Illustrating state-of-the-art diagnostic, assessment, planning, design, operational, and managerial methods, Aging Power Delivery Infrastructures demonstrates novel approaches to utilizing resources in an aging electric power delivery infrastructure-maximizing system effectiveness and maintaining competitive financial performance while reinforcing good customer service.

Provides new and internationally proven applications for reliability and cost management!

Highlighting monetary and operational requirements in an open retail access environment, Aging Power Delivery Infrastructures identifies

• factors contributing to aging infrastructure problems
• types of delivery system design
• "fixes" for outdated system structures
• limitations of N-1 methods
• flexibility and effectiveness in feeder level planning
• Monte Carlo methods to analyze economic risks
• diagnosis and evaluation of equipment and insulating oil
• and more!

Offering practical strategies in both engineering and business management, Aging Power Delivery Infrastructures is a definitive reference suitable for power, electrical and electronics, industrial, manufacturing, and mechanical engineers; energy efficiency analysts; and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.