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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lilburn, GA :
Fairmont Press, Inc.,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 the value of electricity. Coalescing the many wide ranging and disparate value estimates, it examines how we might better quantify the significance of avenues by which electricity plays a role in sustaining and improving the quality of life -for example, via warmth, illumination, transportation, motive power, medical diagnostics, and life prolonging treatments. The author elucidates the numerous approaches to estimating value, including electricity's contribution toward the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), its role in medicine, and its ability to power communications. Traditional measures such the cost of outages, the impact of storms, the cost of restoring power systems after storms, the value of lost load (VOLL), consumer willingness to pay (WTP) to avoid outages, and consumer surveys are also discussed. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-241) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781523102280 1523102284 0881737496 9780881737493 9781003151951 1003151957 |