Future Of Utilities Utilities Of The Future

Author : Fereidoon P. Sioshansi
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780128043202

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Future of Utilities - Utilities of the Future by Fereidoon P. Sioshansi Pdf

Future of Utilities - Utilities of the Future: How technological innovations in distributed generation will reshape the electric power sector relates the latest information on the electric power sector its rapid transformation, particularly on the distribution network and customer side. Trends like the rapid rise of self-generation and distributed generation, microgrids, demand response, the dissemination of electric vehicles and zero-net energy buildings that promise to turn many consumers into prosumers are discussed. The book brings together authors from industry and academic backgrounds to present their original, cutting-edge and thought-provoking ideas on the challenges currently faced by electric utilities around the globe, the opportunities they present, and what the future might hold for both traditional players and new entrants to the sector. The book's first part lays out the present scenario, with concepts such as an integrated grid, microgrids, self-generation, customer-centric service, and pricing, while the second part focuses on how innovation, policy, regulation, and pricing models may come together to form a new electrical sector, exploring the reconfiguring of the current institutions, new rates design in light of changes to retail electricity markets and energy efficiency, and the cost and benefits of integration of distributed or intermittent generation, including coupling local renewable energy generation with electric vehicle fleets. The final section projects the future function and role of existing electrical utilities and newcomers to this sector, looking at new pathways for business and pricing models, consumer relations, technology, and innovation. Contains discussions that help readers understand the underlying causes and drivers of change in the electrical sector, and what these changes mean in financial, operational, and regulatory terms Provides thought-provoking ideas on the challenges currently faced by electric utilities around the globe, the opportunities they present, and what the future might hold for both traditional players and new entrants to the sector Helps readers anticipate what developments are likely to define the function and role of the utility of the future

Author : Leonard S. Hyman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electric utilities
ISBN : UCSC:32106008479237

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America's Electric Utilities by Leonard S. Hyman Pdf

Author : Christopher Flavin
Publisher : Sterling/Main Street
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015005703932

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Electricity's Future by Christopher Flavin Pdf

Electricity, which has largely supplanted oil as the most controversial energy issue of the 1980s, is at the center of some of the world's bitterest economic and environmental controversies. Soaring costs, high interest rates, and environmental damage caused by large power plants have wreaked havoc on the once booming electricity industry. Although policymakers around the world disagree vigorously about future trends and appropriate policies, virtually all acknowledge that a turning point has been reached. This document discusses: (1) past practices and trends leading to problems related to electric power generation and the electrical industry in the United States and foreign countries (including developing nations); (2) innovations and advances in the electrical industry related to the growth of electricity; (3) the rush to small-scale energy production and cogeneration (the combined production of heat and power), led not by utilities but by large industrial companies building their own power systems and small firms created to tap new energy sources such as wind power and geothermal energy; (4) the role of energy efficient products and practices as a power source; and (5) electricity's future. (JN)

Author : Peter Fox-Penner
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 1597267066

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Smart Power by Peter Fox-Penner Pdf

A new national policy on climate change is under debate in the United States and is likely to result in a cap on greenhouse gas emissions for utilities. This and other developments will prompt utilities to undergo the largest changes in their history. Smart Power examines the many facets of this unprecedented transformation. This enlightening book begins with a look back on the deregulatory efforts of the 1990s and their gradual replacement by concerns over climate change, promoting new technologies, and developing stable prices and supplies. In thorough but non-technical terms it explains the revolutionary changes that the Smart Grid is bringing to utility operations. It also examines the options for low-carbon emissions along with the real-world challenges the industry and its regulators must face as the industry retools and finances its new sources and systems. Throughout the book, Peter Fox-Penner provides insights into the policy choices and regulatory reform needed to face these challenges. He not only weighs the costs and benefits of every option, but presents interviews with informed experts, including economists, utility CEOs, and engineers. He gives a brief history of the development of the current utility business model and examines possible new business models that are focused on energy efficiency. Smart Power explains every aspect of the coming energy revolution for utilities in lively prose that will captivate even the most techno-phobic readers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electric power plant equipment industry
ISBN : 1569651612

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Future of Electric Utilities by Anonim Pdf

Author : Steven Sim
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781000959499

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Electric Utility Resource Planning by Steven Sim Pdf

-updates the previous analyses and discussions of system economics to include solar and storage resource options versus the previously analyzed fossil-fueled generation and demand side management (DSM) resource options. -provides a step-by-step analysis approach that can be used to determine the amount of solar and storage that would be needed by a utility to achieve zero or near-zero carbon emissions, plus discusses how the projected level of electric vehicles (EVs) impact those calculations. - presents a discussion of how the firm capacity of solar is calculated based on a utility’s Summer and Winter peak day load shapes and how these values will change over time. - provides a discussion and calculation methodology of how a utility can determine what firm capacity values should be assigned to batteries of different durations (2-hour, 4-hour, etc.) for use in system reliability and economic analyses and how these values will change over time. - continues the approach taken in the 1st edition of explaining topics in language understandable to both the layman and the energy professional. In that respect, the numerous figures and tables provide both graphic and numerical calculation depictions of the issues discussed.

Author : Debashish Roy
Publisher : Apress
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9798868802010

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AI for Utilities by Debashish Roy Pdf

This transformative book explores the power of artificial intelligence (AI) in revolutionizing the utilities industry. It covers crucial topics such as intelligent grids, decentralized energy resources, customer engagement, electric vehicle integration, and more, providing a comprehensive and practical guide to successfully navigate the energy transition. In today's world, the urgency of addressing climate change and transitioning to sustainable energy systems is undeniable. With approximately 60 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions attributed to the energy sector, utilities play a vital role in achieving sustainability goals. The traditional utility business model faces disruption from renewable energy, changing consumer expectations, and regulatory shifts. Embracing AI emerges as a key solution to optimize operations, enhance grid reliability, and meet evolving customer demands. Through compelling case studies and industry-specific use cases, you will discover how AI drives innovation, improves operational efficiency, and contributes to a greener and more sustainable world. As the demand for cleaner and more sustainable energy practices grows, this book demonstrates how AI can support utilities in meeting these demands, making them more resilient, agile, and customer-centric. Whether you're a seasoned industry expert or a curious student, this book equips you with the knowledge and insights to embrace sustainability, navigate the complex energy landscape, leverage AI to shape a positive future, and join the movement towards a greener world, empowered by AI's potential in the utilities industry. What You Will Learn Understand the challenges and opportunities for utilities in the context of climate change, energy poverty, and the evolving business landscape Discover how rapid transformation is needed in the utilities sector to overcome challenges and leverage opportunities for a sustainable future Gain insight into the role of technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI), as a critical tool for utilities in their transformation journey Be aware of how AI can be applied in building the future utility industry, including its potential impact on energy efficiency, intelligent energy ecosystems, community engagement, and new business models Gain knowledge of the adoption of AI and machine learning technologies in the utility industry, including the current state, barriers, significant influencing factors, and an AI adoption maturity model for utilities Recognize the sustainability imperative for utilities and how AI can help in achieving sustainable energy practices Become familiar with the transformation of power generation, microgrids, intelligent transmission and distribution systems, utilities retail, mobility through electric vehicles, and the integration of distributed energy resources (DER) using AI Gain insight into the potential of AI in addressing challenges and driving innovation in the energy ecosystem, such as optimizing power generation assets, enhancing grid intelligence, improving customer service, and enabling clean energy awareness in the metaverse Who This Book Is For Professionals and decision makers in the global utilities industry who want to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to transform their operations and address challenges and opportunities in the energy sector. This book may also appeal to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of energy engineering, environmental science, data analytics, and AI who want to gain a deeper understanding of AI in the utilities sector and its implications for sustainable energy systems.

Author : Saul Griffith
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262046237

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Electrify by Saul Griffith Pdf

An optimistic--but realistic and feasible--action plan for fighting climate change while creating new jobs and a healthier environment: electrify everything. Climate change is a planetary emergency. We have to do something now—but what? Saul Griffith has a plan. In Electrify, Griffith lays out a detailed blueprint—optimistic but feasible—for fighting climate change while creating millions of new jobs and a healthier environment. Griffith’s plan can be summed up simply: electrify everything. He explains exactly what it would take to transform our infrastructure, update our grid, and adapt our households to make this possible. Billionaires may contemplate escaping our worn-out planet on a private rocket ship to Mars, but the rest of us, Griffith says, will stay and fight for the future. Griffith, an engineer and inventor, calls for grid neutrality, ensuring that households, businesses, and utilities operate as equals; we will have to rewrite regulations that were created for a fossil-fueled world, mobilize industry as we did in World War II, and offer low-interest “climate loans.” Griffith’s plan doesn’t rely on big, not-yet-invented innovations, but on thousands of little inventions and cost reductions. We can still have our cars and our houses—but the cars will be electric and solar panels will cover our roofs. For a world trying to bounce back from a pandemic and economic crisis, there is no other project that would create as many jobs—up to twenty-five million, according to one economic analysis. Is this politically possible? We can change politics along with everything else.

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Committee on the Future of Electric Power in the U.S.
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309680967

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Models to Inform Planning for the Future of Electric Power in the United States by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Committee on the Future of Electric Power in the U.S. Pdf

Providing a reliable and resilient supply of electric power to communities across the United States has always posed a complex challenge. Utilities must support daily operations to serve a diverse array of customers across a heterogeneous landscape while simultaneously investing in infrastructure to meet future needs, all while juggling an enormous array of competing priorities influenced by costs, capabilities, environmental and social impacts, regulatory requirements, and consumer preferences. A rapid pace of change in technologies, policies and priorities, and consumer needs and behaviors has further compounded this challenge in recent years. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine convened a workshop on February 3, 2020 to explore strategies for incorporating new technologies, planning and operating strategies, business models, and architectures in the U.S. electric power system. Speakers and participants from industry, government, and academia discussed available models for long-term transmission and distribution planning, as well as the broader context of how these models are used and future opportunities and needs. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Author : Environmental Protection Atgency (Us)
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0160808936

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Ensuring a Sustainable Future by Environmental Protection Atgency (Us) Pdf

Providing wastewater and drinking water service to citizens requires energy—and a lot of it. The twin problems of steadily rising energy costs and climate change have therefore made the issue of energy management one of the most salient issues facing wastewater and water utilities today. Energy management is also at the heart of efforts across the entire sector to ensure that utility operations are sustainable in the future. More and more utilities are realizing that a systematic approach for managing the full range of energy challenges they face is the best way to ensure that these issues are addressed on an ongoing basis in order to reduce climate impacts, save money, and remain sustainable. Working closely with a number of utilities and others, the Office of Water at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proactively addressing this issue by developing this Energy Management Guidebook for Wastewater and Water Utilities that provides a systematic approach to reducing energy consumption and energy cost. This Guidebook was specifically written to provide water and wastewater utility managers with a step-by-step method, based on a Plan-Do-Check-Act management system approach, to identify, implement, measure, and improve energy efficiency and renewable opportunities at their utilities.

Author : Leonard S. Hyman,Andrew S. Hyman,Robert C. Hyman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0910325839

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America's Electric Utilities by Leonard S. Hyman,Andrew S. Hyman,Robert C. Hyman Pdf

Author : Andrea Gilardoni
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030376772

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The Italian Utilities Industry by Andrea Gilardoni Pdf

This book addresses the fundamental changes that the Italian public utilities sector has undergone in the last two decades. Since the late 1990s, liberalisation and privatisation have replaced state-owned monopolies at both the national and local level, new technologies have created a broad range of new opportunities for power generation and distribution, and a redesigned public policy agenda has brought to the fore a whole set of new priorities. In this fast-changing environment, firms have redrawn their strategies, redesigned their business architectures and models, invested in infrastructure and R&D, taken advantage of growth opportunities at home and abroad, opened up their ownership structure, revised their offerings, and developed a new approach to customers. As a result, a radically altered market structure has emerged. As the sector tackles the overriding challenge of sustainability and energy transition, the book takes stock of such past and ongoing developments through the direct testimonies of various stakeholders: the companies in the energy, water, and waste management sectors that are at the forefront of this sweeping transformation; regulators; financial partners; and management consulting firms. The diversity of perspectives and wealth of information presented make this book a valuable resource for anyone wanting to grasp the direction, intensity and causes of change, as well as the nature of the challenges that lie ahead. This work has been prepared as part of the research activities of the Observatory on Alliances and Strategies in the Pan-European Utility Market, one of Agici’s Research and Advisory units.

Author : Frank A. Wolak,Ian H. Hardman
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030850050

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The Future of Electricity Retailing and How We Get There by Frank A. Wolak,Ian H. Hardman Pdf

This book covers the current trends and challenges faced by regulators, policymakers, and researchers in the field of retail electricity market design and regulation. It addresses the role that “smart” technologies are playing in reshaping how utilities and consumers interact with each other and with their generating technologies. The book covers topics including smart meter adoption, dynamic pricing, demand response, distributed and utility-scale solar, technology costs trends, and the microeconomic theory that governs our understanding of retailer and consumer incentives. Existing inefficiencies of transmission and distribution network pricing as well as the potential regulatory approaches that can be used to remedy them are discussed along with the advantages of retail competition and draw attention to the barriers that currently are preventing all of the benefits of retail competition from materializing. The book uses very recent data to provide the most up-to-date overview of retailing trends and policies in the USA, Europe, Asia, Oceania, and Latin America. The book will be useful for researchers and regulators and policymakers.

Author : Fereidoon Sioshansi
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-23
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780443155925

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The Future of Decentralized Electricity Distribution Networks by Fereidoon Sioshansi Pdf

The Future of Decentralized Electricity Distribution Networks assesses the evolution of the services delivered by the distribution network as demands placed on it proliferates from distributed, self-generating, power storing and power sharing ‘consumers’ – which Sioshansi terms ‘prosumagers’. The work outlines the processes by which passive and homogeneous electricity consumers become prosumers and prosumagers, the nature of their service needs, and dependence on the services delivered by the distribution network diverges. Contributors assess how consumers are discovering and exercising options to migrate away from total reliance on upstream generators to produce electricity and on the delivery network for its transmission. As they do so, the "utilities" – be they distributors or retailers – must rethink the traditional utility business model. How will they find sufficient revenues to cover their fixed and variable costs as volumetric consumption declines when some consumers become prosumers – or go a step further and become prosumagers? This work argues that new service, business models and new methods for collecting sufficient revenues to maintain the network are mandatory for the survival of modern utilities. Examines the future of services demanded by electricity customers as some diverge from their traditional total reliance on the network for delivery of all their service needs Reviews the emergence of new business models to meet the diverging needs of customers Explores the costs imposed by new types of customers on the delivery network and how to collect sufficient revenues from all to maintain it in ways that are efficient, equitable and fair

Author : Edward G. Means
Publisher : American Water Works Association
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : CD-ROMs
ISBN : 9781583214282

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A Strategic Assessment of the Future of Water Utilities by Edward G. Means Pdf

Forty-three (43) water professionals met to discuss and develop the ten top future trends and formulate the strategies to deal with each trend. Nineteen trends are presented within this paper. The top ten trends are described along with potential implications, and coping strategies are: Energy; Drinking Water Industry Employment and Workforce Issues; Political Environment; Population and Demographic Trends;Regulatory Trends; Total Water Management; Customer Expectations; Information Technology; Utility Finances; Information Security. The nine future trends identified and discussed are: Automation; Climate Change; Health Trends; Medical Trends; Regionalization Trends; Drinking Water Treatment Technology Issues; Economic Trends; Private Sector Participation; Physical Security. CD is included