Spatial-temporal disorder applied to load evolution in power system distribution planning studies

Load evolution is one of the most important factors for long-term power system distribution planning and, by extension, for the success of electrical market growth management. Load evolution can be affected by different kinds of problems and situations. For instance, social demographic evolution in time and space, geographic profiles and economical developments are some aspects that must be considered during the long-term planning process. This paper presents a computational program to simulate load evolution in order to show the load spatial distribution in each time of planning. This program is based on one-dimensional spatial disorder ideas, and allows the users to verify the evolution of the load and to interfere with this evolution process.