Optimal solution of reliability constrained unit commitment using hybrid genetic algorithm-priority list method

This paper presents the completion of unit commitment (UC) problem using genetic algorithm based on priority list approach. In solving this UC problem, reliability constraint is also considered to increase the feasibility of the obtained solution. Reliability constraint used in this paper is loss of load probability index to evaluate the required spinning reserve. Meanwhile, the sub problem, economic load dispatch problem is solved by using lambda iteration. This method is tested on case study 26 unit system. Priority list which is used in this paper can make genetic algorithm to convergence better and faster. The results of the proposed hybrid method are compared with other methods referred in this paper.