Exploring the value of electricity

Intended for electric utility managers, directors, R & D and power system planners, economists, energy engineers, electrical manufacturers, and others involved in the field, this first-of-its-kind book provides an in-depth look at both the hard facts and some of the falsehoods about measuring th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Gellings, Clark W.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Lilburn, GA : Fairmont Press, Inc., 2015.
Subjects
Energy consumption.
Energy conservation.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781523102280
1523102284
0881737496
9780881737493
9781003151951
1003151957
0881737488
9780881737486
9781498744317
1498744311
Physical Description1 online resource (vi, 254 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • WHAT IF THERE WERE NO ELECTRICITY?: What if humans did not know how to use electricity
  • What if electricity failed?
  • LIVING WITHOUT ELECTRICITY: How is electricity used today?
  • Living without electricity: consequences
  • 2020 WITHOUT ELECTRICITY: A day in the life of Johnny
  • ELECTRICITY'S VALUE TO SOCIETY: Determining the value of electricity
  • Electrification
  • The value of expanding end-use
  • Applications of electricity
  • USING THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF BLACKOUTS TO ESTIMATE VALUE: What is a blackout?
  • Power outages
  • The cost of other power disturbances
  • Value of lost load
  • CONSUMER WILLINGNESS TO PAY: Willingness to pay
  • US customers WTP
  • Studies on demand-side management
  • OTHER METHODS TO ESTIMATE VALUE: Using utility restoration costs as a measure of value
  • Value of unserved energy
  • The value of electric lighting
  • Resiliency
  • ARRA results
  • ERCOT economically optimal reserve margin
  • Insights from capacity markets
  • Comparing have and have-not societies
  • ENHANCING THE VALUE OF ELECTRICITY: What can be done to enhance electricity's value to consumers?
  • Electricity's value can be enhanced by
  • OPEN MARKET ENERGY CONSUMER: Energy waves and the open market customer
  • What will be the killer apps of the emerging open market energy consumer industry?

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