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Energy Management Study Of Irrigation Pumping Plants For The Utah Power And Light Company, Jeffrey C. White

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

All electric power utility companies are faced with yearly peak demands. They must supply sufficient generating capacity along with transmission and distribution facilities to carry these loads. In the past, peaking requirements of many utilities have been met by the use of gas turbines, which are not as efficient as base load plants, but require substantially lower capital investments. However, the fuel supplies used for gas turbines are becoming extremely difficult and expensive to procure and as a result, other means for meeting peak demands are being examined.

Energy management attempts to modify the power systems' load requirements to fit …