Towards An Effective Power Outage Planning: Ann Approach

Abstract

Utility companies in developing nations are battling the problem of incessant power outages without giving prior warning to the consumers.  This has caused questions to be raised as touching the integrity of the so called utility companies. Inability to give precise forecast is another problem that confronts these companies.  Most forecast data are purely statistical which could be enhanced by the use of artificial intelligence tool like Artificial Neural Network.  Outage planning could therefore be well analyzed making both the utility company and consumers schedule their activities without untold damage to machine, equipment, and minimization of economic losses.

Keywords: utility, outage, predictability, ANN, trainoss