Preface

Like the first, this second edition is both a reference book and a tutorial guide on aging power delivery systems, the problems they cause, and the technical and managerial approaches that power system owners can take to manage them. Electric power is unique among major public utilities in that the quality and usability of its product is entirely determined by the characteristics of the system that delivers it, not the way in which it is manufactured. America’s aging power delivery systems mean potentially poor power quality, frequent and lengthy service interruptions, and frustrating challenges for the customers, owners and employees of the electric utilities and large heavy industries who depend on these systems.

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