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capital cost recovery with marginal generation prices. On the transmission side, he demonstrated why marginal prices fail to recover the total incurred network costs. Later on, he added major contributions to the security of supply debate, formulating in the context of the redesign of the
Colombian capacity payments mechanism in 1999 the reliability options mechanism, the base of the capacity auction mechanisms later implemented in Colombia and New England. He has also worked intensively on the regulatory design of regional markets (both in Central America and in European Union) as well as on end-user tariff design. In 2013 he edited the book
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analytical framework allows approaching large and complex linear time-invariant dynamic system problems (such as dynamic stability analysis, or the determination of coherent generator groups and dynamic equivalents in transient stability studies) through a reduction technique that extracts the relevant quantitative and qualitative information. This framework was later applied intensively to solve different power system stability and control problems, such as the analysis of the oscillatory stability and control, subsynchronous resonance or multi-area analysis of small signal stability.
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and decomposition approaches to tackle optimal reactive power planning problems. During this period he also contributed to computer-aided optimization design of electrical machines and other industrial equipment and to the development of expert systems with applications to the design and incipient default detection in industrial systems.
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of power generation systems; transmission and distribution of electricity; and electricity sector regulation including issues related to transport, supply security, the design of regional wholesale markets and rates and, more recently, the sustainability of energy models and universal access to energy.
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In the late 1980s and early 1990s, his research was focused on the development of new algorithms and methodologies to support the operation and planning of electric power systems. Among other contributions, he developed pioneering models for computation of spot prices in interconnected power systems
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The research activity of Pérez-Arriaga has been focused on the analysis of electric power systems, but it has been in permanent evolution. Through different stages, his research interests have included modeling, control and stability analysis of power systems; optimization of expansion and operation
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He carried on with the seminal works of his mentor Prof. Schweppe on marginal pricing theories applied to power systems; on the generation side, he formulated the foundation for wholesale pricing considering generation operation and planning constraints and identifying the reasons for mismatches in
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His contributions in the field of electrical engineering began with the completion of his PhD at MIT under the supervision of Prof. Fred
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Argentinean power sector restructuring, he began working on the analysis of the best regulatory methodologies for pricing power transmission services, formulating the principle of beneficiary pays for network cost allocation. Since then, he has devoted a
309:. The group does research in LMICs, builds computational models for electrification planning, uses machine learning and remote sensing techniques for electricity demand and access rate estimation, and provides regulatory advice. Pérez-Arriaga directs the
330:"Selective Modal Analysis with Application to Electric Power Systems, Part I: Heuristic Introduction", IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems, Vol. PAS-101, no.9, September 1982, pp. 3117–3125 (co-authors: G.C. Verghese and F.C. Schweppe).
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Pérez-Arriaga's current research interests are focused on power sector regulation and master electrification planning for universal energy access and energy for growth in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). He is the principal investigator of the
339:"On sensitivities, Residues and Participations. Applications to Oscillatory Stability Analysis and Control", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. PWRS-4, no. 1, February 1989, pp. 278–285 (co-authors: F. Luis Pagola, George C. Verghese).
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Pérez-Arriaga has supervised more than 25 doctoral theses, one hundred master theses, edited three books, published one book and more than two hundred articles in international conferences and journals. Some selected references of his work are:
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336:"A security constrained decomposition approach to optimal reactive power planning", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 6, no. 2, August 1991, pp. 1069–1076 (co-authors: T. Gómez, J. Lumbreras and V.M. Parra).
348:"Marginal pricing of transmission services: an analysis of cost recovery," IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 546–553, Feb 1995 (co-authors: F. J. Rubio, J. F. Puerta, J. Arceluz, J. Marin).
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342:"Multi-area analysis of small signal stability in large electric power systems by SMA", IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. vol. PWRS 8, no. 3, pp. 1257–1265, Agosto 1993 (co-authors: F. L. Rouco).
222:(IPCC). He has also rendered consultant services for governments and regulatory authorities, international institutions, industrial associations and utilities in over 30 countries.
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Pagola, F.L.; Perez-Arriaga, I.J.; Verghese, George C. (1989). "On sensitivities, residues and participations: Applications to oscillatory stability analysis and control".
351:“A market approach to long-term security of supply”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 349–357, May 2002 (co-authors: C. Vázquez, M Rivier).
333:"JUANAC: A model for computation of spot prices in interconnected power systems", 10th PSCC Conference, Graz. Austria, Aug. 1989 (co-authors: M. Rivier and G. Luengo).
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Perez-Arriaga, I.J.; Verghese, G.C.; Schweppe, F.C. (1982). "Selective Modal
Analysis with Applications to Electric Power Systems, PART I: Heuristic Introduction".
345:”Wholesale marginal prices in competitive generation markets”, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, May 1997, vol. 12, no. 2. (Co-author: Claudia Meseguer Velasco).
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Perez-Arriaga, I.J.; Rubio, F.J.; Puerta, J.F.; Arceluz, J.; Marin, J. (1995). "Marginal pricing of transmission services: An analysis of cost recovery".
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Gomez, T.; Perez-Arriaga, I.J.; Lumbreras, J.; Parra, V.M. (1991). "A security-constrained decomposition approach to optimal reactive power planning".
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Rouco, L; Perez-Arriaga, I.J. (1993). "Multi-area analysis of small signal stability in large electric power systems by SMA".
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