Reliability of measurements and measurers is important so that we can trust the measurements we record. However, the statistical techniques used to assess reliability ...

Refashioning our electric grid to move generation closer to load creates a host of benefits. (Two-hundred and seven, according to Amory Lovins.) Among them is an increase in grid reliability, since ...

In the first article of this two part series, U.S. Power Reliability: Are We Kidding Ourselves?, our expert panel looked at some numbers that indicate that U.S. power reliability isn’t doing so well ...

Probability concepts and random variables. Failure rates and reliability testing. Wear-in, wear-out, random failures. Probabilistic treatment of loads, capacity, safety factors. Reliability of ...

When measuring reliability, electric utilities must go beyond the percentage of time the power is flowing and look at a bigger picture of their operational health. “Keeping the lights on” is a ...