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Single-phase is a service configuration offered by electric utilities and is typically provided to residential and small commercial...
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Most existing nuclear reactors are big – typically ranging in size from 600 to more than 1,500 MW. New technologies in development...
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The term smart grid (also sometimes called the advanced grid) applies to deployment of various digital technologies at points throughout...
A smart inverter is an inverter that includes sophisticated power electronics that allow it to provide a variety of functions while...
An advanced solid-state meter that includes remote communication of data is often called a smart meter. A smart meter offers the ability...
SPP is a regional transmission organization (RTO) that coordinates dispatch and transmission of wholesale electricity in parts of 14...
The spark spread is a quantity that represents the difference between the wholesale market price of electricity and the cost of producing...
Speculation is the act of taking on risk with the goal of making money. To understand the use of financial instruments, you must clearly...
Spinning reserve is provided by resources that are not putting energy onto the grid but are synchronized to the frequency of the system...
In the energy business, a spot market is a commodities market in which the commodity is sold for cash and is delivered to a specific...
A state estimator is a software program that describes the current state of an electrical transmission or distribution system. The...
Steam turbines create electricity in four key steps. First, a fuel is combusted to create heat energy. The heat is used to convert water...
A stranded cost refers to the amount invested in an asset that exceeds the market value of that asset. Stranded costs often arise during...
Sub-meters are meters installed behind a master meter. Master and sub-metering is common in tenant occupancies like office buildings,...
Substations are sets of equipment on an electrical system that transform voltage from high to low, or vice versa, and may perform other...
Supply-side competition refers to competition between providers of a commodity. In natural gas markets it refers to competition between...
Surge impedance loading, commonly called SIL, is a quantity used by system operators as a benchmark to determine whether a transmission...
Switching is the process of rerouting the path that power takes through an electric transmission or distribution system by opening or...
A switchyard is the set of facilities outside a power plant in which voltage is transformed and electricity flow is directed onto...
A synchronous generator is an electrical machine that converts the mechanical power of a spinning shaft into alternating current (AC)...
