Electric power system re liability is a ver.y important aspect for both producers .::and consume rs. For the form er it is important t o de sigll an op timally r eliable system while f o r t he lat ter it is i mpo rtant for the economic use of electric i ty f o r produc tion a nd serv i c es . Comb ining the two sides o ne sets th e importa nce o ( sys t e m reliability to the national economy. One impor tant Indicator for detecmining optimum reliability l eve l i s th e c ost o f outage to co n sumers. The authors in thi z pa pe r pr esent a n esti mation for: th e cost of outage using t hree methodologies. The o v erall average cost of outage is e stimated at JD O . 6J/Kwh (U .S.$ l /K\ .. h) while the specific outage cos t s are: JD O.28 /kw h , JD O.32/ Kwh and JD 1.4/Kwh for dome s tiC, industrial and comme rc i.d con s umers r.espect! vely.
This paper deaLs wi th pOI~C r aya te l:! plu/l" i nl! in de ve Joninq countries. Sev er ol features of pOller 9Y9t~m plullninu ill Jc v~lopill!r countri c s are present ed . These 9ho.4 til l'll:. the plunninu p("oc eg~ vur ies with the degree of OSsilililaLion of tc chn olog y by society i n general, an d by pla nn ers und de c isi on mal{ers in par t.i cular I os \,lell os the . degree of eco n o mic g ro .... •t h, soumJ ec on omic mnno1r.!C:Dlent, adoption of ~ppropriDte policie s Dn d degr e e of so ci ul devclopmcII\:'. The problem s encountered by po •• e r systelll p l u nners in clevelopillJ! countries ar e di s9 uss e d in the f irs t purt of th e paper. The se c onu pur t i s al l oted to II detailed description of the JOrdnninn case os C\ good model of fnirly successful planni"" endeavour. In th e thil'd nnd final pnx:t, sOln e co nclu s ion s nrc drawn.
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