One technique used to control the influx of renewable generation while maintaining competitive principles is a Request for Proposals (RFP). However, lack of transmission planning due to a disconnection between generation and transmission owners, difficulty in identifying viable projects, and high risk for proponents stand as obstacles to the goals of an RFP. This research proposes a procedure which minimizes the effect of these obstacles; meeting the purchaser requirements for low price and combining conventional planning concepts with feedback from competitive structures. The general features of the method include definition of generation limits and study area, expansion plan design, transmission cost evaluation, optimal selection of requested generation levels, and final selection of successful proponents. A case study using a real system in New Mexico demonstrates these concepts.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MANITOBA/oai:mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca:1993/4168 |
| Date | 10 September 2010 |
| Creators | Isaacs, Andrew |
| Contributors | Rajapakse, Athula (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Jacobson, David (Electrical and Computer Engineering) Bibeau, Eric (Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering) |
| Source Sets | University of Manitoba Canada |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
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