Course Details

This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

• Power System Planning Engineers
• Grid Operations and Control Center Staff
• Transmission and Distribution Engineers
• Regulatory and Technical Consultants
• Utility Asset Management Professionals

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants should be able to:

• Formulate and solve the economic dispatch problem efficiently and accurately.
• Conduct long-term forecasting for load growth and energy requirements effectively.
• Evaluate and plan new generation and transmission expansion projects reliably.
• Design and implement frequency and voltage control strategies successfully.
• Analyze and mitigate risks associated with system blackouts and contingencies.
• Utilize advanced control techniques in modern Energy Management Systems.

DAY 1

Foundations and Load Forecasting

• Welcome and Introduction
• Pre-test
• Overview of the modern power system planning process
• Hierarchical levels of power system control and operation
• Techniques for short-term and long-term load forecasting
• Understanding the impact of renewable energy on forecasting
• Reliability concepts and indices (SAIDI, SAIFI, MAIFI)
• Economic and regulatory factors influencing planning decisions

DAY 2

Economic Operation and Generation Planning

• Principles of unit commitment and economic dispatch
• Solving the economic dispatch problem with transmission constraints
• Optimization methods for minimizing fuel costs and emissions
• Generation expansion planning fundamentals and methodologies
• Integrated resource planning (IRP) for long-term adequacy
• Role of demand-side management (DSM) in planning

DAY 3

Transmission and Distribution Planning

• Evaluation of transmission system steady-state performance
• Transmission line expansion planning and siting considerations
• Distribution system planning, automation, and smart grid concepts
• Reactive power planning and voltage profile optimization
• Contingency analysis for N-1 and N-2 reliability standards
• Power system reliability assessment techniques

DAY 4

Power System Control

• Introduction to Energy Management Systems (EMS) architecture
• Automatic Generation Control (AGC) for frequency regulation
• Voltage control methods using tap changers, capacitors, and reactors
• SCADA system operation and data acquisition for control
• State estimation and bad data detection techniques
• Wide-Area Monitoring Systems (WAMS) and phasor measurement units (PMUs)

DAY 5

System Security and Modern Trends

• Security analysis, vulnerability, and system defense strategies
• Blackout prevention and restoration procedures
• Power system dynamics and transient stability control
• Planning for distributed generation and microgrids
• Cybersecurity considerations for grid control systems
• Post-test
• Certificate ceremony