71ASimpleSecurity-ConstrainedOptimalOperationMethodforPowerSystemsJi-HorngLiawChing-TzongSuDepartmentofElectricalEngineeringChienKuoInstituteofTechnologyInstituteofElectricalEngineeringNationalChungChengUniversityAbstractAsimpleoptimaleconomicoperationmethodconsideringgenerationandlinecapacitylimitsforpowersystemsisintroduced.ADCpowerflowandlinearprogrammingareemployedtosolvetheproblem.Multifariouscongestionconditionsaresimulated,andsensitivityfactorsareappliedtodeterminethemosteffectiveinterruptibleloadforload-sheddingtomitigatetransmissioncongestion.A6-busexamplesystemisillustratedtoshowtheapplicabilityandeffectivenessoftheproposedmethod.Keywordscongestion,sensitivity,loadshedding,powerflow72