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Be Your Own Power Company by David Morris Rodale Press, 1982. Copyright Institute for Local Self-Reliance. 319 pages Contents Introduction (308K .pdf) Chapter I: The Electric Revolution (1.4 MB .pdf) Edison and the Rise of the Modern Utility The New Deal Electrifies the Nation The Pendulum Swings Back: Decentralized Power Chapter II: How the Electric System Works (1.4 MB .pdf) The Modern Steam Plant Case Study: Boston Edison System Reliability Utility Planning Chapter III: PURPA (2.3 MB .pdf) Qualifying for PURPA Utility Avoided Costs Data Purchase Prices and Avoided Costs: A Brief History Avoided Capacity Costs As Available Capacity Credits Excess Capacity When Utility Purchases Are Not Required All-Requirements Utilities and Wheeling Wheeling Chapter IV: Interconnecting with the Grid (1 MB .pdf) Protecting the Worker, the Customer and the Network Generators, Inverters, Self-Excitation and Power Factors Chapter V: Getting the Best Deal (1.3 MB .pdf) The Regulatory Process The Negotiation Process Force Majeure and Interruption of Power Paying Interconnection Costs Chapter VI: Electric Generation Technologies (1.8 MB .pdf) Wind Power Hydropower Photovoltaics Cogeneration Chapter VII: Economics (1 MB .pdf) A Simplified Guide to Energy Economics Opportunity Costs Case Study: Wind Power Hydropower Cogenerators Photovoltaics Appendix 1: PURPA Sections 201 and 210 (230K .pdf) Appendix 2: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Regulations Implementing PURPA Sections 201 and 210 (699K .pdf) Appendix 3: Electricity Generated by Oil (38K .pdf) Appendix 4: Twenty-five Most Expensive and Twenty Five Least Expensive Service Territories (56K .pdf) Appendix 5: Cost-of-Service Data for Selected Utilities (67K .pdf) Appendix 6: Source List: Equipment and Publications (178K .pdf) Appendix 7: States' Cogeneration Rate-Setting under PURPA (249K .pdf) Notes (152K .pdf) Bibliography (111 K .pdf) Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
