Rethinking the grid: avoiding blackouts and modernizing the power grid is harder than you think.(UTILITIES): An article from: Energy

by Peter Fox-Penner

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Rethinking the avoiding blackouts and modernizing the power grid is harder than you think.(UTILITIES)
Peter Fox-Penner
Energy (Magazine/Journal)
March 22, 2004
Thomson Gale
29 2 4(5)

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Published March 22, 2004

About the author

Dr. Peter Fox-Penner, principal and chairman emeritus, specializes in economic, regulatory, and strategic issues in network industries. His practice centers on energy and environmental policies and electric regulatory planning and competition issues. He is also experienced in the natural gas, communications, transportation, and environmental industries and is a frequent expert witness on these issues.

He is a frequent speaker on energy topics and the author of numerous published articles and books, including the highly acclaimed Electric Utility Restructuring: A Guide to the Competitive Era and his new book from Island Press, Smart Power: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities.

In Smart Power, Dr. Fox-Penner provides an in-depth look at the policy and business challenges electric utilities face due to the combined impacts of climate change, the smart grid, and energy efficiency policies. Drawing upon his expertise as a utility consultant, Dr. Fox-Penner examines potential sustainable business models and reviews the current prospects for long-term power generation alternatives."