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Electric Utility Resource Planning
Economics, Reliability, and DecisionMaing
Most people—including many legislators, regulators, and other decision makers in
the electric utility industry—have misconceptions about ho electric utilities really
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ork and plan or the uture his lack o understanding can lead to poorly inormed
decisions and policies that directly aect the choices utilities must make
sing easy-to-understand text and examples, Electric Utility Resource Planning:
Economics, Reliability, and Decisionaing clariies ho utilities operate their
systems and prepare or the uture his explanation ill sho readers that both
expected and counterintuitive results can occur (ie, conservation might result in
higher air emissions, or loering costs could lead to higher electric rates) aking
readers step by step through this process, the book (in the following order):
•“Creates” a hypothetical utility
• Explains how and why a utility operates its system of generating units
• Discusses the planning methods that a utility would (or should) use
• Guides readers through each stage of a planning analysis for the hypothetical
utility, examining various resource options (conservation, ne poer plants, and
solar)
In addition, the author introduces four Fundamental Principles of Resource Planning
that should guide utilities He also oers opinions on ho certain trends in utility
regulation and legislation can hinder utility planners’ eorts to identiy and select the
best resources for the utility’s customers
With this book, author Dr Steven Sim applies his experience and insights rom
more than to decades o resource planning or Florida Poer and Light (FPL) As
one o the largest utilities in the nited States, FPL has aced a multitude o resource
planning challenges, and Dr Sim has perormed and supervised thousands o analyses
designed to meet these obstacles He has also served as a