In this paper, an optimal, reliable, and cost-effective framework for designing a renewable hybrid photovoltaic-wind-battery system is presented to minimize the total net present cost (TNPC) and to consider reliability constraint as loss of load probability (LPP) for the city of Ahvaz, Iran, considering the components outage rate (COR). The decision variables include the number of photovoltaic panels, wind turbines, batteries, and the angle of the photovoltaic panel optimized by the grey wolf optimizer (GWO) algorithm. The performance of the proposed method is compared with the particle swarm optimization (PSO) method. The results of a system designed in different combinations with and without considering COR are evaluated. The simulation results confirm that the GWO algorithm is superior to the PSO method by yielding lower TNPC (1.199 M$ for GWO and 1.201 M$ for PSO) and better LPP (0.653% for GWO and 0.655% for PSO) for optimal combination (photovoltaic-battery system). The results also showed that a photovoltaicwind combination is not the most cost-effective and reliable for the Ahvaz region, and the implementation of hybrid systems based on wind power is not cost-effective in this region. In addition, the results showed that considering COR gives the designers of these systems a more accurate view of the cost and reliability. Moreover, considering COR increases the cost of load supply and undermines the load reliability.INDEX TERMS Hybrid photovoltaic-wind-battery systems, cost/reliability assessment, outage rate, loss of load probability, grey Wolf optimizer.

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This paper presents a novel scheme for comprehensive planning of reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) in the electrical distribution system to minimize the costs of cable repair and maintenance. To this end, a new formulation is proposed by taking into account the maintenance costs for different cases, repairs, repair-caused load projects, and energy purchase or generation costs. To solve the given complex problem, one of the most powerful and newest particle intelligence techniques called GSO algorithm is employed. Simulations are carried out on a 30-bus test network. Moreover, three scenarios and ten cases are applied in the process of extracting results to analyze the impact of various items on parameters of the objective function.

In this study, optimal allocation and planning of power generation resources as distributed generation with scheduling capability (DGSC) is presented in a smart environment with the objective of reducing losses and considering enhancing the voltage profile is performed using the manta ray foraging optimization (MRFO) algorithm. The DGSC refers to resources that can be scheduled and their generation can be determined based on network requirements. The main purpose of this study is to schedule and intelligent distribution of the DGSCs in the smart and conventional distribution network to enhance its operation. First, allocation of the DGSCs is done based on weighted coefficient method and then the scheduling of the DGSCs is implemented in the 69-bus distribution network. In this study, the effect of smart network by providing real load in minimizing daily energy losses is compared with the network includes conventional load (estimated load as three-level load). The simulation results cleared that optimal allocation and planning of the DGSCs can be improved the distribution network operation with reducing the power losses and also enhancing the voltage profile. The obtained results confirmed superiority of the MRFO compared with well-known particle swarm optimization (PSO) in the DGSCs allocation. The results also showed that increasing the number of DGSCs reduces more losses and improves more the network voltage profile. The achieved results demonstrated that the energy loss in smart network is less than the network with conventional load. In other words, any error in forecasting load demand leads to non-optimal operating point and more energy losses.