Power delivery reliability initiative bears fruit

Author

Lee, S.T. ; Hoffman, Steve

Author_Institution

EPRI, Palo Alto, CA, USA

Volume

14

Issue

3

fYear

2001

fDate

7/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

56

Lastpage

63

Abstract

The industry-wide Power Delivery Reliability Initiative, which the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) launched in February 2000, is addressing reliability issues that accompany the industry´s transition to an open energy marketplace. The initiative has developed tools to identify weak points in an interconnected transmission system, applying a practical probabilistic process for assessing grid reliability under deregulation. The initiative introduced near-term operational tools that have helped system operators better handle the summer of 2000, and will be of great aid in the summer of 2001 as well

Keywords

electricity supply industry; power system analysis computing; power system reliability; probability; risk management; EPRI; Electric Power Research Institute; Power Delivery Reliability Initiative; electricity market deregulation; grid reliability assessment; interconnected transmission system; near-term operational tools; open energy marketplace; probabilistic process; reliability issues; Costs; Electricity supply industry deregulation; Legislation; Pain; Power industry; Power system reliability; Power system security; Real time systems; Risk management; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Applications in Power, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0895-0156

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCAP.2001.952938

Filename

952938