Includes bibliographical references and index.

Power Delivery Systems -- T&D System's Mission -- Reliability of Power Delivery -- The "Natural Laws of T&D" -- Levels of the T&D System -- Utility Distribution Equipment -- T&D Costs -- Types of Distribution System Design -- The Systems Approach and Two-Q Planning -- Consumer Demand and Electric Load -- The Two Qs: Quantity and Quality of Power -- Quantity of Power Demand: Electric Load -- Electric Consumer Demand for Quality of Power -- The Market Comb and Consumer Values -- Two-Q Analysis: Quantity and Quality Versus Cost -- Electric Load, Coincidence, and Behavior -- Peak Load, Diversity, and Load Curve Behavior -- Measuring and Modeling Load Curves -- Power System Reliability -- Outages Cause Interruptions -- Reliability Indices -- Comparison of Reliability Indices Among Utilities -- Benchmarking Reliability -- Economics and Evaluation of Cost -- Costs -- Time Value of Money -- Variability of Costs -- Evaluation, Prioritization, and Approval -- Decisions and Commitments -- Evaluation, Comparison, Prioritization, and Approval -- Traditional Regulated Utility Least-Cost Planning -- The Benefit/Cost Ratio Paradigm -- Incremental Benefit/Cost Evaluation -- Profit-Based Planning Paradigms -- Equipment Ratings, Loadings, Lifetime, and Failure -- Capacity Ratings and Lifetime -- Aging, Deterioration, and Damage -- Measures to Improve Equipment Reliability and Life -- Equipment Failures and System Performance -- Equipment Failure Rate Increases with Age -- A Look at Failure and Age in a Utility System.

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