Operating reserve and reliability analysis of the Taiwan power system

A probabilistic approach to examining the effect of operating reserve on the reliability and security of the Taiwan power system is developed. To evaluate the probability of failure to carry load in system operation, an extension of the original PJM (Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland) method is presented. System security is analysed using the reliable emergency output power (REOP) index. The proposed methods are applied to evaluate the reliability and security of the Taiwan power system using the operating records of the past five years. 32 load patterns are examined for each year to cover the different seasons of the year, the different days of the week and the peak and off-peak periods of the day. The factors affecting system reliability and security such as the amount and type of spinning reserves and the availability of rapid-start units are extensively examined. It is found that the presented probabilistic approach can provide valuable information which can assist the system operators to reach a secure and reliable, as well as economical, unit commitment strategy.