1. Who runs the electric grid? The North American Electric Reliability Corporation has a role to play in the operation and reliability of the electric grid. Write a brief description of the organization, its members and how it functions.
2. Why is long distance power transmission sent on high voltage (high tension) wires? Compare two transmission lines: one at twice the voltage of the second. Which of the two lines is most advantageous to a utility company? How much is the advantage?
Session: Readings and References:
1. A demo and information on electromagnetic induction
https://sirius.ucsc.edu/demoweb/cgi-bin/?e_m-electmag-faraday.
2. DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
https://energy.gov/oe/office-electricity-delivery-and-energy-reliability
3. EIA page on Electricity Data. https://www.eia.doe.gov/fuelelectric.html
4. The Grid, DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
https://www.oe.energy.gov/SmartGridIntroduction.htm
https://www1.eere.energy.gov/tribalenergy/guide/electricity_grid_basics.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_grid
5. Roger Anderson, The Smart Grid
https://www.c2es.org/docUploads/10-50_Anderson_120604_120713.pdf
6. Eric J. Lerner, What’s Wrong with the Grid?, The Industrial Physicist, 2004
https://www.aip.org/tip/INPHFA/vol-9/iss-5/p8.html
7. New Generation of Superconductor Equipment for the Electric Power Grid,
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/freeabs_all.jsp?arnumber=1603610
8. Grant, Starr and Overbye, The Supergrid, Scientific American, July, 2006.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=a-power-grid-for-the-hydr-2006-07&page=1
9. The Smart Grid, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_grid