Concepts of undervoltage load shedding for voltage stability

Abstract

Undervoltage load shedding is an economical solution (or partial solution) to the voltage stability challenges facing electric utilities. Simulations for an equivalent system and for large-scale representation of the Puget Sound (Seattle) area of the Pacific northwest led to several concepts for an undervoltage load-shedding program. Application factors such as undervoltage relay settings and time delay are discussed. Pacific northwest utilities are implementing undervoltage load shedding for the 1991-2 winter operation period.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>