled in radial and meshed configurations. The study shows that the proposed optimization process can be successfully used to plan resources during contingency event and this can lead to a reduction in energy not supplied and improvement of reliability indices.

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