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Cost of Power Interruptions to Electricity Consumers in the United States
- Publication Date: February 2006
- Publishing Organization: U.S. Department of Energy, Ernesto Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Format: PDF
- Keywords:
blackout, canada, cost, fluctuations, investments, lbnl, modernization, power interruptions, power quality, smart grid, technical paper, u.s.
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The massive electric power blackout in the northeastern U.S. and Canada on August 14-15, 2003 catalyzed discussions about modernizing the U.S. electricity grid. Industry sources suggested that investments of $50 to $100 billion would be needed. This work seeks to better understand an important piece of information that has been missing from these discussions: what do power interruptions and fluctuations in power quality (power-quality events) cost electricity consumers?
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