Understanding the Cost of Power Interruptions to U.S. Electricity Consumers
Aug. 31, 2004
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Joseph H. Eto
This report seeks to quantify how much power interruptions and fluctuations in power quality cost U.S. electricity consumers. It lays out a comprehensive end-use framework for assessing the cost to U.S. electricity consumers of power interruptions and power-quality events.