Electric Power System Basics for the Nonelectrical Professional (IEEE Press Series on Power and Energy Systems)

This book has help me tremendously. It is hard to find a book that takes the time break things down to the basics but also continuously dig deeper into the details. Highly recommend for anyone starting out in the utility industry.

I am a technical writer at NextEra Energy, and I format the content written by Electrical Engineers in their CIP (Cyber Information Protection) documents that are required by NERC (North American Electric Reliability Corporation).

Excellent overview for someone like me (mechanical engineer with limited electrical experience). Basic overview of system components - good starting point for further research. Only negative is it's somewhat poorly edited. Several typos/errors but none critical to basic understanding. Good overall.

Great book. Helps simply explain the how & why, which is what I was looking for.

A very nice introduction, and in a well written, easy to understand style.

I am not sure who the intended audience is. I envisioned a book for facility managers and nonelectrical engineers, but it is mostly pitched below that level.It is clearly not intended for someone trying to understand the issues involved in distributed generation below utility scale, energy storage, or backup generation, which are not mentioned. Wind and solar get brief mentions with no discussion of technical issues., Cogeneration is covered briefly in terms of energy efficiency. High-voltage DC transmission gets some coverage..If you have an intellectual curiosity about the present electrical transmission and distribution system, and the basics of system stability, this is probably a good starting point. Those topics are pitched at a somewhat higher level. But the treatment of these topics will be more understandable if you already know a bit more about ac power than the book presents.Maybe its best use is as a summary of how the industry was thinking 10-15 years ago, and thus by implication how much things have changed.

As the author, I appreciate all your comments. I will definitely take them into consideration when it comes time for 3rd edition. Thank you, Steve B.

As noted by other reviewers, this book is intended as a comprehensive low- or non-technical introduction for professionals that are not in the industry. As such, it succeeds very well. At no point should the discussions be difficult to understand, even for non-technical professionals. It also provides a good perspective on all of the industry, rather than just one part of it. I was hoping for a little more technical presentation, but must admit that neither the book description or the reviews made that representation. Compared to other books on the electrical industry that go into more detail and are more specialized, the price of the book is very reasonable. (I bought a used one.)