The authors of this volume have gathered together an impressive wealth of material about actual policy decisions and their repercussions and have subjected their findings to astute economic analysis.
Using Chicago as a test case, Harold L. Platt investigates the emergence of an urban-based, energy-intensive society over the course of half a century in this book-length history of energy use in the city.
Considers S. 2564 and companion H.R. 13828 and H.R. 15273, to develop a competitive market among the small electrical utilities for nuclear energy and to allow small electric utilities to participate in use and sale of nuclear power.
The author asserts that the privatisation of South Australia's electricity supply has been a disaster for the state, with households and small businesses facing price hikes of around 25%, and the threat of power blackouts.
Explores fundamental changes that have taken place worldwide in electricity economics and planning since the publication of the author's initial book on the subject, "Power System Economics", in 1983.
Operation of Market-oriented Power Systems will be a useful reference for professional engineers and researchers in the operation and control of modern power systems as all within the power industry face up to the changes required to ...