Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Power system -- 2. Electricity forecasting -- 3. System planning -- 4. Design and operation -- 5. Distribution automation -- 6. Optimization -- 7. Reliability and quality -- 8. Consumer services -- 9. Tariffs and billing -- 10. Grounding -- 11. Overhead lines -- 12. Underground cables -- 13. System overvoltages -- 14. Rural supply -- 15. Power capacitors -- 16. Insulation measurements -- 17. System protection -- 18. System maintenance -- 19. Electrical services -- App. I. International electricity supplies -- App. II. Conductors and cable data -- App. III. Power cable laying merits -- App. IV. Village electrification and pumpset energization -- App. V. Electrical accidents -- App. VI. Illumination levels -- App. VII. Optimum specific energy consumption -- App. VIII. Tinned copper fuse wire -- App. IX. Power factors -- App. X. Ambient temperature and average altitude -- App. XI. Transmission and distribution losses in states.

"This hands-on engineering resource expertly addresses the challenges confronting today's electric utilities. Written by the former chief engineer of a large electricity system, this comprehensive text provides crucial information on avoiding power reductions and failures, and meeting tests posed by new technologies and greater loads, maintenances issues, and privatization."--Jacket.

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