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Electric Utility Resource Planning - Economics, Reliability, and Decision-Making (Hardcover)
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Electric Utility Resource Planning - Economics, Reliability, and Decision-Making (Hardcover)
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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 that directly affect the choices
utilities must make. Using easy-to-understand text and examples,
Electric Utility Resource Planning: Economics, Reliability, and
Decision-Making clarifies how utilities operate their systems and
prepare for the future. This explanation will show readers that
both expected and counterintuitive results can occur (i.e.,
conservation might result in higher air emissions, or lowering
costs could lead to higher electric rates). Taking readers step by
step through this process, the book (in the following order):
"Creates" a hypothetical utility Explains how and why a utility
operates its system of generating units Discusses the planning
methods that a utility would (or should) use Guides readers through
each stage of a planning analysis for the hypothetical utility,
examining various resource options (conservation, new power plants,
and solar) In addition, the author introduces four Fundamental
Principles of Resource Planning that should guide utilities. He
also offers opinions on how certain trends in utility regulation
and legislation can hinder utility planners' efforts to identify
and select the best resources for the utility's customers. With
this book, author Dr. Steven Sim applies his experience and
insights from more than two decades of resource planning for
Florida Power and Light (FPL). As one of the largest utilities in
the United States, FPL has faced a multitude of resource planning
challenges, and Dr. Sim has performed and supervised thousands of
analyses designed to meet these obstacles. He has also served as an
FPL witness in regulatory hearings on a wide variety of topics,
ranging from the economic implications of nuclear, conservation,
coal, gas, and other resource options, to the non-economic impacts
(air emissions, fuel usage, system reliability, etc.) they present.
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