• DocumentCode
    1344422
  • Title

    Restructuring the thin-stretched [US electricity supply industry]

  • Author

    Sweet, W.

  • Volume
    37
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    43
  • Lastpage
    49
  • Abstract
    The author describes how the US electricity industry is being reorganized to allow for power to be traded freely. The general idea is for electricity to be sold by independent suppliers into grids managed by authorities independent (more or less) of commercial interests. In this paper, they detail how the most obviously pressing question is whether the emergent independent grid organizations have adequate authority to guarantee reliable delivery of power
  • Keywords
    electricity supply industry; power supply quality; power system reliability; USA; electricity supply industry restructuring; independent grid organizations; independent suppliers; power grids; reliable power delivery; Energy management; Human resource management; ISO; Load management; Monopoly; Power industry; Power system management; Power system protection; Power system simulation; Shape;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/6.846097
  • Filename
    846097