Application of customer interruption costs in transmission network reliability planning

Author

Chowdhury, A.A. ; Koval, D.O.

Author_Institution

Alberta Power Ltd., Edmonton, Alta., Canada

fYear

2001

fDate

37012

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

60

Abstract

A method that can be utilized to ascertain the optimum level of power supply reliability is to compare the incremental cost of providing reliability with the incremental benefit of that reliability. The benefit of an increment of reliability can be considered to be the change in the customer interruption cost related to the change in the reliability level. Reliability cost-reliability benefit assessment is thus an important aspect of the electric power supply planning process. Customer interruption costs form an essential input to this reliability cost-reliability benefit assessment process. This paper illustrates the utilization of customer interruption cost information in transmission network reliability planning using the Alberta Interconnected Transmission Grid. The methodology presented in this paper can readily be applied to industrial and commercial power systems

Keywords

cost-benefit analysis; industrial power systems; power transmission economics; power transmission faults; power transmission planning; power transmission reliability; Alberta Interconnected Transmission Grid; commercial power systems; customer interruption cost; customer survey; electric power supply planning; industrial power systems; power supply reliability; reliability cost - reliability benefit assessment; reliability incremental benefit; reliability incremental cost; transmission network reliability planning; Cost function; Intelligent networks; Maintenance; Power industry; Power supplies; Power system interconnection; Power system planning; Power system reliability; Power systems; Process planning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial and Commercial Power Systems Technical Conference, 2001. Conference Record. Papers Presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting. 2001 IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7055-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPS.2001.966512

Filename

966512