Energy services providers or DISCOs, who will improve the quality and reliability of electric services to customers?

Author

Aquanni, Richard T D ; Alimansky, Mark

Author_Institution

Appl. Resources Group Inc., Brookline, MA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

11-16 Apr 1999

Firstpage

374

Abstract

In a number of consulting assignments that the Applied Resources Group (ARG) has undertaken recently, the reliability of the delivery system and the quality of the energy supplied were of paramount importance. This paper is the result of the authors´ observations of the dynamics of the newly restructured US electric utility industry as seen in these assignments. An example is provided illustrating customer power quality and power reliability problems and various transmission and distribution (T&D) solutions that involve the dominant participants in the new utility industry

Keywords

electricity supply industry; power supply quality; power system reliability; DISCOs; T&D; USA; customer power quality; electric services; electric utility industry; energy services providers; power reliability; transmission and distribution; Bioreactors; Drugs; Electrostatic precipitators; Marketing and sales; Power quality; Power system reliability; Production; Regulators; Trigeneration; Voltage fluctuations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transmission and Distribution Conference, 1999 IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5515-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TDC.1999.755381

Filename

755381