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Showing 1 to 20 of 96 for “"electric utility"”.
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Consensus-building in electric utility regulation
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1992.
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Japanese electric utility planning under regulatory transition
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1996.
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Full value estimation of electric utility options
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Nuclear Engineering, 1996.
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Electrochemical Capacitor Characterization for Electric Utility Applications
… a significant level of interest for use in the electric utility industry for a variety of potential applications. For example, ECs integrated with a power conversion system can be used to assist the electric utility by providing voltage support, power factor correction, active filtering, and …
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Electric utility storm restoration : crew work allocation optimization
Storms damage Atlantic Electric's electric distribution network, resulting in power outages and expensive repairs. After severe storms Atlantic Electric hires external contractor crews to perform the majority of the restoration work. This project focuses on increasing the effectiveness of …
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Electric utility pricing and investment decisions under uncertainty
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Economics, 1981.
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Stochastic unit commitment in a deregulated electric utility industry
… Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1998.
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Climate change adaptation in the U.S. electric utility sector
The electric utility sector has been a focus of policy efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but even if these efforts are successful, the sector will need to adapt to the impacts of climate change. These are likely to include increased heat waves, drought, extreme precipitation events, and …
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Valuation of electric utility generating assets in a competitive environment
Electricity industry restructuring, technological advances, and changing environmental laws and regulations are providing opportunities for many electricity companies to substantially lower their cost of doing business. One such cost is property tax, which in a majority of states is based upon the …
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Role of Electric Utility Companies in Economic Development Within Deregulation
<p>This research seeks to determine if electric utilities participate in economic development, and if so, how might the trend of electric deregulation affect that relationship. The researcher reviewed the academic literature to determine that electric utilities do, in fact, participate in economic …
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Regulation and Technical Change in the Electric Utility Industry: 1948-1975
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-14T06:06:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 8004239.pdf: 6241691 bytes, checksum: 0888d50d31f290a0a831258324bc8be7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1979
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Electricity privatization : should South Korea privatize its state-owned electric utility?
The state-owned electric utility, Korea Electricity Power Cooperation (KEPCO), privatization has been a key word in South Korea since 1997, when the government received $55 billion from the International Monetary Fund in exchange for a tough economic restructuring that included massive …
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Electric utility planning methods for the design of one shot stability controls
… concern as the power grid is growing. Delivering electric power from the most economical source through fewest and shortest transmission lines to customers frequently increases the stress on the system and prevents it from maintaining its stability. Events like loss of transmission equipment and …
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A method of generation scheduling in electric utility systems with nuclear units
The problem of unit commitment in an electric utility system is analyzed. The types of generating units considered include nuclear-steam, fossil-steam, thermalpeaking, conventional and pumped-storage hydro. The large problem of generating unit commitment, due to the inclusion of the nuclear unit, …
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An Analysis of Electric Utility Fund Transfer in the City of Austin, Texas
No abstract prepared.
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Financial and regulatory considerations in capacity expansion planning for the electric utility industry
… in the capacity planning decision of an electric utility. Three important financial issues are choice of appropriate capital and fuel costs, effect of regulation and scarcity of capital. The first section of the dissertation is devoted to an overview of the electric utility industry and …
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