00000ctm a22000004a 4500 UP-99796217608094507 Buklod 20230503092542.0 m |o d | ta 070727s2004 xx r |||| u|eng d (iLib)UPD-00000523561 DENGII eng LG 993.5 2004 E64 B37 Basa, Joris Noel P. Solution to the unit commitment and economic dispatch problem of Luzon grid to optimize NPC and Meralco bilateral contracts with independent power producers Joris Noel P. Basa. 2004. vi, 38 leaves 1 laser optical disc Thesis (B.S. Electrical Engineering)--University of the Philippines, Diliman. The price of electricity is dependent on the costs of operation of the power system. On the generation sector, production costs are mostly in the form of fuel costs for the operation of the generators. Fuel costs alone would oftentimes comprise about eighty to ninety percent of the total operation cost of generators. These fuel costs are related to the power generated and are directly passed on the consumers. Thus management of the generators is needed for economic purposes. Minimization of costs is necessary so as to keep prices as low as possible. Minimization of costs or optimization can be done through economic load dispatch alongside unit commitment. Use of these concepts should be done in order to obtain a desirable condition. That is, obtaining a reliable scheduling for generator operations that would generate minimal costs. The power system of the Philippines is to undergo deregulation. With deregulation, participants would be allowed to undergo bilateral agreements. To maintain optimization in a deregulated market, economic load dispatch and unit commitment would be done taking into consideration the effects of the terms stated within the bilateral contracts. Based upon the agreement between two parties, basically between the generator and the consumer, the terms and conditions stated in a bilateral contract would affect the costs in the operation of the generator. Though the system in the Philippines is to be deregulated, regulation would still be needed in terms of supervising terms of bilateral contracts. Since the bilateral contracts currently in action are those between NPC, Meralco and different independent power producers (IPP's) the effects are directly reflected on the consumers billing thus the need for a reliable way of handling generators with bilateral contracts. Electric power-plants Load. Philippines Luzon. Electric power systems Mathematical models. Philippines Luzon. Electric power systems Load dispatching. Independent Power Producers. Unit commitment. National Power Corporation. Thesis FI UP UPD DENG-II LG 993.5 2004 E64 B37 Thesis