Sentences with phrase «electric power system planners»
First, how grid operators balance the overall generation mix every day; and second, how electric power system planners incorporate such resources into their resource assessments one year, five years, or ten years into the future.
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Today's story describes how electric power system planners treat wind generators, recognizing that the wind necessary to achieve a turbine's full generating capacity may not be available at the time of peak electric demand.
Electric power system planners forecast the demand for electricity at the time of the peak, and then identify existing and potential generating resources needed to satisfy that demand, plus enough additional resources to provide a comfortable reserve margin.