This article is based on the discussion at a workshop conducted by EPRI and Carnegie Mellon University’s Electricity Industry Center on April 3, 2006, on issues surrounding the aging electric industry workforce. The event was co-sponsored by the American Public Power Association (APA), the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA), and the Edison Electric Institute (EEI). Forty se...

In recent years, coal price has risen rapidly, which has also brought a sharp increase in the expenditures of thermal power plants in China. Meantime, the power production price and power retail price have not been adjusted accordingly and a large number of thermal power plants have incurred losses. The power industry is a key industry in the national economy. As such, a thorough analysis and e...

The “Power Quality” term is widely used in recent years in power system field. Voltage sags is one of the power quality issue, which is also known as dips, are important to industrial reliability. This paper presents a power world simulation approach to find the voltage sag magnitudes in power system network. In this paper, investigations have been conducted on a sample distribution system mode...

a r t i c l e i n f o The electric power industry is restructuring as regulations move from states to regional and national levels. Estimates of regional fuel and input substitution are essential for practitioners and policy makers. This paper estimates substitution under static and dynamic scenarios, examining changes in technology and total factor productivity from 2001 to 2008. Two-stage est...

The present study aims to investigate the analysis of stress, strain, displacement, and electrical potential of a thick hollow cylinder made of FGPM under mechanical and thermal loads. Distribution of mechanical property of material is considered along the shell stick through the power distribution function. Thermal loads have been taken to signify the difference of temperature between outer an...