| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Electric system | Energy | 1: Physically connected generation, transmission, and distribution facilities operated as an integrated unit under one central management, or operating supervision. (references) | |
| 2: The physically connected generation, transmission, and distribution facilities and components operated as a unit. (references) | |||
| Electric system intermediate load | Statistics | The range from base load to a point between base load and peak. This point may be the midpoint, a percent of the peakload, or the load over a specified time period. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Electric system loss | Energy | Total energy loss from all causes for an electric utility. (references) | |
| Electric system Loss(es) | Energy | The total amount of electric energy loss in an electric system between the generation source and points of delivery. (references) | |
| Electric system reliability | Energy | The degree to which the performance of the elements of the electrical system results in power being delivered to consumers within accepted standards and in the amount desired. Reliability encompasses two concepts, adequacy and security. Adequacy implies that there are sufficient generation and transmission resources installed and available to meet projected electrical demand plus reserves for contingencies. Security implies that the system will remain intact operationally (i.e., will have sufficient available operating capacity) even after outages or other equipment failure. The degree of reliability may be measured by the frequency, duration, and magnitude of adverse effects on consumer service. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
