Power Reliability and Quality Adds Power Value
Abstract
It is estima ted that 527 billion dollars wa s lost as a result of pow er
m i shap s d uring 1996. Within the in d us try, there is little agr eem ent on
the effect that electric power ind us try restr uct urin g will ha ve on the
future reliab ility a nd qu ality of the sys tem. Howe ver, man y e ng inee r ing
ex per ts are conce rne d that the numb er of mi shap s will increase as the
electric pow er in du st ry beco mes m ore c omp etitive bec au se (i) power w ill
travel ove r lon ger d istan ces to reach the cus tome r, (ii) increased sys tem
im pe dance will m ake it more
s usce p ti b le to sags fr om
fau lts , (iii) powe r su p p liers
will have less incen tive to re-
solve sys tem pr obl em s coop -
era tive ly, (iv) p ri ce cu t ting
pr es sur es w ill re sult in de-
crea sed sys tem maint enan ce
an d (iv) m or e br e akd o wn s
w ill re sult from an tiq ua ted,
and ill-m aint ain ed , end- use r
eq ui pme n t
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