This paper investigates the costs of interruptions in electricity service to customers. This
information is a key input in planning power system reliability using an economic cost-benefit …

The need for and potential role of flexible pricing options which offer an efficient means for
achieving a utility's load demand management objectives are discussed. The focus is on …

This work deals with the customer perspective of service reliability. In particular, given the
changes in the electric utility industry's cost structure in recent years, there is a growing feeling …

Among the key priorities of the Africa Region are:(i) scaling up rural access to modern
infrastructure;(ii) promoting non-farm income generation by enterprises. Further, the" four petals" of …

The authors present selected results from a recently completed research project for the
Electric Power Research Institute. One component of the project was intended to develop and …

This paper presents an application of the Dantzig-Wolfe decomposition principle to the
problem of investment planning in the electric power sector. The formulation of the capacity …

This paper describes an economic cost-benefit method for determining the optimal power
system capacity and reliability of electricity supply using customer shortage costs. The …

This paper is concerned with the short- and long-run economic impacts of power supply
inadequacy in developing countries. The paper provides an overview of the methodology for …

This paper describes a mathematical optimization model for analyzing a complex problem
in power systems planning-evaluation of the cost effectiveness of alternate resource plans …

The economic consequences of an electricity supply interruptTon can be broadly classified
into two categories-short-term outage costs and long-term adaptive response costs. The short…