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Written to educate new engineers about the business environment, this book explains how new methods of power systems operations and energy marketing relate to public policy, regulation, economics, and engineering science. It examines technologies and techniques currently in use and provides a foundation for understanding the coming era of unbundling, open access, power marketing, self-generation, and regional transmission operations. The book can...
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From Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla to Enrico Fermi and Albert Einstein, the world's greatest minds have enabled mankind to acquire light, heat, and power with a simple flip of switch. People are able to control the climate, process information and tend to their health all thanks to electricity, which relies on power plants to get the job done. From coal to nuclear these plants are necessary get power where it is needed.
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The California energy crisis is not simply about a lack of electricity. It is about who owns the production and distribution of that electricity. As state after state agrees to deregulation, the utility industry is approaching a concentration not seen since the Power Trust of the 1930s. Seeing the Light urges us to change the rules now and create a future that includes affordable, locally owned electricity. The book chonicles hopeful new developments...
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