1. ECE 476 POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS
Lecture 4
Power System Operation
Muhammad Abdul Retha lefte Al-Badri
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

2. 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.
Direct PowerWorld download page is

3. State Variation in Electric Rates

4. The Goal: Customer Choice

5. The Result for California in 2000/1
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6. The California-Enron Effect
Source : 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

7. Natural Gas Boom, Bust and Boom

8. August 14th, 2003 Blackout

9. 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, IA, NY, 6.60 WA, in CA, 9.82 US average