Answer 2) The generations of generators and total cost are shown below:Thermal Generator: 1= 887.82 MW Thermal Generator: 2= 727.

57 MW Thermal Generator: 3= 843.38 MW Thermal Generator: 4= 1067.71 MW Thermal Generator: 5= 471.60 MW Thermal Generator: 6= 581.49 MW Hydro Generator: 1= 312.18 MW Hydro Generator: 2= 772.43 MW Hydro Generator: 3= 256.62 MW Hydro Generator: 4= 732.29 MW Hydro Generator: 5= 478.40 MW Hydro Generator: 6= 718.51 MW Total cost= 629329.83856 $

*GA function was used it was giving local minimum