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Key Definitions: Reliability, Security, & Adequacy<br />

• Reliability of an electric power system can be viewed<br />

as two interrelated elements: adequacy + security.<br />

• Adequacy ➔ Generation can be kept in balance with<br />

loads, losses, and intertie outflows (system balance)<br />

• Security ➔ Electric power system is able to withstand<br />

contingencies (sudden changes) on a daily and hourly<br />

basis, e.g., loss of a generating unit or transmission line.<br />

• In North America, reliability standards for electric power<br />

systems are set by the North American Electric Reliability<br />

Council (NERC).<br />

© Daniel Kirschen & Leigh Tesfatsion 2011 2

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