Ensuring a smooth electrical energy to the consumer has been identified as the main role of electric supply utility. The power utility needs to ensure that the electrical power is generated with minimum cost. Hence, for economic operation of the system, the total demand must be appropriately shared among the generating units with an objective to minimize the total generation cost for the system...

The U.S. electric utility industry is facing a number of challenges today. In response, utilities are investing in smart grid technologies to mitigate them. Yet, smart grid adoption presents significant knowledge barriers to utilities. This study aims to advance the understanding of IT knowledge challenges in smart grid adoption by focusing on three research questions: 1) what knowledge require...

Mathematical models of electrostatic actuation have been developed since the 1960’s, beginning with the work of G.I. Taylor, and are of great utility in a number of engineering systems. They are of particular use in the field of microand nanoelectromechanical systems, where models have typically dealt with planar geometries. Here, we extend the theory of electrostatic actuation to a non-planar ...