Optimizing Intra-State Generation Dispatch for Economic Efficiency: A Case Study at State Level in India

Presently, across the States in India, intraday variation of RE generation and demand are primarily managed by ramping generating units, electricity procurement through interstate transactions and power exchanges. While such an operational procedure provides flexibility and accommodates regional energy needs, it also introduces complexities in maintaining economic efficiency and system security. In federally structured power systems, like Indian grid, where individual generators may have multiple contracts with different entitlement capacity mapped to various distribution companies, maintaining economic efficiency while ensuring system security becomes even more challenging with existing practice of Merit