Download or read book Least-Cost Electric Utility Planning written by Harry G. Stoll and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1989-06-26 with total page 830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents all the key elements and tools necessary to plan and operate efficient electric utility power systems. Seven sections address economics, finance, and regulation; industrial power economics; load demand and management; reliability of the generation system; cost of production in the generation system; capacity planning; and transmission planning. Each section addresses power system theory and principles and applies them to realistic utility examples. Results from solved examples are expanded to illustrate the sensitivity and direction of key parameters.