Summary
The postdisturbance power imbalance causes the power system frequency to drop. For preventing the frequency drop below the safe range, under frequency load shedding (UFLS) plan should be used by applying UFLS relays. In this paper, the conventional multistage UFLS plan is promoted via a linearized AC power flow model. A multiobjective mixed‐integer linear program is solved in order to minimize the load shedding amount and voltage deviation simultaneously. The proposed method simultaneously benefits from individual UFLS and under voltage LS (UVLS) features which may operate in the power system without coordination. The proposed method has been implemented in IEEE 39‐bus test system, and the results are presented under different scenarios. The results show that the proposed model for locating UFLS relays and their optimal setting can maintain both the system frequency and bus voltages in the secure operating limits.