Power and energy

Journal Article · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990 · IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/6.45055· OSTI ID:6887886

Zorpette, G

According to the author, in response to financial and competitive pressures, U.S. utilities have been proposing and consummating mergers on a scale not seen since the 1930s. The author discusses how such proposals have far-reaching consequences for U.S. transmission networks, and, along with concrete proposals for new federal clean air legislation, hint at structural changes in the utility industry. Competitive and environmental concerns are seen as having fostered technical advances, particularly in the harnessing of renewable- and alternative-energy sources and in the use of computers to monitor and control interconnected high-voltage transmission networks.

• OSTI ID: 6887886
• Journal Information: IEEE Spectrum (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (USA), Vol. 27:1; ISSN 0018-9235
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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25 ENERGY STORAGE
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ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
LEGISLATION
POWER TRANSMISSION LINES
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