Salah Bahramara is currently an Assistant Professor in Department of Electrical Engineering, Sa.C., Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj, Iran. His research interests include flexibility in power systems, distributed energy resources, microgrids, and optimization problems. Pouria Sheikhahmadi currently works at Kurdistan Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC), Sanandaj, Iran. His research interests include electricity markets, active distribution networks, microgrids, and bi-level optimization. Gianfranco Chicco is a Professor of Electrical Energy Systems at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. His research activities include power system analysis, distribution system analysis and optimization, electrical load management, energy efficiency and environmental impact of multi-energy systems, data analytics applied to power and energy systems, and power quality.