In the deregulated power market environment, distributed generation (DG) is an effective
approach to manage performance, operation and control of the distribution system. Methods …

The primary goal of this work is to investigate the problem of integrating distributed
generators (DG), from a planning perspective. It relies on an optimization model with …

This paper presents a methodology to determine the optimal distribution system feeder
reconfiguration and distributed generation placement simultaneously, and is optimal in that …

Deployment of energy storage systems (ESSs) is gaining significant momentum due to
economic incentives, power system regulation requirements, and integration of renewable …

With the wider integration of renewable energy, the reliability performance of microgrids
becomes a pressing issue because most renewable energy sources are intermittent. As …

This study presents a framework for solving the optimal distribution system reconfiguration
problem with an objective of reliability improvement. The framework proposed in this paper …

This study describes a method for reliability improvement of microgrids via feeder
reconfiguration. The work presented in this paper is developed based on a linearized …

Autonomous, customer-driven microgrids can harden power systems by providing significant
reliability and security benefits. However, these benefits can best be achieved by utilities …

A completely decentralized system to discover the capacity of a micro-grid in a distribution
feeder is presented. It is shown that in a multi-agent system with only neighbor-neighbor …

This paper introduces an enhanced Genetic Algorithm (GA) that uses the concept of
sensitivity analysis to develop an encoding strategy for improving the computational …