This unit covers optimal operating states; automatic control and monitoring measures; supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system and its functions; load forecasting; state estimation; generator unit commitment; load dispatching; automatic generation control; optimal power flow; static and dynamic security assessments; load shedding; alarm processing; maintenance scheduling; cost accounting; computer resource requirements; objective functions; generation cost minimisation; network active-power loss minimisation; control variables; network operating constraints; comparisons among different formulations; security-constrained optimal power flow; inclusion of post-contingency... -- Course Website