GENETIC ALGORITHM BASED AVAILABLE TRANSFER CAPABILITY CALCULATIONS

In the present power market a large number of transmi ssion transactions are required to meet the heavy competition in the electrical industry. These transactions are limited by the system design and operating conditions. The determination of Available Transfer Capability plays an important role in the electr ical power market for reserving transmission services, emergency transfers and scheduling energy transactions. This paper reports the application of Genetic Algorithm on a standard IEEE - 14 bus system to solve the Available Transfer Capability (ATC) problem . The results are compared with those obtained using the Newton - Raphson method.