Interruption costs, customer satisfaction and expectations for service reliability
- Freeman, Sullivan and Co., San Francisco, CA (United States)
- Duke Power Co., Charlotte, NC (United States)
- Electrical Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
This paper summarizes results of a comprehensive study of the economic value of electric service carried out by Duke Power Company in cooperation with the Electric Power Research Institute. In the study, customer interruption costs were estimated for generation, transmission and distribution outages of differencing lengths occurring under varying circumstances. Interruption costs for momentary outages and voltage disturbances are also reported. In addition to these economic indicators of customer value of service, customer expectations for service reliability and power quality and their satisfaction with the service currently offered are reported. Statistical methods and procedures used in estimating interruption costs are described.
- OSTI ID:
- 264276
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950727--
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Power Systems Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 11; ISSN 0885-8950; ISSN ITPSEG
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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