Maintaining system blackstart in competitive bulk-power markets
Conference
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OSTI ID:697186
Restructuring the electric-power industry may provide substantial benefits in customer choice and economic efficiency, but it presents new challenges for bulk-power reliability. The incentives to maintain and properly deploy system blackstart services that worked for vertically integrated utilities may not work when the system operator, the transmission system, and individual generators are in separate commercial organizations. To understand how the power system could be restored after a major blackout in a restructured industry, the authors reviewed existing and proposed North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) rules and interviewed experts from 25 utilities located in each of the regional reliability councils; the Edison Electric Institute sponsored this work. Utilities differ greatly in their attention to blackstart planning, preparation, training, and testing. These differences are not justified by differences in technical requirements among utility systems.
- Research Organization:
- Illinois Inst. of Tech., Chicago, IL (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 697186
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-990410--PROC.-Vol.2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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