Load Forecasting: peak demand and energy. Generation planning: capacity resource planning (conventional and nonconventional power plants), reliability and capacity reserve, generation expansion, cost analysis. Transmission planning: concepts, corridor selection for determining physical and electrical characteristics of lines to be constructed, reliability analysis. Distribution planning: types of distribution systems, planning for reliability, distribution system engineering: substation location, sizing and feeder location. Impact of renewable generation and deregulation on power system planning.