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THE FUTURE OF RELIABLE AND SECURE ELECTRIC POWER
Providing reliable and secure electric power to meet the growing
demands of this century, and mitigate the adverse effects of
climate change, is a daunting challenge. The situation has given
rise to increased interest in the potential for distributed power
systems (DPS): a combination of distributed sources of power
production and distributed energy storage. This study examines the
economic, environmental, and energy security case for DPS.
Scholars from the Brookings Institution's Energy Security
Initiative and the Hoover Institution's Task Force on Energy Policy
offer recommendations for ensuring the security and sustainability
of our electricity system now and for future generations through
the greater deployment of DPS. Their report provides a
comprehensive survey of the current technology and policy landscape
of DPS and offers suggestions for its most effective use in
civilian and military settings, along with warnings on its possible
pitfalls. They discuss the current economic, environmental, and
energy security costs and benefits of DPS, the policies and
regulations currently in place to promote DPS and their
effectiveness, the potential benefits of increased penetration of
DPS and the barriers to achieving them, and what federal and state
governments can do to further encourage DPS.
CONTRIBUTORS: John Banks, Jeremy Carl, David Fedor, Kevin Massy,
Pedram Mokrian, Jelena Simjanovic, David Slayton, Amy Guy Wagner,
Lisa Wood
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