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This paper attempts to solve the load frequency control (LFC) problem in an interconnected hybrid power system with a classical PID controller employing the tunicate swarm algorithm (TSA). This algorithm is used for two areas of an interconnected hybrid power system: thermal, hydro, nuclear, and wind. The PID controller parameters are optimized by tunicate swarm algorithm using integral time absolute error (ITAE) based objective function. To show the robustness of the proposed TSA algorithm, a sensitivity analysis is performed for four case studies ranging from 20% to 30% load increments and decrements. The performance of the proposed TSA algorithm has been compared with the well-known optimization algorithms, particle swarm optimization (PSO), artificial bee colony (ABC), and arithmetic optimization algorithm (AOA) in terms of overshoot, undershoot, and settling time. 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