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The Virtual Utility :

(Number (ISBN

1461378273

(Number (ISBN

1461561671

(Number (ISBN

9781461378273

(Number (ISBN

9781461561675

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b540857

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The Virtual Utility :

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[Book]

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Accounting, Technology & Competitive Aspects of the Emerging Industry

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Shimon Awerbuch, Alistair Preston.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Boston, MA

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer US

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1997

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.

Series Title

Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy Series, 26

Text of Note

Part I: Introduction. Editors' Introduction and Reader's Guide to This Book; S. Awerbuch. Part II: Historic and Strategic Perspective: From Monopoly Service to Virtual Utility. Consensus, Confrontation and Control in the American Electric Utility System; R. Hirsh. The Virtual Utility: Strategic and Managerial Perspectives; A. Vesey. Being Virtual: Beyond Restructuring and How We Get There; K. Rabago. Part III: The Virtual Utility: Planning and Strategic Investment Analysis. The Virtual Utility: Some Introductory Thoughts on Accounting, Learning and the Valuation of Radical Innovation; S. Awerbuch. Justifying Capital Investments in the Emerging Electric Utility: Accounting for an Uncertain and Changing Industry Structure; R. Aggarwal. Part IV: Risk Management, Options and Contracting for a Virtual Utility. Integrating Financial and Physical Contracting in Electric Power Markets; P. Kleindorfer. Capacity Prices in a Competitive Power Market; F. Graves, J. Read. Managing Risk Using Renewable Energy Technologies; T. Hoff. Part V: Industrial Organization, Technological Change and Strategic Response to Deregulation. Monopoly and Antitrust Policies in Network-Based Markets such as Electricity; W. Shepherd. Services in an Unbundled and Open Electric Services Marketplace; S. Oren. Technological Change and the Electric Power Industry: Insights from Telecommunications; B. Mitchell, P. Spinney. Part VI: Network Architecture and Standardization. Interconnected System Operations and Expansion Planning in a Changing Industry: Coordination vs. Competition; M. Ilic, et al. Rules of the Road and Electric Traffic Controllers: Making a Virtual Utility Feasible; F. Alvarado. Part VII: From Monopoly Services to Virtual Utility. The Future Structure of the North American Utility Industry; N. Nohria, et al. Part VIII: Perspectives. The Bottom Line: A Summary and Analysis of the Virtual Utility Conference; L. Hyman. The Virtual Utility and Environmental Stewardship; C. Weinberg.

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In the winter of 1996, after 4 years of planning and research, the Symposium on the Virtual Utility was held in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Computer engineering.

Economics.

Engineering economy.

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edited by Shimon Awerbuch, Alistair Preston.

Alistair Preston

Shimon Awerbuch

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