Description: Chapter-1: Deregulation of the Electricity Supply Industry.- 1. Introduction.- 2. What is Deregulation?.- 3. Background to Deregulation and the Current Situation Around the World.- 4. Benefits from a Competitive Electricity Market.- 5. After-Effects of Deregulation.- 6. Concluding Remarks.- Chapter-2: Power System Economic Operation Overview.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Economic Load Dispatch (ELD).- 3. Optimal Power Flow as a Basic Tool.- 4. Unit Commitment (UC).- 5. Formation of Power Pools.- 6. Concluding Remarks.- Chapter-3: Power System Operation in Competitive Environment.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Role of the Independent System Operator (ISO).- 3. Operational Planning Activities of ISO.- 4. Operational Planning Activities of a Genco.- 5. Concluding Remarks.- Chapter-4: Transmission Open Access and Pricing Issues.- 1. Introduction.- 2. What is Power Wheeling?.- 3. Transmission Open Access.- 4. Cost Components in Transmission.- 5. Pricing of Power Transactions.- 6. Transmission Open Accessand Pricing Mechanisms in Various Countries.- 7. Developments in International Transmission Pricing in Europe.- 8. Security Management in Deregulated Environment.- 9. Congestion Management in Deregulation.- 10. Concluding Remarks.- Chapters-5: Ancillary Services Management.- 1. What Do We Mean by Ancillary Services?.- 2. Ancillary Services Management in Various Countries.- 3. Reactive Power as an Ancillary Service.- 4. Concluding Remarks.- Chapter-6: Reliability and Deregulation.- 1. Terminology.- 2. Reliability Analysis.- 3. The Network Model.- 4. Reliability Costs.- 5. Hierarchical Levels.- 6. Reliability and Deregulation.- 7. Performance Indicators.- 8. Conclusions.- Chapter-7: Power Quality Issues: Voltage Dips And Other Disturbances.- 1. Power Quality.- 2. Voltage Dips.- 3. Other Power Quality Issues.- 4Conclusions.- Inde.

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