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Understanding the Cost of Power Interruptions to U.S. Electricity Consumers

Aug. 31, 2004

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Kristina Hamachi LaCommare, Joseph H. Eto

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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.

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