Reengineering for More Reliable Power Distribution

by Mark B. Lively IEEE-USA Today’s Engineer, May 2005 Restructuring is sweeping the electricity industry around the world, changing the role engineers must play in achieving a reliable electricity supply. Previously, engineers designed and operated “vertically” integrated systems, where the only interface was the smallish connection associated with the sale of electricity to customers. Sometimes the customer was the end user, and occasionally, a distribution utility. But, except for minor events on the other side of the meter, a single engineering group was responsible for the reliability of the vast majority of the system. Read the article