A Probabilistic Formulation of Load Margins in Power Systems With Stochastic Generation

This paper discusses the impact of uncertain power injections in the grid on the load margin. Two common analyses of voltage stability are those aiming for the closest saddle node bifurcation and those assuming a prefixed direction of load and production increase. In the case of large renewable based generation units or a significant degree of dispersed generation, the loading margin has to be interpreted as a stochastic variable itself. This allows to interpret load margins at different levels of probability of voltage collapse with or without corrective actions undertaken. The probabilistic margin is assessed with a minimum number of samples by use of a stochastic response surface method implementation. The method is illustrated on the IEEE 24-bus and 118-bus system considering stochastic wind generation and dispersed generation.

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