Archive for August 15th, 2008

Getting Lost with System Loss

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is calling for comments from various stakeholders on a new resolution they are proposing on reduction of distribution system losses incurred by Distribution utilities (DUs) which are Private Utilities (PUs) and Electric Cooperatives (ECs) in their operation of their service areas. Figure below is an extraction from the ERC [...]

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Framework for Operation Research Instruction for Future Electric Power Engineers

ABSTRACT
Philippine electric power industry has put a new face in itself: deregulation. With its new structure, optimization of planning and operations of electric power systems will be vital. Optimal performance of the power network will be highly considered may it be economics and/or technical. This paper presents a framework for Operations Research (OR) instruction for [...]

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