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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Preface To The 2nd Edition | |
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| List of Figures | |
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| Benefits Of Electric Power And A History Of The Electric Power Industry | |
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| Societal Benefits Of Electricity | |
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| Origin Of The Industry | |
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| The Development Of The National Electric Power Grid | |
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| "The Golden Age" | |
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| Blackouts And The Reliability Crisis | |
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| The Environmental Crises - The Shift To Low Sulfur Oil | |
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| The Fuel Crisis - The Shift From Oil | |
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| The Financial Crisis | |
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| The Legislative And Regulatory Crisis | |
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| Global Warming Crisis And Concerns About Carbon Emissions | |
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| Restructuring, Competition And The Industry Ownership Structure | |
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| The Electric Power System | |
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| The Customers | |
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| Sources Of The Electric Energy - Generation | |
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| The Delivery System | |
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| Interconnections | |
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| The Grid | |
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| Basic Electric Power Concepts | |
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| Electric Energy | |
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| Concepts Relating To The Flow Of Electricity | |
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| Direct Current | |
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| Alternating Current | |
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| Three Phases | |
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| Synchronism | |
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| Characteristics Of Ac Systems | |
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| Resistance | |
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| Induction and Inductive Reactance | |
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| Capacitance and Capacitive Reactance | |
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| Impedance | |
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| OHM'S Law For Alternating Current | |
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| Power In Alternating Current Circuits | |
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| Real Power | |
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| Reactive Power | |
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| Transformers | |
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| POWER FLOW | |
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| Division of Power Flow | |
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| Voltage Drop and Reactive Power Flow | |
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| Stability | |
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| Steady state instability | |
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| Voltage instability | |
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| Transient instability | |
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| Automatic Generation Controls (AGC) | |
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| Dynamic instability | |
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| Electric Energy Consumption | |
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| End-Uses For Electricity | |
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| Customer Classes | |
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| RATE CLASSES | |
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| DEmand And Energy | |
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| Effects of Load Diversity | |
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| System Load | |
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| Load Management | |
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| Reactive Load | |
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| Losses And Unaccounted For Energy In The Delivery System | |
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| Forecasts | |
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| Electric Power - Generation And Concerns About Greenhouse Gases | |
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| Generation'S Role | |
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| Types Of Generation | |
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| Thermal Conversion - Using Fuel As The Energy Resource | |
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| Steam cycle - Steam turbines | |
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| Combustion (Gas) Turbines | |
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| Combined Cycle | |
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| Nuclear | |
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| Reciprocating Engines | |
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| Micro Turbines | |
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| Combined Heat and Power (CHP) or Co generation | |
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| Thermal Conversion - Non Fuel Heat Sources | |
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| Geothermal | |
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| Solar Thermal Generation | |
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| Mechanical Energy Conversion | |
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| Hydro turbines and Hydro Pumped Storage | |
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| Wind turbines | |
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| Distributed Generation and Other Sources | |
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| Renewable Technologies And Greenhouse Gas Emissions | |
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| Supply Side Options to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions | |
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| Financial Options to Reduce Carbon Emissions | |
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| Characteristics Of Generating Plants | |
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| Size | |
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| Efficiency | |
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| Availability | |
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| Schedulable and Unschedulable Units | |
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| Capital Cost Of Generation | |
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| Generator Life Extension | |
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| The Technology Of Generation | |
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| Synchronous Generators | |
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| Variable Frequency and Direct Current Generation | |
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| System Needs And Evaluation Of Intermittent Resources | |
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| The Technology Of The Electric Transmission System | |
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| Components | |
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| Hvac | |
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| Overhead Lines | |
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| Overhead Line Capability -Ratings | |
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| Transmission Cable | |
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| Cable Capacity | |
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| Submarine Cables | |
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| Superconducting Cables | |
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| Substations | |
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| Substation Equipment | |
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| Substation Circuit Breaker Arrangements | |
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| Transmission System Aging | |
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| HVDC | |
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| Advantages Of Ac Over Dc Operation | |
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| Advantages of HVDC | |
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| Disadvantages of HVDC | |
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| Knowledge Required Of Transmission System | |
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| Distribution | |
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| Function Of Distribution | |
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| Primary Distribution Feeders | |
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| Radial systems | |
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| Loop systems | |
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| Primary network systems | |
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| Secondary Systems | |
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| Distribution Capacity | |
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| Losses | |
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| Distribution Facility Ratings | |
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| Metering | |
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| Control Of Distribution Voltages | |
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| Distribution Transformers | |
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| Voltage Regulators | |
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| Capacitors | |
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| Distribution System Reliability | |
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| Quality Of Service | |
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| Design Of Distribution Systems | |
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| Distributed Generation | |
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| Operation Of Distribution Systems | |
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| Smart Grid And Microgrids | |
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| Energy Storage And Other New Technologies | |
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| Energy Storage | |
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| Benefits of Energy Storage to Generation | |
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| Benefits of Energy Storage to Transmission and Distribution | |
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| Energy Storage Concepts And Technologies | |
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| Mechanical Systems | |
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| Hydro pumped storage | |
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| Compressed Air Energy Storage | |
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| Flywheels | |
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| Thermal Energy Storage | |
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| Storage of Low-Grade Heat | |
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| Storage of High-Grade Heat | |
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| Chemical Energy Storage | |
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| Batteries | |
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| Hydrogen energy storage systems | |
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| Electrical Storage | |
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| Capacitors and Supercapacitor | |
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| Superconducting Magnetic Energy Storage | |
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| Power Conversion Equipment | |
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| The Future for Energy Storage | |
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| Smart Grid | |
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| Microgrids | |
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| New Nuclear Plant Designs | |
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| Carbon Sequestration And Clean Coal Technologies | |
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| Superconductors | |
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| Reliability | |
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| Causes Of Outages | |
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| Costs Of Power Outages | |
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| Ways To Measure Reliability | |
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| Planning And Operating A Reliable And Adequate Power System | |
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| Generation | |
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| Transmission | |
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| Distribution | |
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| Summary | |
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| The Physical Network: The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (Nerc) And Its Standards | |
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| Nerc As Electric Reliability Organization | |
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| Nerc?S Standards | |
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| Functional Model | |
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| Development Of Standards | |
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| Reliability Principles | |
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| Market Interface Principles | |
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| Compliance with NERC Standards | |
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| Other NERC Responsibilities | |
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| The Future | |
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| The Physical Network: Operation Of The Electric Bulk Power System | |
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| Balancing Authorities | |
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| Operating Reserves | |
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| Reliability Coordinators | |
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| Transmission Operators | |
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| Power Transfer Limits | |
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| Determination of Total Transfer Capability | |
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| Parallel Path Flow and Loop Flow | |
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| Reduction of Power Transfers - Congestion Management | |
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| Ancillary Services | |
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| Voltage and Reactive Control | |
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| Potential Emergencies | |
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| Preventative Philosophy | |
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| Corrective Philosophy | |
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| Operating Emergencies | |
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| Information Exchange | |
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| The Physical Network - Planning Of The Electric Bulk Power System | |
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| Planning Standards | |
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| Generation Planning | |
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| Transmission Planning | |
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| Transmission System Planning Studies | |
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| Power Flow Studies | |
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| Stability Studies | |
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| Short-Circuit Duty Studies | |
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| LEAST COST Planning | |
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| The New Planning Environment | |
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| Recent Transmission Projects | |
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| The Regulatory Network - Legislation | |
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| Pricing And Regulation | |
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| Federal Legislation | |
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| Federal Utility Holding Company Act (Puhca) | |
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| Federal Power Act | |
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| Other 1930 Federal Laws | |
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| Department Of Energy Organization Act | |
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| Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (Purpa) | |
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| Energy Policy Act Of 1992 (Epact02) | |
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| FPA Modifications | |
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| The Energy Policy Act Of 2005 (Epact05) | |
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| The Energy Independence And Security Act Of 2007 | |
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| Environmental Laws | |
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| The Regulatory Network: The Regulators | |
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| The Regulators | |
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| Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Ferc) | |
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| Environmental Protection Agency (Epa) | |
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| Department Of Energy (Doe) | |
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| Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Nrc) | |
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| Recent Federal Regulations | |
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| Ferc Actions After Epact92 | |
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| Orders 888/889 - Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open Access Non-discriminatory Transmission Service by Public Utilities | |
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| Recovery of stranded Costs by Public Utilities (Transmitting Utilities) | |
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| Order No. 2000 - Regional Transmission Organizations | |
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| Order 890 - Amendments to Orders 888 and 889 | |
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| Ferc Actions Implementing Epact05 | |
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| Market Manipulation | |
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| Order 670 - Anti-Manipulation/Anti-fraud | |
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| Electricity Reliability And Infrastructure | |
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| Order No. 672 Electricity Reliability and Infrastructure | |
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| Expansion And Modernization Of The Nation'S Electricity Grid | |
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| Order 679 - Promoting Transmission Investment | |
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| Order 681 Long Term Transmission Rights | |
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| Siting Major New Transmission Facilities | |
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| Order 689 - Siting of Electric Transmission | |
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| Purpa Reforms | |
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| Orders 671 and 671A - Qualifying Facilities | |
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| Order 688 PURPA Small Power Production | |
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| Repeal Of Puhca - Mergers And Acquisitions | |
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| Market Based Rates | |
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| Order 697 Market-Based Rates for Wholesale Sales Of Electric Energy, Capacity And Ancillary Services By Public Utilities | |
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| Order 719 Wholesale Competition in Regions with Organized Electric Markets | |
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| Recent Epa Actions | |
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| State Regulatory Authority | |
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| Tariff Basis | |
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| Transmission Rights | |
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| State Utility Restructuring | |
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| Customer Choice | |
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| Metering | |
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| Distribution Rates | |
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| State and Local Environmental Requirements | |
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| Overall Regulatory Problems | |
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| The Information, Communications And Control Network And Security | |