Impact of controlled load on the Latvian power system stability

Abstract

In most countries, electricity is bought and sold at regulated and non-regulated prices. Non-regulated prices are mainly set on the wholesale electricity market and can significantly increase during peak periods due to input of more expensive generation. Another problem, which leads to an increase in prices on the market, is to achieve the carrying capacity of certain sections that does not allow transferring the necessary amount of electricity in the deficit area. At that, overloaded network elements are more prone to emergency shutdown that is not allowable in the peak periods, because it can cause serious system failures. One of the problem solutions may be a load regulation, which, in its turn, may provide both long-term and short-term perspectives. Long-term perspective is aimed to improve energy efficiency carrying out the modernization and reconstruction of the main equipment or the construction of generation sources, etc. Short-term perspective is focused directly on demand management. This article discusses the possible scenarios of the impact of regulated load on the stability of the Latvian power system, based on the power system model circuit created in the software ETAP POWER STATION.