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This paper presents a novel stochastic planning framework for the integration of renewable distributed energy resources (DERs) into existing power systems without relying on new investments in the transmission networks. The upper-level problem of the proposed model aims at minimizing the total expected social cost of supplying demand that includes the expected cost of getting energy from conventional generating units and DERs, the congestion cost of transmission networks, and the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission cost, while each of the privately invested DER satisfies a specified rate of return. The lower-level problem clears the electricity market to find locational marginal prices (LMPs) and... 

Stalling of residential air conditioners (RACs) following a transient fault can delay the voltage recovery ranging from 3 to 20 seconds. This phenomenon is referred to as fault-induced delayed voltage recovery (FIDVR). Several aggregated RAC models have been presented to replicate the actual FIDVR events. However, they usually have two main drawbacks as: i) considering independent stalling voltage and stalling time for all RACs, ii) resulting in only two ultimate modes; either 100% stalled or 100% normal running. This paper amends the abovementioned shortcomings by proposing a simple and effective performance-based RAC model. The proposed model utilizes a simple explicit relation between the... 

Increasing the intermittent outputs of renewable energy sources (RESs) has forced planners to define a new concept named flexibility. In this regard, some short- and long-term solutions, such as transmission expansion planning (TEP) and energy storage systems (ESSs) have been suggested to improve the flexibility amount. A proper optimization procedure is required to choose an optimal solution to improve flexibility. Therefore, a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) direct-optimization TEP versus ESSs co-planning model is presented in this paper to enhance power system flexibility. In doing so, a novel RES-BESS-based grid-scale system flexibility metric is proposed to investigate the...