Natural gas has replaced coal as the dominant fuel for U.S. electricity generation. However, U.S. states that regulate electric utilities have retired coal more slowly than others. We build a structural model of rate-of-return regulation during an energy transition where utilities face tradeoffs...

"This book will provide the reader a firm understanding of the electrical value delivery chain. It will start with an overview of electricity, how it works, and why it works that way. Then it will move on with a history of the industry that generates, transports, and distributes electrical...

Kraftselskapet BKK vart til 2. juni 1920 då Bergen og elleve landkommunar gjekk saman om å utvikla kraftforsyninga på og omkring Bergenshalvøya. Denne boka skildrar framveksten av selskapet og dei store kraftutbyggingane i området mellom Sognefjorden og Hardangerfjorden. Forfattarane fortel...

The RPS has become the most important instrument in United Statesto encourage the generation of electricity through the use of renewable energy.In brief, the RPS is a policy mechanism that requires suppliers of electricity to providea specific percentage of their energy supply from some form of...

Electricity markets are currently evolving to accommodate large scale penetration of wind generation. In this research, potential changes to the classification and role of windgenerators in the Single Electricity Market (SEM), the market for Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, are...

The last decade has delivered rapid structural change to the Australian electricity sector. The common conceptualisation of the sector's restructuring has been narrowly based around sector-specific regulatory change and the creation of a national electricity market. This thesis argues that such...

Optimal daily operation of electric power generating plants is very essential for any power utility organization to reduce input costs and possibly the prices of electricity in general. For a fossil fuel – fired power plant for example, the benefits of power generation optimalization (i.e....