The procedure used to assess the long range generation and transmission resources in the Mid-Continent Area Power Pool

Journal Article · Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1990 · IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/59.99363· OSTI ID:5888034

Head, W J ^[1]; Nguyen, H V ^[2]; Kahle, R L ^[3]; Bachman, P A ^[4]; Jensen, A A ^[5]; Watry, S J ^[6]

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1. Mid-Continent Area Power Pool, Minneapolis, MN (USA)
2. Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., Bismarck, ND (USA)
3. Lincoln Electric System, NE (USA)
4. Northwestern Public Service Co., Huron, SD (USA)
5. Iowa Power and Light Co., Des Moines, IA (USA)
6. Minnesota Power and Light Co., Duluth, MN (USA)

Regional generation expansion planning has traditionally been viewed as merely a compilation of individual utility expansion plans. A study, undertaken by the Mid-Continent Area Power Pool, examines future power supply options from a regional perspective. The pool is modeled as a single utility, without regard to particular economic or operating characteristics of any individual utility or group of utilities. While the dynamic programming method is commonly used in most capacity planning studies, this study makes extensive use of the generalized benders decomposition algorithm in the EPRI's EGEAS computer program to model poolwide optimization of capacity additions.

• OSTI ID: 5888034
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA), Vol. 5:4; ISSN 0885-8950
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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