Electric utility resource planning : economics, reliability, and decision-making

Electric utility resource planning : economics, reliability, and decision-making / Steven Sim.

Most people-including many legislators, regulators, and other decision makers in the electric utility industry-have misconceptions about how electric utilities really ""work"" and plan for the future. This lack of understanding can lead to poorly informed decisions and policies t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sim, Steven
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2012.
Subjects:
Electric power production.
Electric power distribution.
Electric utilities.
electric power production.
electric utilities.
Electric power distribution
Electric power production
Electric utilities
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Author; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: How Does an Electric Utility Actually "Work"?; Chapter 3: Overview of Utility Resource Planning; Chapter 4: Reliability Analyses for Our Utility System; Chapter 5: Resource Option Analyses for Our Utility System: Supply Options; Chapter 6: Resource Option Analyses for Our Utility System: DSM Options; Chapter 7: Final Resource Option Analyses for Our Utility System; Chapter 8: Are We Done Yet? Other Factors That Can (and Will) Complicate Resource Planning Analyses
  • Chapter 9: Final Thoughts (Including Some Opinions)Appendix A: Fundamental Principles of Electric Utility Resource Planning; Appendix B: Glossary of Terms; Appendix C: Mini-Lesson #1- Concepts of Revenue Requirements, Present Valuing of Costs and Discount Rates, Cumulative Present Value of Revenue Requirements, and Levelized Costs; Appendix D: Mini-Lesson #2- Further Discussion of the Limitations of a Screening Curve Analytic Approach; Appendix E: Mini-Lesson #3- Further Discussion of the RIM and TRC Preliminary Cost-Effectiveness Screening Tests for DSM
  • Appendix F: Mini-Lesson #4- How Can a Resource Option Result in Lower Costs, but Increase Electric Rates?Appendix G: Mini-Lesson #5- How Can a Resource Option That Produces Emissions Lower a Utility's Total System Emissions? ("The Taxi Cab Example"); Back Cover

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