Sustainable electricity : case studies from electric power companies in North America
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Bibliographic Information
Sustainable electricity : case studies from electric power companies in North America
Springer, c2016
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This resource is the first-ever compilation of industry-authored case studies on how power companies are making strides toward achieving sustainable electricity in North America. The book features recent game changing efforts, candid insider stories about challenges and process, and forecasts for the next decade of innovation. Each chapter shares topic-focused case studies regarding the reality of implementing operational changes and strategies that will lead to sustainable electricity. Key technical staff and managers from top companies candidly report on failures, insights, trade-offs, internal process, resulting improvements to operational efficiencies, and natural resource and stakeholder benefits. Electric power company managers seeking to identify specific opportunities and understand the process for advancing sustainability in their own organizations will discover solid paths forward through potentially treacherous terrain. Educated stakeholders, agencies, and regulators will benefit from the greater understanding of the reality of realizing change in the electric power industry engendered by this unique strategic resource.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Defining Sustainable Electricity.- American Electric Power: Stakeholder Engagement and Company Culture.- BC Hydro: How Demand Side Management Can Help Utilities Achieve Triple Bottom Line Outcomes.- Consolidated Edison Company of New York: Distributed Generation.- CPS Energy: Clean Energy, Community, and Business Vitality.- DTE Energy: Water Management.- Duke Energy: Engaging Employees in Sustainability.- Entergy: Climate Change Resiliency and Adaptation.- Exelon Corporation - Strategic Greenhouse Gas Management.- Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc.: The Rural Cooperative Perspective.- Los Angeles Department of Water and Power: Energy Efficiency For Our City and Our Customers.- Southern California Edison: Renewable Energy.- TVA: Balancing Aquatic Biodiversity, River Management, and Power Generation.- The Fourth Energy Wave: The Sustainable Consumer is Knocking.
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