Reliability-Based Distribution Network Pricing

Reliability of Distribution Network Components

The knowledge of the reliability of distribution network components is important consideration in the system planning and operation, without such knowledge it could be impossible to conduct meaningful reliability studies on power distribution systems. However, the valid data are expensive to collect. The component reliability performance statistics are not easy to obtain. There is always uncert...

Seismic-Reliability-Based Optimal Layout of a Water Distribution Network

We proposed an economic, cost-constrained optimal design of a water distribution system (WDS) that maximizes seismic reliability while satisfying pressure constraints. The model quantifies the seismic reliability of a WDS through a series of procedures: stochastic earthquake generation, seismic intensity attenuation, determination of the pipe failure status (normal, leakage, and breakage), pipe...

Evaluation of Water Distribution Network Reliability

Dynamic Network-Based Discriminatory Pricing

We study the dynamic pricing decisions for competitive network service providers. We assume that each competing firm follows a three-part pricing scheme, which consists of an ongoing membership fee, a usage fee for communications within the networks, and another usage fee for communications across the networks. The difference between the two usage fees is the network-based price discount that a...

Design of Reliability Insurance Scheme Based on Utility Function for Improvement of Distribution Grid Reliability

The regulatory schemes currently used for reliability improvement have weaknesses in the provision of quality services based on the customers’ perspective. These schemes consider the average of the service as a criterion to incentivize or penalize the distribution system operators (DSOs). On the other hand, most DSOs do not differentiate electricity services at the customer level, due to the st...