Reinventing electric utilities [electronic resource] : competition, citizen action, and clean power / Ed Smeloff and Peter Asmus ; foreword by Amory Lovins.
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Island Press, c1997.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 239 p.) : ill., mapsISBN:- 1423707842 (electronic bk.)
- 9781423707844 (electronic bk.)
- Electric utilities -- United States
- Electric power-plants -- Decentralization -- United States
- Electric power-plants -- Efficiency -- United States
- Electric power-plants -- Environmental aspects -- United States
- Energy conservation -- United States
- Renewable energy sources -- United States
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District (Calif.)
- TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Power Resources -- Electrical
- Energia
- �Energies renouvelables -- �Etats-Unis
- Electricite, services publics -- Etats-Unis
- Kernkraftwerk
- Wettbewerb
- Technische Innovation
- Umweltschutz
- USA
- 333.79/32/0973 20
- HD9685.U5 S55 1997
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-222) and index.
Foreword / Amory Lovins -- Ch. 1. The Growth of Electric Monopolies -- Ch. 2. Pulling the Plug on Nuclear Power in Sacramento -- Ch. 3. The Road to Recovery for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District -- Ch. 4. The Breakup of Utilities and California's New Electric Order -- Ch. 5. Regional Examples of Utility Reform -- Ch. 6. Last of the Monopolies?: The Future of the Electric Services Industry -- Postscript: Update on the California Plan -- Appendix A. Descriptions of SMUD Programs -- Appendix B. Promoting Renewable Energy in a Restructured Electricity Market -- Appendix C. Summary of National and Regional Surveys Affirming Consistent Public Support for Conservation and Renewable Energy -- Appendix D. Maps Depicting States with Commitments to IRP, DSM, and Renewable Energy.
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