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nge. For emergency operation the pensation should be able to keep the voltages within a wider acceptable range with the reactive power support from generation panies. Fig. 2 is a small system of 110 buses, 136 branches including 71 transformers and 33 generators. System load is about 400 MW. Individual bus loads are not show n in the figure. The first case is base case. In the base case power factors of generators are not necessary the same and, similarly, power factors of load buses are not necessary the same either. In the second case, load conditions are the same as base case, including 3 shunt pensations, but with the generators operating near unity power factor. The last four cases, generators are operating near unity power factor and the power factor of all load buses is assumed , , and , respectively. Ⅳ .REACTIVE POWER RESREVE OF GENERATORS The proposed reactive power management scheme assumes that generators are not responsible for reactive power supply under normal operation conditions. The generators, however, have to have sufficient reactive power reserve for contingencies. An important issue is how much reserve is necessary for each generator since reactive power capacity directly affects generator price. Properties of contingency, location of power plant and criteria of voltage quality all affect the required amount of reactive power reserve for the generators. For the interconnected system, the strength of tie lines and neighboring systems also play an essential role. It is different from the estimation of real power spinning reserve, power plant outage is not necessary severer than reactive power facility failure. Therefore the reactive power reserve for contingency for each generator should be carefully defined. Ⅴ .CONCLUSIONS This paper suggests that the distribution panies are responsible for the pensation of reactive power loads and the transmission panies are responsible for the necessary reactive power pensation to ensure the power delivery under normal conditions. The generation panies are res