Reliability worth assessment in a developing country-residentialsurvey results |
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Authors: | Billinton R. Pandey M. |
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Affiliation: | Power Syst. Res. Group, Saskatchewan Univ., Saskatoon, Sask.; |
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Abstract: | This paper presents the results of a residential customer survey conducted in service areas of the Nepal Integrated Electric Power System (NPS). The objective was to determine the power interruption costs incurred by the residential customers of a developing country, and extend the customer survey approach to reliability worth evaluation in a developing environment. Interruption cost estimates were obtained using in-person interviews with 944 sample customers. The results indicate the implications of service reliability to residential customers of Nepal, and show that reliability worth evaluation in a developing country is both possible and practical |
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