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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Distribution companies"”.
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Financial sustainability of mini-grid electricity distribution companies in Uganda
This study investigated the financial sustainability of electricity Mini-grids in Uganda. The challenges of sustainability of Mini-grids were recognised by Tenenbaum Bernard, Greacen Chris, Siyambalapitiya Tilak (2014) as well as Payen, Bordeleau and Young (2016), with a focus on developing …
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Warehouse management model integrating BPM-Lean Warehousing to increase order fulfillment in SME distribution companies
In many cases, warehouse logistics in the distribution SMEs usually do not have a standardization, structure, and methodology for the reception, storage, and dispatch. Most of the flows within the warehouse tend to occur over time, but there is no feedback or a choice of logistics tools to make it …
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An analysis of key macroeconomic variables and underlying basic assumptions contained in loan capital commitments on the financial sustainability of electric power distribution companies (DisCos) in the Nigerian electricity supply industry (NESI) under the Multi-year (MYT) framework
… by the inability of the Electricity Power Distribution Companies (DisCos) in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) to meet their respective financial obligations, especially around the offtake of the wholesale electric power energy delivered. Given the reliance of the electricity …
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The Market for Forward Contracts on Oil in Iceland. An assessment of market activity
… by Icelandic parties, including airline and oil distribution companies. Due to a lack of information available about the volume of forward contracts in use it is not possible to estimate the size of the market, yet evidence suggests that spot market transactions are the dominant method in use for …
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Accountability in the retail and distribution sectors of the New Zealand electricity industry
… annual reports of the 33 electricity retail and distribution companies. The index was developed with the support of a panel representing 15 stakeholder groups. The disclosure index is a complex measure. It emphasises accountability through the provision of both financial and non-financial …
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Ship-Pack Optimization to Minimize Fulfillment Costs from Manufacturing to Customer
Ship-pack optimization is a crucial tool for companies to reduce operations cost in their distribution system. Cost elements including transportation costs between manufacturing and distribution, transportation costs between distribution and customer, distribution center labor costs, and …
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Fault detection and location on 22kV and 11kV distribution feeders
… is one of the four privately owned electricity distribution companies in the Australian State of Victoria. Due to its operations in a regulated environment, AGLE's objective is to meet the distribution network performance standards set by the Victorian government's Essential Services Commission …
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The law for the emerging active role of electricity consumers
… actors. In this sense, the role of consumers, distribution companies, markets and retailers should be reconsidered and therefore, the need to update the regulation and avoid regulatory disconnection. The main features that such legislation should include are different regulatory treatments …
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Estratégias cooperativas para o mercado brasileiro de gás natural: uma aplicação do método de Shapley
… onshore fields, importation, transportation and distribution assets and participations. Therefore, during this moment of growth in the natural gas offer and market decentralization, it’s possible to identify a new opportunity to enhance the utilization of this fuel in Brazil, which will require …
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Transmission losses cost allocation in restructed electricity market environment
… First stage of power system is the generation companies (GENCOs), followed by transmission companies (TRANSCOs) and distribution companies (DISCOs). The competitive environment will be handling by a non-profit entity, independent system operator (ISO) that functioning as the system securities …
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Feasibility of grid compatible microgrids
… a lack of supply, poor finances, and politics. Distribution companies in these countries are often cash strapped, in a tremendous amount of debt and are unable to make adequate investments in infrastructure. Off-grid technologies can be the most cost-effective choice in remote areas, and they …
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Improving electricity supply in the Indian state of Odisha using under-the-grid micro-grid technology
… in the rural areas of India. Besides, the distribution companies (DISCOMs) that provide power supply to the rural areas are in poor financial health due to high operating costs, high AT&C losses, power theft and subsidized consumer tariffs. For the state of Odisha, due to frequent …
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A system dynamics analysis for the complementary integration of online contents distribution businesses and electronic payment businesses
… are occurring in the digital business economy as companies try to realize a tangible profit. As network infrastructures improve, the value of information becomes less and less since marginal costs for digital goods is practically zero and searching the cost of goods is also extremely low. How, …
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A strategy for the management of energy losses in a local electricity distribution network
… electrical energy losses in an electrical distribution network. In order to develop the strategy, a model was constructed that simulates an electrical distribution network and includes different parameters that calculate the estimated technical losses in the electricity distribution …
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The reform of the electricity supply industry in Zimbabwe and its impact on power sector investments since 2002
… debt issues, as well as to allow the different companies time to develop to a level where they can commercially trade. The regulator was found to be fairly independent, with a good licensing framework and tariff methodology. However, the off-taker's tariff is below cost, though IPPs have been …
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Economic regulation of electricity distribution utilities under high penetration of distributed energy resources : applying an incentive compatible menu of contracts, reference network model and uncertainty mechanisms
… changes in the use and management of electricity distribution systems - including the proliferation of distributed energy resources, smart grid technologies (i.e., advanced power electronics and information and communication technologies) and active system management techniques - present new …
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Design Method for Layered Bed Adsorber for Separation of CO2 and N2 from Natural Gas Using ZEOLITE13X, Carbon Molecular Sieve and Activated Carbon
… These facts have forced NG transmission and distribution companies to limit the concentrations (mole percent) of CO2 (≤ 3%) and N2 (≤4%). Consequently, selective separation of CO2 and N2 from NG has gained considerable importance. There are many technologies that are in use for separation of …
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A model-based approach to regulating electricity distribution under new operating conditions
… vehicles are connecting to the electricity distribution grid, a regulated natural monopoly. Existing regulatory schemes were not designed for these new technologies and may not provide distribution companies with adequate remuneration to integrate the new technologies. To investigate how …
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Electric power network economics : designing principles for a for-profit independent transmission company and underlying architectures for reliability
… operating entire generation, transmission and distribution assets within a regional electric power network. A vertically integrated utility fulfills its responsibilities by first projecting the demand of its customers over some period of time ( typically for the next 5 to 10 years) often …
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