Includes bibliographical references and index.

History and development -- The distribution system : description -- Distribution system considerations -- Load characteristics -- Electrical design -- Mechanical design : overhead -- Practical method of calculating pole and guy sizes -- Concrete and metal poles -- Mechanical design : underground -- Distribution substations -- Metering -- Conductors -- Poles, cross arms, pins, racks, and insulators -- Concrete distribution poles : representative specifications -- Transformers, cutouts, and surge arresters -- Regulators, capacitors, switches, and reclosers -- Distribution substation equipment -- U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005 -- Nontechnical considerations -- Operating considerations -- Appendix A : circuit analysis methods -- Appendix B : economic studies -- Appendix C : the grid coordinate system : tying maps to computers -- Appendix D : automated distribution comes of age -- Appendix E : U.S. and metric relationship index.

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