A Practical Scheme for Transmission Loss Allocation to Generators and Loads in Restructured Power Systems

This paper presents a practical scheme that can be used for allocating the transmission loss to generators and loads. In this scheme first the share of a generator or load on the current through a branch is determined using Z-bus modified matrix. Then the current components are decomposed and the branch loss allocation is obtained. A motivation of proposed scheme is to improve the results of Z-bus method and to reach more fair allocation. The proposed scheme has been implemented and tested on several networks. To achieve practical and applicable results, the proposed scheme is simulated and compared on the transmission network (400kv) of Khorasan region in Iran and the 14-bus standard IEEE network. The results show that the proposed scheme is comprehensive and fair to allocating the energy losses of a power market to its participants.

• M.R. Ebrahimi
• M. Ehsan

• Transmission Loss
• Loss Allocation
• Z-bus modifiedmatrix
• current Components Decomposition and Restructured PowerSystems

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