TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clark,Charles E.
TI  - A profile of the electric power industry: facing the challenges of the 21st century 
T2  - Industry profiles collection
SN  - 9781606493847
AV  - HD9685 .P764 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - [New York, N.Y. (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017)
PB  - Business Expert Press
KW  - Electric utilities
KW  - United States
KW  - electric industry
KW  - electric demand
KW  - electric capacity expansion
KW  - natural monopoly
KW  - depletable fuel pricing
KW  - electric industry regulation
KW  - rate making
KW  - cap and trade regulation
KW  - renewable portfolio standards
KW  - global climate change risk management
KW  - new technology incentives
KW  - energy efficiency, electrification, and smart grid
KW  - carbon tax
KW  - electric power exchanges
KW  - CO2 price
N1  - Part of: 2012 digital library; 1 (pages 149-152) and index; List of figures --; List of tables --; 1. Introduction --; 2. How the industry operates --; 3. Electric industry organization --; 4. Outside market forces for the electric industry --; 5. Regulation of the electric industry --; 6. Challenges and opportunities for the electric industry --; Notes --; Resources for further study --; Index; 2; b; Also available in printing
N2  - The electric power industry was traditionally a utility to which people gave little thought. It had stable prices, low business risk, and predictable emerging issues. Great change has shaken the industry. Mergers have resulted in large and powerful companies. Natural gas prices have plummeted and gas is replacing coal as the basis for both electricity production and new capacity. Environmental regulation is in flux. And new technologies are transforming all parts of the industry's value chain. The high cost and new skills demanded by these technologies give rise to unprecedented financial risk
UR  - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ciu.edu?url=https://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/BEPB0000171.html
ER  -