




}, keywords = {deferred capital investments, distributed generation, distribution system reliability impact, electric power generation, electric utilities, electricity supply industry, power distribution reliability, predictive reliability assessment tools, protection coordination, short circuit levels, voltage flicker, voltage regulation, voltage support}, issn = {0-7803-7173-9 }, doi = {10.1109/PESS.2001.970197}, author = {Richard E. Brown and Lavelle A. A. Freeman} } @proceedings {3354, title = {Siting Distributed Generation to Defer T\&D Expansion}, journal = {Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition, 2001 IEEE/PES}, volume = {2}, year = {2001}, month = {10/2001}, pages = {622-627}, address = {Atlanta, GA}, abstract = {

Distributed generation (DG) offers anattractive alternative to T\&D expansion. Instead of expanding existing substations, building new transmission lines, and building new substations, DG can be used to accommodate new load growth and provide relief for overloaded components. Additional attractive features include: low capital cost, low fuel cost, low O\&M cost, modularity, ease in siting and short lead times. This paper presents a successive elimination algorithm capable of identifying the number, size and location of distributed generators needed to optimally defer T\&D expansion. This algorithm is applied to a utility test system and results are discussed.

}, keywords = {deferred investments, der, distributed generation, successive elimination algorithm, t\&d, T\&D expansion planning}, isbn = {0-7803-7285-9}, doi = {10.1109/TDC.2001.971309}, author = {Richard E. Brown and Jiuping Pan and Xiaoming Feng and Krassimir Koutlev} }