understanding by analyzing key aspects of trends in the economic value of electricity reliability in the U.S. economy. We first … present a review of recent literature on electricity reliability costs. Next, we describe three distinct end-use approaches … for tracking trends in reliability needs: (1) an analysis of the electricity-use requirements of office equipment in …

focusing its efforts in four interrelated areas: (1) ISO-level reliability programs, (2) Market-based price-responsive load …

reliability. On the opposite side, it is argued that debt leveraging imposes costs and obligations not home by utilities, and so … than to them, and that incentives for reliability are strong. In this study we examine the project finance mechanisms used …

activities to reduce or shift electricity use to improve the electric grid reliability and manage electricity costs. Fully …

imported by China. The security contingent also worries about reliability of supply as affected by pipeline leaks in Alaska or …

and needs. Recent efforts in human reliability analysis (HRA) are highlighted by the ten-year development of the …

understanding the nature of human reliability analysis quantification and the utility and shortcomings associated with each approach. …

battlespace. Commonly, human reliability analysis has been used to predict failures of human performance in complex, critical … systems. However, most human reliability methods fail to take culture into account. This paper takes an easily understood … state of the art human reliability analysis method and extends that method to account for the influence of culture …