Coordination of Reactive Power Scheduling in a Multi-Area Power System Operated by Independent Utilities

PREFACE This thesis presents research that was done in the framework of a cooperation with Supélec, France. It is co-advised by Marc Petit at Supélec. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I want to gratefully thank Damien Ernst from the FNRS and University of Liège, Belgium, for his fruitful collaboration. In addition, my recognition goes to Patrick Panciatici and Jean-Baptiste Heyberger, from RTE, for their valuable advice