Delea / Casazza Understanding Electric Power Systems

An Overview of the Technology, the Marketplace, and Government Regulations
2. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-21137-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: IEEE Press Understanding Science & Technology Series

Technological advances and changes in government policy andregulation have altered the electric power industry in recent yearsand will continue to impact it for quite some time. Fully updatedwith the latest changes to regulation, structure, and technology,this new edition of Understanding Electric Power Systemsoffers a real-world view of the industry, explaining how itoperates, how it is structured, and how electricity is regulatedand priced. It includes extensive references for the reader andwill be especially useful to lawyers, government officials,regulators, engineers, and students, as well as the general public.The book explains the physical functioning of electric powersystems, the electric power business in today's environment, andthe related institutions, including recent changes in the roles ofthe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North AmericanReliability Company. Significant changes that are affecting theindustry are covered in this new edition, including:
* The expanded role of the federal government in the planning andoperation of the nation's electric utilities
* New energy laws and a large number of FERC regulationsimplementing these laws
* Concerns over global warming and potential impacts on theelectric industry
* Pressures for expansion of the electric grid and theimplementation of "smart-grid" technologies
* The growing importance of various energy-storage technologiesand renewable energy sources
* New nuclear generation technologies
* The 2009 economic stimulus package

Autoren/Hrsg.

Delea, Frank

Casazza, Jack

Über Autor(innen)

JACK CASAZZA is an electrical engineer with wide experiencein the electric power profession as an executive, researcher,economist, and consultant. He has served as vice president in amajor utility responsible for electric and gas planning andresearch, as a member of the Board of directors of the GeorgiaSystem Operating Co., and as chairman of the U.S. TechnicalCommittee of CIGRE. Casazza is the author of six books on electricpower policy and technology and founded the American EducationInstitute. An IEEE Life Fellow, he received the Halperin Award forhis contributions to the development of the national transmissionsystem.
FRANK DELEA is retired from Consolidated Edison Company,where he had a wide range of assignments giving him insight intoplanning, operational, financial, organizational, and legal issues.He was the company's chief electric planning engineer, itschief forecast engineer, its first project manager for rate cases,and a corporate planning director. He is an IEEE Senior Member.Since his retirement, Delea has conducted many short courses intechnical, business, and regulatory issues relating to electricpower systems for non-engineers.