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Power Quality Primer

Suddenly its a contest. With deregulation, the vast pool of power customers is up for grabs.

Dont be fooled by the power industrys more genteel public utility past. Now, power companies must go head to head to survive. If you want to be among the winners, it means going the extra mile for customers by delivering proactive solutions to power quality problems. Are you ready to compete? Are you ready to choose? Then turn to Barry Kennedys Power Quality Primer. Former senior electrical engineer for a successful company with more than 130 utility clients, now a consultant and author, Kennedy gives you the first look at his fine-tuned, ahead-of-the-curve methods to help you:
For utilities
Plan successful competitive strategies for every aspect of the business.
Market proactive solutions to customers before needs arise.
Improve transmission and distribution system quality, efficiency, and power factor performance.
Generate and run advantageous economic formulas.
Eliminate technical problems such as over-voltages and poor grounding.
Design and deliver effective simulations.
Build customer-winning, customer-keeping quality, quality control, and service into all facets of your enterprise.

For their customers
Pick the utility that meets your power quality needs.
Solve your own power quality problems.
Be a smart consumer of electricity.
Develop procedures that will prevent power quality problems.
Find cost effective solutions to power quality problems.
Perform your own power quality survey.
Learn how to make deregulation work for you.

Complete with telescopic views of upcoming trends and potent insights on doing your own R & D, Barry Kennedys Power Quality is the manual of choice for power company leaders and technical staff who know that deregulation is a great opportunity to move their business ahead and their customers who are concerned about getting the power quality they need now and during deregulation.

Contents            

    Chapter 1: Introduction to Power Quality.
    Chapter 2: Power Quality Characteristics.
    Chapter 3: Power Quality Standards.
    Chapter 4: Power Quality Solutions.
    Chapter 5: Wiring and Grounding.
    Chapter 6: Power Quality Measurement Tools.
    Chapter 7: Power Quality Surveys.
    Chapter 8: Power Quality Economics.
    Chapter 9: Future Trends.