Techniques for Conditioning Hard-to-Solve Cases · Area Generation Control (AGC) • Before you try...
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Techniques for Conditioning Hard-to-Solve Cases
James WeberDirector of Operations
PowerWorld [email protected]
Phone: 217 384 6330 ext 13
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Overview
• Starting with public text-file data– Low impedance mismatches– Controller Settings, Area Control
• Overview of Simulator’s “Single Solution”• Make use of the “Check Immediately” option for
Generator MVar Limits• Loss of reactive support, Voltage Collapse, and Low-
Voltage Solutions• Use of the Robust Solution Process• Achieving an initial OPF Solution
– How to handle unenforceable constraints
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Reading in a Solved Text-File Public Power Flow Formats
• You receive a case from someone which is supposed to be solved, but it won’t solve
• Issues with initial case – Large Mismatches from low impedance lines– Voltage Controllers
• Transformers• Switched Shunts
– Area Interchange Control• These are not errors with the case or with
Simulator, but should be understood.
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Very Large Initial Mismatches
• Very large initial mismatches– Primarily caused by “low-impedance” branches
• Other software treats branches below a threshold impedance as exactly zero.
– The buses at either end of the branch are then merged and the transmission line is ignored
• PowerWorld never merges buses this way– We do have minimum R and X of values however
» Minimum R = 0.0000001 = (1/1,000,000) » Minimum X = 0.00001 = (1/100,000)» Simulator will not let you set the values lower than this
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Example Case: nerc04S_f.raw
• Read in the case nerc04s_f.raw– 2003 SERIES,
NERC/MMWG BASE CASE LIBRARY
– 2004 SUMMER CASE, FINAL
• Notice mismatches come in oppositely signed “pairs”– -1567 MW, – +1566 MW
• BOWMANVL is more complicated
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BOWMANVL - DARLNG
MW MismatchMVar Mismatch
Very Small Impedances
MVar Mismatches sum nearly to zeroMW Mismatches sum to nearly zero
BOWMANVL
-3373.97 MW-620.15 Mvar
80011
DARLNGH1
843.51 MW159.79 Mvar
80023DARLNGH2
843.58 MW159.77 Mvar
80016DARLNGH3
843.51 MW148.47 Mvar
80017DARLNGH4
843.76 MW151.06 Mvar
80018
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CLAIRVIL
MW MismatchMW Mismatch
MW Mismatches sum to nearly zeroMVar Mismatches sum nearly to zero
Very Small Impedances
804762509.05 MW
CLAIRVIL
344.55 Mvar
80481-525.38 MW
CLAIRV71
-167.97 Mvar
80482-364.13 MW
CLAIRV72
-61.35 Mvar
80483-428.04 MW
CLAIRV73
-41.35 Mvar
80484-414.53 MW
CLAIRV74
38.80 Mvar
80485-393.11 MW
CLAIRV75
-115.69 Mvar
80486-390.19 MW
CLAIRV76
-7.01 Mvar
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Solve Initial Case
• First remove mismatches due to the low-impedance branches without moving any controllers– Disable LTCs– Disable Switched Shunts– Disable Phase Shifters– Disable AGC
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If Initial Case was truly solved, Solution Will Converge Quickly
• Solution Results:
• What are flows on low-impedance branches?– They’re the same as the original mismatches
Max P: 3373.966 at bus 80011 Max Q: 728.978 at bus 80041Max P: 26.028 at bus 70509 Max Q: 38.214 at bus 70708Max P: 0.562 at bus 70693 Max Q: 0.386 at bus 70509
BOWMANVL80011
DARLNGH180023
DARLNGH280016
DARLNGH380017
DARLNGH480018
-843.51 MW-159.19 Mvar
843.51 MW158.93 Mvar
-843.57 MW-159.18 Mvar
843.58 MW158.92 Mvar
-843.51 MW-147.94 Mvar
843.51 MW147.67 Mvar
-843.76 MW-150.50 Mvar
843.76 MW150.25 Mvar
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Now start to turn on theVoltage Controllers
• Turn on the Switched Shunt Controllers First• Solve Power Flow• Then the LTCs• Solve Power Flow• Then the Phase Shifters• Solve Power Flow• Normally these will perform fine
– Depends on how the controllers settings were defined in the other software package.
– Controller settings are not included in the file formats
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Area Generation Control (AGC)
• Before you try to enable the AGC, ensure that the case was truly solved while on AGC control
• The best way to check this is to do following– Choose Case Information, Area Records– Look at the ACE MW column– If values are very large, then the original case was
not solved using area control– They look OK for the nerc04S_f case
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When Case is Not Solved with AGC
• Example: SS03sum1r.raw– SS03SUM1 - 2003 SUMMER ON-PEAK BASE CASE - ERCOT ROS SSWG – FINAL - 07/01/2002 - ERCOT
• Solve this case with all controls enabled, but the AGC disabled and it solves fine.
• However, go to the Area Records and look at the ACE values
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Area ACE MW, Unspecified MW Transactions
• Large ACE Values• Unspecified MW Interchange does not sum to zero
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Area Unspecified MW Interchange
• Each area can have an export specified which does not have a “receiving” end specified
• This is called Unspecified• It is very important that these unspecified
values sum to zero. – If they do not sum to zero, then you have an
“export to nowhere”– When this occurs, the Area with the slack bus will
be turned off AGC and all unspecified interchange will be sent to the island slack bus
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What Does It Mean to do a Single Solution in Simulator?
• Single solution should not be confused with a single Newton-Raphson (or other technique) power flow
• Simulator’s “Single Solution” encompasses three nested loops that iterates between a power flow routine, logic for control device switching, and generation control until the power flow is solved and no more device switching is detected
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Overview of Single Solution Routine
• Pre-processing– Angle Smoothing (for newly closed lines)– Generator remote regulation viability– Estimate MW change needed
• Three Nested Loops Solution Process– MW Control Loop
• Voltage Controller Loop– Inner Power Flow loop Traditionally called the
Power Flow SolutionVoltage Control Loop
MW Control Loop (Note: The LP OPF occurs here also)
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Pre-processing
• Angle Smoothing– Reduces large angle differences across
transmission elements that have recently been closed in (or added to the case) to reduce initial power flow mismatches
– Previously if you closed in a line with a large angle difference, the power flow would diverge
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Pre-processing
• Generator Remote Regulation Viability– Checks for a viable transmission path between a generator
bus and it’s remotely regulated bus– If a generator has no transmission path, or if all possible
transmission routes to the regulated bus are intercepted by other voltage controlled buses, then the generator is internally turned off of voltage regulation
If a generator on left are set to control voltage at the bus on the right, then this would cause convergence difficulty
OPEN BREAKER
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Pre-processing
• Estimate MW Change– Stores the initial output of the generators for referencing
during participation factor control– Modifies generator outputs in each area, super area, or
island (depending on what control is being used) to meet approximate ACE requirements
– Attempting to prevent slack bus from changing by drastic amounts during the first Newton-Raphson power flow calculation in the inner loop
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MW Control Loop
• MW Control (Outer Loop)– Repeat
• Voltage Controller Loop– Inner Power Flow Loop
• Change generation/load to meet ACE requirements– Redispatches generation and/or load using the selected AGC
control method for each area (superarea, or island)
– Until no more generation/load changes are required
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Power Flow and Control Loop
• Voltage control switching and Inner Power Flow Loop– Repeat
• 1: Inner Power Flow loop• 2: Generator MVAR Limit Checking• 3: DC Line Solution• 4: Switched Shunt Control Switching• 5: Transformer switching
– Until no more control switching is required
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Step 1: Inner Power Flow Loop
• Step 1: Repeat (Inner Power Flow loop)– Evaluation Mismatch– Generator MVAR output automatically calculated for PV
buses– Optionally (enforce Generator
MVAR limits at each step)– Perform power flow step
» Newton’s Method (this is in rectangular form)» Decoupled Power Flow» Polar Form Newton’s Method
• Until no more mismatch
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Step 2: Generator MVAR LimitsStep 3: Solve DC line equations• Step 2: Generator MVAR Limit Check
– Backs off or enforces MVAR limits– Checks for controller oscillation
» Generators that appear to be oscillating between control settings are internally set off of control
– Updates mismatch and voltage vectors» Incorporates voltage vector changes by processing
generators in series
• Step 3: Solve DC line equations
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Step 4: Switched Shunt Control
• Step 4: Switched shunt control– Checks regulated buses for voltage limit violations and adjusts
switched shunt control appropriately» Also can control the total VAR output for generators
controlling the voltage at a particular bus (good for modelling a shunt which maintains VAR reserves)
– Checks for controller oscillations» Switched shunts that appear to be oscillating between
control settings are internally set off of control– Updates mismatch and voltage vectors
» Incorporates voltage vector changes by processing switched shunts in series
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Step 5: Transforming Switching
• Step 5: Transformer switching– Checks regulated Voltages, MVAR flows, and MW flows
for limit violations and adjusts transformer controls– Checks for controller oscillations
» Transformers that appear to be oscillating between control settings are internally set off of control
– Updates mismatch and voltage vectors» Incorporates vector changes by building a cross-
sensitivity matrix for all transformers being switched, and processes all switching transformers in parallel
» This requires the construction and factorization of a full matrix dimensioned by the number of transformers which need to be switched. Normally a small number are switched each time.
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• Pre-processing – Angle Smoothing, Remote Viability Check, Area Generator Estimation
• Repeat (MW Control Loop)– Repeat (Controller Loop)
• 1: Repeat (InnerPower Flow loop)– Evaluation Mismatch– Optionally (enforce Generator MVAR
limits at each step)– Perform power flow step
» Newton’s Method» Decoupled Power Flow» Polar Newton
• Until no more mismatch (or max iteration)• 2: Generator MVAR Limit Checking• 3: DC Line Solution• 4: Switched Shunt Control Switching• 5: Transformer switching
– Until no more control switching is required (or at max iteration)– Change generation/load to meet ACE requirements
• Redispatches generation/load using the AGC control method for area (island)• Until no more generation changes are required
Complete Process
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Generator MVar Modeling
• Example Case from Bill Smith, Powersmiths International
• 4 generators • 2 branches
6JASPER
1JASPGT1 1JASPGT2 1JASPGT3 1JASPST1
Jasper 2
162.10 MW
0.00 Mvar
162.10 MW
0.00 Mvar
162.10 MW
0.00 Mvar
388.40 MW
0.00 Mvar
1.0204 pu 1.0203 pu
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Generator MVar Modeling:A branch outage occurs
• Take one of the branches out of service• Results in an unsolved power flow
– See depressed per unit voltage = Voltage Collapse
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What about the Generator MVarvoltage support?
• This voltage collapse occurred, but notice that the generators are all still operating at 0 MVaroutput
• If they were operating with more MVars they could prevent the collapse
• Use the “Check Immediately” option on the Solution Options
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Message Log Comparisons
Starting Single Solution using Rectangular Newton-RaphsonWarning - Total of case transactions do not sum to zero -
Case has 332.00 MW more imports than exportsNumber: 0 Max P: 424.428 at bus 6JASPER (12429)
Max Q: 144.033 at bus 6PURRYSB (13236)Number: 1 Max P: 93.225 at bus 6JASPER (12429)
Max Q: 99.736 at bus 6JASPER (12429)Gen(s) at bus 1JASPGT1 (12831) has backed off var limitGen(s) at bus 1JASPGT2 (12832) has backed off var limitGen(s) at bus 1JASPGT3 (12833) has backed off var limitGen(s) at bus 1JASPST1 (12834) has backed off var limitOther Gen Var ChangesNumber: 2 Max P: 1.860 at bus 6JASPER (12429)
Max Q: 3.816 at bus 12JEFFH6 (13028)Other Gen Var ChangesNumber: 3 Max P: 0.163 at bus 6JASPER (12429)
Max Q: 2.064 at bus 12JEFFH6 (13028)Number: 4 Max P: 0.002 at bus 6JASPER (12429)
Max Q: 0.015 at bus 12JEFFH6 (13028)Other Gen MW ChangesGeneration Adjustment Completed.Number: 0 Max P: 3.056 at bus 1AMW (12800)
Max Q: 0.015 at bus 12JEFFH6 (13028)Number: 1 Max P: 0.017 at bus 1VOGTLE2 (15102)
Max Q: 0.026 at bus 1AMW (12800)Number: 0 Max P: 0.017 at bus 1VOGTLE2 (15102)
Max Q: 0.026 at bus 1AMW (12800)Simulation: Successful Power Flow SolutionSingle Solution Finished in 2.516 Seconds
Starting Single Solution using Rectangular Newton-RaphsonWarning - Total of case transactions do not sum to zero -
Case has 332.00 MW more imports than exportsNumber: 0 Max P: 424.429 at bus 6JASPER (12429)
Max Q: 144.033 at bus 6PURRYSB (13236)Number: 1 Max P: 93.170 at bus 6JASPER (12429)
Max Q: 99.728 at bus 6JASPER (12429)Number: 2 Max P: 4.865 at bus 6PURRYSB (13236)
Max Q: 11.950 at bus 6JASPER (12429)Number: 3 Max P: 0.532 at bus 6PURRYSB (13236)
Max Q: 4.336 at bus 1JASPST1 (12834)Number: 4 Max P: 0.337 at bus 6PURRYSB (13236)
Max Q: 3.565 at bus 1JASPST1 (12834)Number: 5 Max P: 0.337 at bus 6PURRYSB (13236)
Max Q: 3.565 at bus 1JASPST1 (12834)NR PowerFlow - Power flow unable to convergeSimulation: Power Flow did not Converge!Single Solution Finished in 3.047 Seconds
Voltage Collapse Occurs –This is seen by the fact that the Reactive Power Equations can not converge
Solution sees the voltages begin to fall and backs off the minimum MVar limits to provide voltage support
Voltage Collapse Check Immediately Enabled
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Voltage Collapse
• If Voltage Support Devices are missing from an area it can result in Voltage Collapse
• Once this situation occurs, even closing in the capacitors will not bring the voltages back up– You often get a low voltage
solution.
Unsolved Voltage Collapse
Cap at 8290 closed, but voltage still low
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Recovering From a Low Voltage Solution
• First Choice: Go back to an original “good”case and recreate your case
• Second Choice: Isolate the area with low voltage and resolve– Then bring back in the area that collapse slowly.
• Third Choice: Try the flat start solution with the Robust Solution Process
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Result after:Robust Solution Process
• Solution is achieved!• However there seems to
be new spot of low voltages
M ARFA 2
MARAIR 2
VALTN TP2
ALAM ITO 4
ALAMI TO 2
BRYAN T2
CI EN EGA2
ATKI N SN 2
SH AFTER2
PRSID I O
PRSID I O 2
PAI SAN O 2
RGECAPT2
ALPI N E 2 ALPI N ER2
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What does the “Robust Solution Process” do
• Starts by disabling all controls– Disable LTC, Phases, Switched Shunts, AGC, Gen MVar
Limit Enforment• Solve using a Decoupled Power Flow• Solve using the Rectangular Newton• Enable Gen MVar Limits • Enable Shunts, Solve Newton• Enable LTCs, Solve Newton• Enable AGC, Solve Newton• Enabled phase shifters one at a time and solve
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Problems with Decoupled Power Flow Solution
• Decoupled Solution has a lot of trouble with transmission lines with high R/X ratios
• The Right is a close-up of the region from the previous solution which resulted in low voltages– Notice that R/X values are very large!– Normal Value about 0.2– These are 1.5 and higher.
• This can be fixed by opening the series of lines, solving, closing the line back in, and resolving.
R=X=
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ALAMITO2
BRYANT2
CIENEGA2
ATKINSN2
SHAFTER2
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Other Problems with Decoupled
• The Robust Solution Method often works great in the WECC and the ERCOT cases, so do not hesitate to use it there.
• However, we have not had great success on extremely large cases of the Eastern Interconnect
• This is a topic we will be researching more this summer
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Setting up an Initial OPF Case
• The first step in setting up an Initial OPF Case is to obtain Cost Information for your generators
• Example: Load Case2-OPF.pwb (has cost info)• Choose LP OPF, Primal LP
– We end up with 45 unenforceable constraints• Of these many seem to be caused by radial
– Change Limit Monitoring Settings to “Ignore Radial Lines and Buses”
• Radial Bus is connected to the system by only one transmission line
• Radial Line is a line connected to a radial bus.– Choosing this reduces the unenforceable list to 29
constraints.
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Unenforceable Constraints
• If you look at the MW and MVar flows on these lines you’ll find that many have VERY large MVar flows– Add Columns for Max MW and Max MVar on LP
OPF, Lines and Transformers• If you look through the case, you’ll find many
very strange LTC tap ratio settings• Also some are due to phase-shifters being in
series with an overloaded branch
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Reset the Tap Settings
• We will set all transformers on tap control to have a ratio of 1.00– AUX File: case2-OPF Change Transformers.aux
• Also will change all phase-shifters to be controlled by the OPF solution– Phase Shifters have three control options
• None – leave at a fixed angle• Power Flow – Allow the power flow solution to
dispatch according to the setpoints of the controller• OPF – Allow the OPF’s linear program to “dispatch”
the transformer for a more global optimization
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Unenforceable Constraints Left
• This results in a reduced list of 17 unenforceable constraints
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A Closer Look
• Look more closely at the majority of the remaining unenforceable constraints – Continues to show a large number of under radial
elements which should probably just be ignored• A handful of elements require greater study
– Breakdown and just start drawing a onelinediagram to represent this part of the system
– You will start to see what the problem is• Changes required are described in
– AUX File: case2-OPF Monitor Changes.aux
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Example: Internal Shawvill
Rest of the System
Four of the stepup transformers experience high loadings. I choose to just ignore these limits.
The lines from 426-228 and 423 - 426 also experience high loadings because the generators are all at their low limits and can not back down far enought to remove these problems.
To fix this, I have turned off generators at buses 431 and 424
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15.1 MW 8.3 Mvar
15.1 MW -13.0 Mvar
18.7 MW 7.5 Mvar
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P-BURG 1265
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300ROCK MT
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Example: Internal MERCK
4217-4216 line has a large impedance of 0.15 compared to the lines 4214-4217, 4214-4215, 4216-4215 which have impedances of 0.0002
This means that 4216-4217 will NEVER have any flow on it. Thus the line 4214-4217 is essentially radial.
NWALES4212 59.29 $/MWh
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After these changes we remove all unenforceable Constraints
• Still some very high cost constraints remain• BIRDBORO – Pine LNE = 772.8 $/MVAhr
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Birdboro – Pine LNE
• Yellow Region forms a “load pocket” for two large loads – 85.3 MW – 193.7 MW
• The 69 kV lines feeding this region have high loadings
1562BIRDBORO
1553ARMORCST
1563BIRDFERO
1582LORANE
1593PINE LNE
1600SREADING
1611W.BOYTWN
1590NBOYERTO
1596RNGROCKS
1567CONTY LN
1575K.B.I.
1156NBOYERTO
1556BARTO
1566CLOUSER
1570E.TOPTON
1569E PENN
1573FRIEDNBG
1576KUTZTOWN
1584LYONS
1565CARSONIA
1555BALDY
1154LYONS
1588MOSELEM
1564CAR TECH
1585MC-KN GP
1583LYNNVILE
1568DANA
1592OUTR STA
1574GLENSIDE
1595RIVRVIEW
1571EXIDE
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1612W.RDG
1589MUHLENBG
1591NTEMPLE
1554AT&T
1561BERNVILL
1577LEESPORT
1599S.HAMBRG
1605ST PETRS
1715HILL RD
1579LINC 821
1580LINC 822
1609CORSTK T
1587MG IND T
1597ROSEDALE
1560BERN CH
1557BERK 24
1578LEESPORT
1552ALTN CMT
1716HILL RD
1551ADAMSTWN
1581LINCOLN
1610U.CORSTK
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1604SPG VAL
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1603SIMON TP
1717PANTHER
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Contour of Prices aroundBirdboro – Pine Lne
• Load Pocket• These prices could be
reasonable.1562BIRDBORO
1553ARMORCST
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1582LORANE
1593PINE LNE
1600SREADING
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1596RNGROCKS
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1569E PENN
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1584LYONS
1565CARSONIA
1555BALDY
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1564CAR TECH
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1595RIVRVIEW
1571EXIDE
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1597ROSEDALE
1560BERN CH
1557BERK 24
1578LEESPORT
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Taking out the negative loads at NAZARETH and then an equivalent amount of positive load at SIEGRIE results in relieving the very difficult to remove overloads on these branches.
0.99 pu KEY CM 13390-86.64 $/MWh
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0.97 puSIEGFRIE3408 78.20 $/MWh
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1.01 pu SIEGFRIE3081 59.99 $/MWh
1.01 pu PALM T13403 65.58 $/MWh
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1.04 pu MARTINSC3174 27.90 $/MWh
1.03 pu CH HL T13375 15.59 $/MWh
1.03 pu LSTAR T13392 32.02 $/MWh
1 03 pu LSTAR T23393 32.02 $/MWh
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Difficult OPF Solutions Summary
• Look for radial systems and “load pockets”• Look for generators or phase-shifters which can
relieve problems– Give the OPF more controls to FIX the problems
• Look for constraints which don’t make sense– Radial lines serving load– Radial transformers/lines leaving generators
• Use your judgement to setup a reasonable case• Realize that some unenforceable constraints are
inevitable at first