Customer costs related to interruptions and voltage problems: Methodology and results

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1030-1038

  Kjølle, Gerd H ^a   Samdal, Knut ^a   Singh, Balbir ^b   Kvitastein, Olav A ^c  

^a SINTEF ENERGY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Norad   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Customer costs; Interruptions; Power system economics; Quality of supply; Voltage disturbances

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ESTIMATION; SALES; SURVEYS;

COST ESTIMATING; CUSTOMER COSTS; CUSTOMER SURVEYS; ELECTRIC POWERS; ENERGY NOT SUPPLIED; INTERRUPTIONS; POWER SYSTEM ECONOMICS; QUALITY OF SUPPLY; VALUE-BASED PLANNING; VOLTAGE DISTURBANCES; VOLTAGE PROBLEMS; WILLINGNESS-TO-PAY;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 49249123191     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2008.922227     Document Type: Article

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