Report of the Giant Power Survey Board to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Author: Pennsylvania. Giant Power Survey Board
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 506
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Pennsylvania. Giant Power Survey Board
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 506
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Pennsylvania. Giant Power Board
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Published: 1927
Total Pages: 202
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Bureau of Mines. Technical Library, Pittsburgh
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 778
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John L. Neufeld
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2016-11-08
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 022639963X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The economics of electric utilities -- Early commercialization -- The first electric utilities -- The adoption of state commission rate regulation -- Growth and growing pains -- Public utility holding companies: opportunity and crisis -- Public utility holding companies: indictment and "death sentence"--Hydroelectricity and the federal government -- Rural electrification -- Conclusion and a look forward from 1940
Author: Library of Congress. Division of Bibliography
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Published: 1927
Total Pages: 48
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Published: 1928
Total Pages: 70
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Library of Congress. Exchange and Gift Division
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 618
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →June and Dec. issues contain listings of periodicals.
Author: Library of Congress. Division of Documents
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Published: 1926
Total Pages: 570
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Securities and Exchange Commission. Library
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Published: 1936
Total Pages: 228
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Paul W. Hirt
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2012-10-18
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 0700618732
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Pacific Northwest holds an abundance of resources for energy production, from hydroelectric power to coal, nuclear power, wind turbines, and even solar panels. But hydropower is king. Dams on the Columbia, Snake, Fraser, Kootenay, and dozens of other rivers provided the foundation for an expanding, regionally integrated power system in the U.S. Northwest and British Columbia. A broad historical synthesis chronicling the region's first century of electrification, Paul Hirt's new study reveals how the region's citizens struggled to build a power system that was technologically efficient, financially profitable, and socially and environmentally responsible. Hirt shows that every energy source comes with its share of costs and benefits. Because Northwest energy development meant river development, the electric power industry collided with the salmon fishing industry and the treaty rights of Northwest indigenous peoples from the 1890s to the present. Because U.S. federal agencies like the Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation built many of the large dams in the region, a significant portion of the power supply is publicly owned, initiating contentious debates over how that power should best serve the citizens of the region. Hirt dissects these ongoing battles, evaluating the successes and failures of regional efforts to craft an efficient yet socially just power system. Focusing on the dynamics of problem-solving, governance, and the tense relationship between profit-seeking and the public interest, Hirt's narrative takes in a wide range of players-not only on the consumer side, where electricity transformed mills, mines, households, commercial districts, urban transit, factories, and farms, but also power companies operating at the local and regional level, and investment companies that financed and in some cases parasitized the operators. His study also straddles the international border. It is the first book to compare energy development in the U.S. Northwest and British Columbia. Both engaging and balanced in its treatment of all the actors on this expansive stage, The Wired Northwest helps us better understand the challenges of the twenty-first century, as we try to learn from past mistakes and re-design an energy grid for a more sustainable future.