Power system operations and electricity markets / Fred I. Denny, David E. Dismukes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1 The evolution of the electric power industry 1 Ch. 2 Restructuring and the transition to more competitive power markets 21 Ch. 3 The first major challenges to the system: the California restructuring experience 35 Ch. 4 Power marketers in a restructured power industry 47 Ch. 5 The role of distributed energy resources in a restructured power industry 59 Ch. 6 Independent power generation 69 Ch. 7 Understanding both technical and business factors 85 Ch. 8 The North American bulk electric system 91 Ch. 9 Methods for economically operating a power system 95 Ch. 10 Power generation control 99 Ch. 11 New reliability and control concepts 103 Ch. 12 Available transfer capability 107 Ch. 13 Network congestion and transmission loading relief 111 Ch. 14 The use of power flow and stability analysis tools 117 Ch. 15 Technology, needs for the electric power industry 119 Index 127