A Review on Congestion Management in Power System

Over last few years, restructuring is overtaking with rapid pace over all possible areas, including power supply industry. Restructuring introduces some tremendous changes. Nowadays electricity is not just a form of energy; moreover, it has been transformed into deregulated commodity. To meet such a high and ever-growing demand in competitive market led the way for myriad participants. This causes overload and congestion in the transmission line. In addition, open access transmission network triggers more serious congestion problems. Thereby, management of congestion in power systems is closely related and critical to the electricity power market. This paper reviews the work on congestion management focusing related publications.