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Alternating Currents: Electricity and Public Policy (RFF Press) [Hardcover]

Professor Timothy J. Brennan (Author), Professor Karen L. Palmer (Author), Professor Salvador A. Martinez (Author)


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March 11, 2002 RFF Press

Many states within the U.S., and many countries across the world, are opening their electricity markets to competition. Many others are uncertain about their plans. These differences emphasize the complexities involved in the technology and regulatory structure of the electricity industry -- an industry for which the introduction of market competition has been notoriously difficult.

In response to these challenges, Alternating Currents provides a timely overview and analysis of the concerns facing industry regulators, legislators, and others as they consider whether, when, and how to open electricity markets.


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"This book belongs on the shelf of any stakeholder in the restructuring debate -- and every journalist who reports on it." -- Electricity Daily

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"Well written and accessible for students, the general public, and members of the policy community. The coverage of market power is both sophisticated and balanced. It is one of the best summaries I have seen on the subject. The discussion of current debates, particularly the response to what happened in California, is timely and well balanced." -- William W. Hogan, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University


Product Details

  • Hardcover: 210 pages
  • Publisher: RFF Press (March 11, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 189185352X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1891853524
  • Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.8 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,529,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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In the spring of 1999, we and our colleagues at Resources for the Future began to think that it was time to consider updating A Shock to the System, the primer on electricity restructuring that RFF published in the summer of 1996. Read the first page
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retail electricity competition, public purpose programs, nonhydroelectric renewables, retail electricity markets, opening retail markets, opening electricity markets, wholesale price caps, electricity restructuring, stranded cost recovery, regional transmission organizations, stranded costs, retail electricity sales, wholesale power prices, nodal prices, retail price controls, electricity retailers, incumbent utilities, renewable generators, interstate effects, transmission utility, retail choice, wholesale electricity prices, retail competition, lower electricity prices, nonutility generators
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United States, Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Energy Information Administration, New York, Tennessee Valley, United Kingdom, April July Oct, Current Policy Issues, District of Columbia, Environmental Protection Agency, North American Electric Reliability Council, Restructuring Experiences, Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act, California Power Exchange, California Public Utility Commission, Otter Tail, Regulation of Wires, Vertical Restructuring, Electricity Working Group, New England, Treasury Department
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