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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459918003321

Autore

Fox-Penner Peter S. <1955->

Titolo

Smart power : climate change, the smart grid, and the future of electric utilities / / Peter Fox-Penner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington,  District of Columbia ; ; Covelo, California ; ; London, [England] : , : Island Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-61091-590-9

Edizione

[Anniversary edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (374 p.)

Disciplina

333.7932

Soggetti

Electric utilities - Deregulation - United States

Electric power distribution - United States

Power resources - United States

Smart power grids

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""About Island Press""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Forewords""; ""Chapter One. The First Electric Revolution""; ""Chapter Two. Deregulation, Past and Prologue""; ""Part One: The Smart Grid and Electricity Sales""; ""Chapter Three. The New Paradigm""; ""Chapter Four. Smart Electric Pricing""; ""Chapter Five. The Regulatory Mountain""; ""Chapter Six. The (Highly Uncertain) Future of Sales""; ""Part Two: Supply Side Challenges""; ""Chapter Seven. The Aluminum Sky""; ""Chapter Eight. The Great Power Shift""; ""Chapter Nine. Billion Dollar Bets""

""Part Three: Business Models for the New Utility Industry""""Chapter Ten. Energy Efficiency: The Buck Stops Where?""; ""Chapter Eleven. Two and a Half New Business Models""; ""Chapter Twelve. The Smart Integrator""; ""Chapter Thirteen. The Energy Services Utility""; ""Conclusion""; ""Afterword""; ""Technical Appendix A""; ""Technical Appendix B""; ""Technical Appendix C""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Contributors""; ""About the Author""; ""Index""; ""Board of Directors""