Part IIIntroduction to Electricity Networks and Electricity Markets
South Canterbury Electric Power Board linemen framed by their earthing sticks, New Zealand, ca 1927 (Source: Neil Rennie, Power to The People: 100 Years of Public Electricity Supply in New Zealand, Electricity Supply Association of New Zealand)
Electricity is so ubiquitous we mostly take it for granted. However, the reliable delivery of electric power to homes and businesses requires a very large number of interconnected parts and a large number of people, working together as a coordinated system. But what exactly is an electric power system? How and why is it organised the way it is? How does electric power flow over the electricity network or grid? What are the concerns that need to be taken into account when the system is designed or operated? In these chapters, we start to answer these questions.
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