Presenting a Bi-Level programming approach for Unit commitment in Iran with minimization of greenhouse gas emission

The management of production and distribution of electricity is one of the most important issues in developing countries and it is the framework for development. Because of limitations and different technologies and existence of so many factors on electricity management, consideration such problem as a single level approach is not reasonable. So, in this paper a bi-level follower leader approach is considered in which the follower is the company of Iran management network electricity and the leaders are some operation companies. Based on the accomplished researches, this paper is the first bi level attempt in the field of production and transmission management of electricity and it is localized with the special specifications in Iran. The objective function is minimizing the emission cost of greenhouse effect and distribution costs and consumed fuels and startup for follower and leader respectively. Because of high complexity of presented model, a Simulated Annealing is used for solving the problem. The results of current study could be used for improvement of Iran management network.