Visualizing power system operations in an open market

摘要: All players in the US electricity industry must understand how specific generation decisions, wheeling arrangements, and legislative initiatives affect system operations. This article features PowerWorld, a comprehensive power simulation package developed to help meet this need. The is designed for many new who will never operate an actual but have basic understanding of its package, which runs Microsoft Windows environment, user friendly, interactive, menu driven. It effectively uses visualization techniques present basics operations control simply, yet also with level detail accurately model large-scale systems realistically appropriate fidelity. has been demonstrated policy makers, analysts, small large utilities, regulatory decision makers both nationally internationally. found be very effective tool communicating technical economic impacts third-party access.