Distribution utility's trade-off decisions in obtaining sources of electricity

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1495-1501

  Slavickas, R A ^a,b   Alden, R T H ^a,c   El Kady, M A ^d  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b Weiland Hydro Electric Commission   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS; DISTRIBUTION UTILITY; ELECTRICITY PURCHASES; NON UTILITY GENERATION;

COSTS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC RATES; ELECTRICITY;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

EID: 0033207503     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/61.796246     Document Type: Article

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