Long-term transmission and generation maintenance scheduling with network, fuel and emission constraints

An integrated long-term scheduler (LTS) for a GENCO with local transmission lines and numerous constraints is proposed. The proposed algorithm extends the Benders decomposition to include network, fuel and emission constraints into LTS. The local network is modeled as a probabilistic problem to include the effect of generation and transmission outages. The proposed algorithm will be used by GENCO planners and ISO for ATC calculations.