Baarsma, Barbara E.; Hop, J. Peter - In: Energy 34 (2009) 9, pp. 1378-1386
In most Western countries, the power grid provides electricity more than 99% of the time. To maintain reliability at … such high levels, energy companies have to continually invest in electric transmission- and distribution systems. Since … customers of electricity cannot switch from one distribution network to another, no economic incentive exists that matches the …