Principles for Efficient and Reliable Reactive Power Supply and Consumption

In Aug. 2003, there was a widespread power outage that affected 50 million people in the U.S. & Canada. As a result of the April 2004 report & recommendations of the U.S.-Canada Power System Outage Task Force & an increased number of filings for reactive power compensation at FERC, a team at FERC was formed to develop principles for efficient & reliable reactive power supply & consumption. Team members consulted rep. of the Amer. Public Power Assoc., Edison Electric Inst., Electric Power Supply Assoc., Inst. of Electrical & Electron. Eng., Nat. Assoc. of Regulatory Utility Comm., N. Amer. Electric Reliability Council, regional transmission org. & various equip. manufacturers. This report contains analyses, presentations & conclusions. Illus.O'Neill, Richard is the author of 'Principles for Efficient and Reliable Reactive Power Supply and Consumption', published 2005 under ISBN 9781422301210 and ISBN 1422301214.