Congestion management in open access based on relative electrical distances using voltage stability criteria

This paper presents an approach for alleviation of network over loads in the day-to-day operation of power systems under deregulated environment. The control used for over load alleviation is real power generation rescheduling based on relative electrical distance (RED) concept. The method estimates the relative location of load nodes with respect to the generator nodes. The contribution of each generator for a particular over loaded line is first identified, then based on RED concept the desired proportions of generations for the desired overload relieving is obtained, so that the system will have minimum transmission losses and more stability margins with respect to voltage profiles, bus angles and better transmission tariff. Results obtained for network overload alleviation of suitably modified IEEE 39-bus New England system are presented for illustration purposes.