Managing small adjustments to Reactive PowerMeasured in MVAR, sustains the electrical field in Alternati... during normal operation as DemandThe electricity needed at a point in time, expressed as kilo... and SupplyThe total amount of Electricity supplied by one, many or all... varies, in timescales within seconds or minutes. This can be enacted by a range of means, including:
- VoltageThe electrical force or electric potential between two point... regulators that control voltages farther from the substation and installed at substations and along distribution system feeders;
- TransformerEquipment used to increase or decrease the Voltage of an ele... load tap changes; and,
- Passive Reactive Power compensation from capacitors and reactors within substations.