Sentences with phrase «maintain system reliability»

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, «When wind is added to a utility system, no new backup is required to maintain system reliability.»

Potential solutions include better coordination of the timing of resource additions and the mix of resources added to meet customer needs efficiently and maintain system reliability, as well as additional research, development, and demonstration of existing and emerging storage technologies.

«Reactive power and system voltages will need to be propped up to maintain system reliability.»

Incremental reserves included the cost associated with installation of additional operating reserves to maintain system reliability at higher levels of wind penetration, recognizing the incremental variability in system load imposed by the variability of wind plant output.

In a preliminary clean energy future summary paper prepared by LADWP, the first «key» consideration explicitly raises the utility's concern with maintaining system reliability without flexible natural gas plants.

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With the addition of any new generating resource to meet the needs of our customers, it is likely that we will have to expand our transmission system to maintain the level of reliability expected by our customers and required by the North American Electric Reliability Corporatreliability expected by our customers and required by the North American Electric Reliability CorporatReliability Corporation (NERC).

The ministry maintains that the small number of animals involved in the commercial trade means they can be used to test the reliability of any system introduced later for pets.

The groundbreaking program encourages urban, suburban, and rural transit agencies to find new, cost - effective ways to manage and maintain the condition of their systems — everything from railroad tracks and train stations to bus facilities and electrical equipment, resulting in improved system safety and reliability.

Despite its own assertions that higher levels of imports and renewables can minimize system stress and maintain reliability, its Reference Case unrealistically underestimates the likely future impacts of those resources, undermining their contribution to system reliability.

Federal reliability standards require that a certain amount of electric generation capacity needs to be located in specific geographic areas in order to maintain reliability of the electric system.

Opponents of such regulations claim that the integration of these resources will impose high costs on the system, in particular those related to maintaining reliability standards.

Good integration methods maximize the cost effectiveness of incorporating VRE into the power system while maintaining or increasing system stability and reliability.

While the ISO acknowledges that higher levels of renewable energy «can minimize system stress and maintain reliability» it depicts a high renewable energy future as «unlikely» and throughout its analysis, the ISO undercounts or discounts the contributions of both renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Maintaining a diverse supply mix, where the different resources are complementary to each other, is an effective way to provide the services necessary to balance the supply and demand of electricity and maintain the reliability of Ontario's power system.

«The Expert Panel's Final Report confirms its draft findings that the RET will deliver significant economic benefits to Queensland, with a broadly cost neutral impact on electricity prices while maintaining system security and reliability,» said Bailey.

A forthcoming NERC report will detail how a system in which large synchronous generators are no longer providing «essential reliability services» like ramping capability, voltage follow through, and frequency response can be reliably maintained.

The importance of distribution and transmission networks has to be well understood by policy makers and regulators to maintain the sensitive balance within the policy triangle of reliability, affordability and sustainability as power systems rapidly change.

May 11, 2009 Committee Workshop on Options for Maintaining Electric System Reliability When Eliminating Once - Through Cooling Power Plants

Committee Workshop on Options for Maintaining Electric System Reliability When Eliminating Once - Through Cooling Power Plants

Policy makers should recognise the value of maintaining fuel diversity in supporting electric system economy and reliability.

Microsoft may have made great strides in recent years to improve the reliability and performance of Windows, and the company does include some useful tools to help users maintain their systems, but there is always room for improvement.

Participated in the creation of PM's, enters PM's into the maintenance system and maintains existing PM's / PdM's for equipment reliability.

Assisted in establishing and maintaining systems, cross-referenced intelligence records and files, and also determined significance and reliability of incoming reports and messages.

• Develop and maintain electrical control systems and the components related to them based upon the required specifications as well as sustainability and reliability.

Troubleshoots, maintains, repairs, and modifies automotive manufacturing and test equipment to improve systems uptime and reliability.

• Determine the company's technology needs and develop new systems and application implementation programs • Train technical staff in the use of hardware and software, either developed or purchased • Establish methods and guidelines for installation and maintenance of computer operating systems, disk arrays and tape libraries • Develop and implement procedures to maintain security and protect systems from unauthorized use • Recommend and implement systems enhancements to improve the performance and reliability of the overall system • Perform periodic audits and handle system integration, verification and supportability for communications systems • Analyze functional aspects of the system to translate clients» requirements into hardware and software test plans • Handle inventory management of software licenses, hardware and software

Contributed to high - reliability technology releases as a result of thorough testing that helped maintain system highly secure and confidential

Worked on a rotating «on call» after hours service team, also performed preventative maintenance on all HVACR systems to increase service life, and maintain reliability.

Highly focused with a comprehensive understanding of designing, developing and maintaining electrical systems and components to required specifications, focusing on economy, safety, reliability, quality and sustainability.

* Built, maintained, and repaired computer systems to improve speed, reliability, and efficiency of operation.

Guidant Corporation (St. Paul, MN) 1999 — 2005 Reliability Technician • Responsible for analysis, maintenance, and repair of varied systems and devices • Designed and implemented procedures to reduce testing time and increase productivity • Skilled in operation, maintenance and repair of RF based technology • Maintained tools and testing equipment to ensure accurate calibration

Junior Unix Administrator (1995 — 1996) • Supervised and maintained all firewalls, proxy servers, email servers, web servers and CAE license servers • Monitored system usage and network traffic, maximizing speed and reliability while reducing service disruptions and issues • Managed all user accounts as well as performed daily data backup, user support and IT purchasing functions