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Net metering is a regulatory policy that allows customers with certain types of distributed generation to net their electricity...
The distribution feeder design refers to how distribution feeder lines are laid out and interconnected to provide service to customers,...
The New York Independent System Operator, commonly called NYISO, is the organization responsible for managing New York’s electric grid...
Non-spinning reserve comprises units that are not required to be synchronized to the frequency of the system but can be available within...
As stated on the NERC website: “The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) is a not-for-profit international regulatory...
The North American Energy Standards Board (NAESB) serves as an industry forum for the development and promotion of standards promoting a...
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was created as an independent agency by Congress in 1974 to ensure the safe use of...
The use of nuclear energy for power generation became a commercial technology in the 1960s and grew rapidly in some countries around the...
A nuclear reactor initiates and controls a fission chain reaction to produce neutrons and/or energy. Nuclear fission is a process where...
The ohm is the unit used as measure of the resistance to flow of electricity in a material. The scientific symbol for electrical...
Operating reserve describes the supply resource capacity that is available to the system operator within a short interval of time to...
Gas pipelines and piping systems must not be operated at pressures in excess of Maximum Allowable Operation Pressure (MAOP). Various...
Pack and draft is the ability to store natural gas in the pipe and is a key factor in control of a pipeline system. Packing refers to...
Peak demand, also called peak load, refers to the maximum amount of electric demand created by a customer or a group of customers during...
Use of generation is often divided into three categories — baseload, which is generation run all 24 hours of the day; intermediate, which...
In regions with limited coal and/or natural gas supplies, utilities often make use of petroleum as a fuel for thermal power plants. In...
While we are used to thinking of electric voltage and current as being constant (for instance, receiving 120 V service) in reality the...
A phasor measurement unit, also called a PMU or a synchrophasor, is a key tool used on electric systems to improve operators’ visibility...
Photovoltaic conversion generates electricity directly from sunlight. Certain materials have the property to produce electric flow when...
Photovoltaic, or solar, cells are semiconductor materials that, when struck by sufficient amounts of light, cause electrons to flow....
