Power quality, Energy efficiency and the performance in electricity distribution and supply companies

Improving the Power Quality and the Energy Efficiency are the strategic goals of the Electricity Distribution and Supply Company — ELECTRICA. In Romania, there are eight subsidiaries as a regional part of the mother company — ELECTRICA. Each of the subsidiaries has about one-milion electricity customers. Generally speaking, Power Quality has an important influence on the market shares of the company (in deregulated market) and Energy Efficiency has an influence on the profitability of the company. There is an important relationship between Power Quality and Energy Efficiency, and both have an important influence on the Performance of the ELECTRICA Company. All of these concepts are important in perspective of total liberalisation of the electricity market in 2007 and in the privatisation process — in progress in Romanian Electricity sector.