The growth in penetration of photovoltaic generation units (PVs) has brought new power management ideas, which achieve more profitable operation, to Power Producer-Suppliers (PPSs). The expected profit for the PPSs will improve if they appropriately operate their controllable generators and sell the generated electricity to contracted customers and Power Exchanges together with the output of Megawatt-Solar Power Plants (MSPPs). Moreover, we can expect that the profitable cooperation between the PPSs and the MSPPs decreases difficulties in the supplydemand balancing operation for the main power grids. However, it is necessary that the PPSs treat the uncertainty in output prediction of PVs carefully. This is because there is a risk for them to pay a heavy imbalance penalty. This paper presents a problem framework and its solution to make the optimal power management plan for the PPSs in consideration with the electricity procurement from the MSPPs. The validity of the authors' proposal is verified through numerical simulations and discussions of their results.
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