Transient Stability-Constrained OPF: Neural Network Surrogate Models and Pricing Stability

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Main Authors: Garcia, Manuel, LoGiudice, Nicole, Parker, Robert, Bent, Russell
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Published: 2025
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author Garcia, Manuel
LoGiudice, Nicole
Parker, Robert
Bent, Russell
author_facet Garcia, Manuel
LoGiudice, Nicole
Parker, Robert
Bent, Russell
contents A Transient Stability-Constrained Optimal Power Flow (TSC-OPF) problem is proposed that enforces frequency stability constraints using Neural Network (NN) surrogate models. NNs are trained using a novel model-driven active sampling algorithm that iteratively generates NN training data located near the stability boundary and contained within the feasible set of the Alternating Current Optimal Power Flow (AC-OPF) problem. In the context of wholesale electricity markets, pricing structures are analyzed along with their dependencies on the selected input features to the NN surrogate model. An important insight identifies a trade-off between the accuracy of the NN surrogate model and sensible locational pricing structures. NN surrogate models for frequency stability are validated by ensuring the resulting TSC-OPF solution is stable over randomly generated load samples using a small Hawaii test case. The proposed TSC-OPF problem is shown to significantly enhance frequency stability at low computational cost and low financial cost to the system. For certain selections of NN inputs, the TSC-OPF problem is able to stabilize all load scenarios for which the solution to the AC-OPF problem resulted in instability.
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spellingShingle Transient Stability-Constrained OPF: Neural Network Surrogate Models and Pricing Stability
Garcia, Manuel
LoGiudice, Nicole
Parker, Robert
Bent, Russell
Optimization and Control
A Transient Stability-Constrained Optimal Power Flow (TSC-OPF) problem is proposed that enforces frequency stability constraints using Neural Network (NN) surrogate models. NNs are trained using a novel model-driven active sampling algorithm that iteratively generates NN training data located near the stability boundary and contained within the feasible set of the Alternating Current Optimal Power Flow (AC-OPF) problem. In the context of wholesale electricity markets, pricing structures are analyzed along with their dependencies on the selected input features to the NN surrogate model. An important insight identifies a trade-off between the accuracy of the NN surrogate model and sensible locational pricing structures. NN surrogate models for frequency stability are validated by ensuring the resulting TSC-OPF solution is stable over randomly generated load samples using a small Hawaii test case. The proposed TSC-OPF problem is shown to significantly enhance frequency stability at low computational cost and low financial cost to the system. For certain selections of NN inputs, the TSC-OPF problem is able to stabilize all load scenarios for which the solution to the AC-OPF problem resulted in instability.
title Transient Stability-Constrained OPF: Neural Network Surrogate Models and Pricing Stability
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.01844