Two aspects of small signal analysis of power systems are investigated in this dissertation. The first part presents the eigenvalue tracking method for power system stabilizer (PSS) placement. Traditional methods for determining PSS placements are based on the analysis of the interconnected...

This thesis addresses the explicit representation of demand-side resources as participants in the day-ahead electricity markets and assesses their impacts on schedul-ing and prices. These resources offer to reduce their loads and compete side-by-side with the supply-side resources in the hourly...