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Despite
the attention garnered by recent power outages, the
reliability performance of most electric utility
distribution systems as measured by standard metrics has
not changed appreciably over the last two decades. But
changing customer perceptions, increased regulatory
scrutiny, aging infrastructure, and the shifting economic
health of the industry have all made distribution system
reliability a complex and costly challenge.
To
assist electric utilities confronting the financial,
regulatory, customer satisfaction and technical issues
surrounding reliability, KEMA
announces the release of its latest research
report:
Distribution
System Reliability—Signposts of Change for Companies,
Regulators and Consumers.
An
update to our 2001 edition, this study:
Identifies
the reliability metrics of greatest interest to regulators
Reviews
the regulatory approach to setting reliability standards
Presents
company-specific data on distribution system performance
Assesses
the limitations of the most widely used reliability
metrics
Distribution System Reliability—Signposts of Change for
Companies, Regulators and Consumers
was completed as part of the KEMA
Electric
Distribution Business research advisory service.
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