I. Introduction
Power systems demand and supply must be constantly matched to avoid undesired consequences leading to grid shutdown. The reserve capacity is utilized to meet the system's demand if a generator is isolated from the grid or during supply disruption [1] [2]. Reserves also ensure that all forecasted load consumption is duly met [3]. Depending on geographical region and nature of resources e.g. wind energy profile, standards have been set to ensure market participants select among existing and emerging technologies to meet more flexible and reliable generation [4] [5]. In some regions, wind is a dispatchable resource and operators can purposely control output in order to ramp the plant up and down to match load or provide reserves [5] [6]. From the load side management, load forecasting is used to project future generation and facility requirements, outages and contingency planning [7]. The process of deciding which units to use to meet a daily or weekly system needs is very complex [1]. Many variables must be considered e.g. availability of resources, transmission losses, load rate of change, fuel costs, source ramp rate, reserve requirements etc. [1]. Studies and simulations are required to determine models and feasibility of particular suggestions respectively [4].