ECE 476 POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS Lecture 4 Power System Operation Muhammad Abdul Retha lefte Al-Badri Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Reading and Homework Moving 1st Exam? Oct 11 or 13? For lectures 4 through 6 please be reading Chapter 4 we will not be covering sections 4.7, 4.11, and 4.12 in detail though you should still at least skim those sections. HW 1 is 2.9, 22, 28, 32, 48; due Thursday 9/8 For Problem 2.32 you need to use the PowerWorld Software. You can download the software and cases at the below link; get version 15. http://www.powerworld.com/gloversarma.asp Direct PowerWorld download page is http://www.powerworld.com/DemoSoftware/GloverSarmaSimdwnldv15.asp
State Variation in Electric Rates
The Goal: Customer Choice
The Result for California in 2000/1 OFF
The California-Enron Effect Source : http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/chg_str/regmap.html RI AK electricity restructuring delayed no activity suspended WA OR NV CA ID MT WY UT AZ CO NM TX OK KS NE SD ND MN IA WI MO IL IN OH KY TN MS LA AL GA FL SC NC W VA PA NY VT ME MI NH MA CT NJ DE MD AR HI DC
Natural Gas Boom, Bust and Boom
August 14th, 2003 Blackout
2007 Illinois Electricity Crisis Two main electric utilities in Illinois are ComEd and Ameren Restructuring law had frozen electricity prices for ten years, with rate decreases for many. Prices rose on January 1, 2007 as price freeze ended; price increases were especially high for electric heating customers who had previously enjoyed rates as low as 2.5 cents/kWh 2009 average residential rate (in cents/kWh) is 9.08 in IL, 7.62 IN, 9.38 WI, 7.37 IA, 15.52 NY, 6.60 WA, 13.20 in CA, 9.82 US average