Investigators determined that Pacific Gas and Electric was to blame for a leak, but federal and state regulators never cited the utility for safety violations.
Open image in new window Fig. 4 Utility curve for load shifting Open image in new window Fig. 5 Utility curve for equivalent annual cost Open image in new window Fig. 6 Utility curve for reliability Open image in new window Fig. 7 Utility curve for lifespan Open image in new window Fig. 8 Utility curve for safety and environmental impact.
The three approaches described above have the most utility for product safety or environmental assessments.
Japan has moved a step closer to restarting nuclear reactors, with four utility companies applying for safety inspections of 10 idled plants, the clearest sign of a return to atomic energy almost two and a half years after the Fukushima disaster.
The city has cordoned off streets surrounding the hall and cut off utilities to the area for safety reasons, making it impossible for audience members, performers and anybody else to enter.
Under California's utility rules, customers pay for safety improvements, a tab that includes an 8.79 percent profit margin for PG&E.
We present two prioritized-based resolutions to deal with policy inconsistencies for safety and utility policies based on safety-utility tradeoff.
In this paper, we aim for providing a formal examination of policy inconsistency resolution for safety and utility policies, which can help the policy administrators to specify reasonable access control policies when both safety and utility policies coexist.
In this paper, we provide a formal examination of policy inconsistencies resolution for safety and utility policies, especially for the coexistence of static separation-of-duty (SSoD) policies and strict availability (SA) policies.
Still, Volvo has succeeded in delivering a good-looking utility vehicle that raises the ante for safety.
