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Estimating operational costs in an electric utility

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  • Campbell, KW
  • Murphy, FH
  • Soyster, AL

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Generation expansion planning in the electric utility industry requires consideration of uncertainties in both the demand and supply of electric power. The expected demand is usually expressed via a load-duration curve, while, on the supply side, each generating unit has a given nameplate capacity and a predicted reliability. This paper focuses on considerations of the supply-side uncertainties and their effects on estimating operating costs in electric utility planning. However, the methods and analysis developed in this paper may be applicable to a wider class of production planning problems which deal with any nonstorable product with time varying demand. Two methods for estimating the energy generation from each generating unit are compared. The first is the method of probabilistic simulation, while the second involves a heuristic technique usually denoted the derating method. A bias inherent in the derating method is examined by comparing it with a probabilistic simulation method. The bias is examined for various load curve shapes. In certain cases, a closed form expression for the bias is obtained. However, a closed form expression of the bias for an arbitrary load curve is difficult to achieve. In these situations some examples are studied in which the trend of the relative bias among plants in the loading order is examined. Finally, the bias is examined using actual 1977 load and supply data for some New England utilities.

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  • Campbell, KW & Murphy, FH & Soyster, AL, 1982. "Estimating operational costs in an electric utility," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 10(4), pages 373-382.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:jomega:v:10:y:1982:i:4:p:373-382
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    1. Frederic H. Murphy & Howard J. Weiss, 1990. "An approach to modeling electric utility capacity expansion planning," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 37(6), pages 827-845, December.
    2. Frederic H. Murphy & Zhong Xian Wang, 1993. "A network reformulation of an electric utility expansion planning model," Naval Research Logistics (NRL), John Wiley & Sons, vol. 40(4), pages 451-457, June.

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