Reliability of measurements and measurers is important so that we can trust the measurements we record. However, the statistical techniques used to assess reliability ...

Refashioning our electric grid to move generation closer to load creates a host of benefits. (Two-hundred and seven, according to Amory Lovins.) Among them is an increase in grid reliability, since ...

Probability concepts and random variables. Failure rates and reliability testing. Wear-in, wear-out, random failures. Probabilistic treatment of loads, capacity, safety factors. Reliability of ...

Toward the end, the panel pretty much agrees that outage information provided to the customer may be even more important for customer satisfaction than the actual reliability statistics. Ancient ...

When measuring reliability, electric utilities must go beyond the percentage of time the power is flowing and look at a bigger picture of their operational health. “Keeping the lights on” is a ...