Cost of Electricity Outage in Jordan.(Dept.E)

Abstract

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.