Changing environment for electric-power generation: portrait of a transition
The US electric-power industry faces serious problems in the midst of a period of dramatic changes in historic growth patterns, utility-management strategies, and generation-technology options. This article presents a portrait of this important transition as expressed by utility executives themselves in in-depth interviews conducted by the University of Michigan's Energy Policy Group. The authors build upon the wide-ranging results of the electric utility survey to draw implications for changes in federal power-generation policy and also suggest important guidelines for future utility assistance and regulation in the altered utility decision environment emerging over the next two decades. The survey responses reflect a willingness on the part of utilities to embrace new technologies and new policies. 4 references, 4 figures, 5 tables.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- OSTI ID:
- 6808411
- Journal Information:
- Public Util. Fortn.; (United States), Vol. 110:2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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