TY - JFULL AU - A. Ehsani and A. Karimizadeh and H. Fallahi and A. Jalali PY - 2009/1/ TI - A Comparison of Deterministic and Probabilistic Methods for Determining the Required Amount of Spinning Reserve T2 - International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering SP - 2378 EP - 2384 VL - 3 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/1074 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 36, 2009 N2 - In an electric power system, spinning reserve requirements can be determined by using deterministic and/or probabilistic measures. Although deterministic methods are usual in many systems, application of probabilistic methods becomes increasingly important in the new environment of the electric power utility industry. This is because of the increased uncertainty associated with competition. In this paper 1) a new probabilistic method is presented which considers the reliability of transmission system in a simplified manner and 2) deterministic and probabilistic methods are compared. The studied methods are applied to the Roy Billinton Test System (RBTS). ER -