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Power Systems Operation: Old vs. New

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Power Systems Restructuring

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In this chapter, we describe the basic tasks of power system operation by first reviewing these for today’s industry, and then describing possible solutions for the evolving industry. We suggest that the new solutions strongly depend on the type of the electricity market (system structure) in place and illustrate possible solutions in the context of specific representative system structures.

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Ilić, M., Galiana, F. (1998). Power Systems Operation: Old vs. New. In: Power Systems Restructuring. The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2883-5_2

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