NERC compliant decentralized load frequency control design using model predictive control

This paper presents a decentralized model predictive control (MFC) design for the load frequency control (LFC) problem. The proposed algorithm has two objectives, (1) to assure compliance with control performance standards CPS1 and CPS2 set by NERC, and (2) to reduce wear and tear of generating units. A nonlinear simulation of a test system with multiple generation and distribution companies including regulation and load following services is performed to illustrate the proposed control scheme.