Optimal Secondary Distribution System Design Considering Rooftop Solar Photovoltaics

This study presents a new approach for optimally designing a secondary distribution system, taking into consideration the effect of prosumers owning rooftop solar photovoltaics in residential subdivisions. The methodology is presented and the optimization problem of secondary distribution system (SDS) design in the presence of prosumers is mathematically formulated. Moreover, numerical examples that consider houses of different types/sizes are introduced to exemplify the proposed approach.