Abstract :
Major power outages in various parts of the world have cast doubt on the electric power industry´s claimed readiness for deregulation. Here, the author argues that, in the next few years, as service areas expand and bulk transfers of power grow ever greater, the electric utility industry´s main technological challenge will be to maintain the reliability that customers now take almost for granted
Keywords :
electricity supply industry; load flow; power supply quality; power system interconnection; power system reliability; power system security; bulk power transfers; deregulation; electric power industry; electric utility; power outages; power supply reliability; service areas; technological challenge; Bismuth compounds; Ceramics; Conducting materials; Conductors; Laboratories; Manufacturing; Power cables; Superconducting cables; Superconducting transmission lines; Yttrium barium copper oxide;
