The Flexible Alternate Current Transmission Systems (FACTS) controllers improve quality of the supply power, enhance power system performance and also provide an optimal utilization of the existing resources. Especially the Thyristor Controlled Series Compensator (TCSC) and the Static Var Compensator (SVC) has been proposed to enhance the power transfer capability and improve the quality of the voltage by adjusting the line reactance. This paper, present a study of the west Algerian 2012 network. Furthermore, we will try to ask some problems encountered in practice, to find solutions and moving towards the FACTS devices in particular the TCSC and SVC controller, its application and technical advantage. The software NEPLAN is used to analyse the behaviour of the West Algerian electrical network without and with FACTS devices. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Selection and peer-review under responsibility of the Euro-Mediterranean Institute for Sustainable Development (EUMISD)