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Over the course of less than 20 years, inventor Frank J Sprague (1857-1934) achieved an astonishing series of breakthroughs. Frederick Dalzell tells Sprague's story, setting it against the backdrop of one of the most dynamic periods in the history of technology.

Inventors --- Electrical engineers --- Electric utilities --- History --- Sprague, Frank J. --- Electric companies --- Electric light and power industry --- Electric power industry --- Sprague, F. J. --- Electric utilities -- United States -- History -- 20th century. --- Electrical engineers -- United States -- Biography. --- Inventors -- United States -- Biography. --- Sprague, Frank J. -- (Frank Julian), -- 1857-1934. --- Electric industries --- Energy industries --- Public utilities --- E-books --- BUSINESS/Management --- HUMANITIES/Biography & Autobiography --- ENGINEERING/Electrical Engineering

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Electricity in Ontario has historically been generated from hydroelectriciy, coal, and nuclear power. Amidst aging infrastructure and diminishing capacity combined with escalating demand, Ontario's electricity policy must contend with growing concerns about air pollutants, global warming, and the environmental impacts of fossil fuel production. Sources of hydroelectric power in the province are limited, while nuclear power is expensive and raises safety concerns. In turn, green energy is also costly and in some cases intermittent. As a result, Ontario's electricity policy requires careful balancing of environmental goals and values against costs that must be borne by consumers and taxpayers.Current Affairs brings together the views of a number of international experts on electricity and environment along with commentators familiar with Ontario's situation to begin a discussion of these issues. The contributors suggest that in Ontario, as in other jurisdictions, solid environmental policy must be married with thoughtful information programs and regulations to encourage the behavioural and institutional changes that will lead the region to a sustainable electricity future.

Electric power --- Electric utilities --- Electric power supply --- Power supply, Electric --- Power resources --- Electric companies --- Electric light and power industry --- Electric power industry --- Electric industries --- Energy industries --- Public utilities --- Government policy --- Environmental aspects --- Ontario. --- Andalüe --- Andalüe Sheng --- Antarya --- Canada West --- Ontarėj --- Ontarijas --- Ontario-sh --- Ontariu --- Onṭaryo --- Onṭeryo --- Upper Canada

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Decision Making Under Uncertainty in Electricity Markets provides models and procedures to be used by electricity market agents to make informed decisions under uncertainty. These procedures rely on well established stochastic programming models, which make them efficient and robust. Particularly, these techniques allow electricity producers to derive offering strategies for the pool and contracting decisions in the futures market. Retailers use these techniques to derive selling prices to clients and energy procurement strategies through the pool, the futures market and bilateral contracting. Using the proposed models, consumers can derive the best energy procurement strategies using the available trading floors. The market operator can use the techniques proposed in this book to clear simultaneously energy and reserve markets promoting efficiency and equity. The techniques described in this book are of interest for professionals working on energy markets, and for graduate students in power engineering, applied mathematics, applied economics, and operations research.

Electric utilities -- Management. --- Electric utilities. --- Electric Utilities --- Energy industries --- Decision making --- Business & Economics --- Management --- Management Theory --- Industries --- Mathematical models --- Finance --- Risk management --- Electric utilities --- Decision making. --- Electric companies --- Electric light and power industry --- Electric power industry --- Deciding --- Decision (Psychology) --- Decision analysis --- Decision processes --- Making decisions --- Management decisions --- Business. --- Operations research. --- Management science. --- Power electronics. --- Macroeconomics. --- Business and Management. --- Operation Research/Decision Theory. --- Power Electronics, Electrical Machines and Networks. --- Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics. --- Operations Research, Management Science. --- Choice (Psychology) --- Problem solving --- Electric industries --- Public utilities --- Production of electric energy or. --- Operations Research/Decision Theory. --- Economics --- Operational analysis --- Operational research --- Industrial engineering --- Management science --- Research --- System theory --- Quantitative business analysis --- Operations research --- Statistical decision --- Electronics, Power --- Electric power --- Electronics --- Production of electric energy or power

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The electricity infrastructure is one of society’s most critical infrastructures. The complexity of the electricity infrastructure system is increasing quickly, due to the increasing intensity of trade within and between electricity systems, the associated market restructuring and an increasing share of decentralized generation. At the same time, there is a shift in public goals towards low-carbon and sustainable power generation. This requires a drastic transformation of the industry. Increasingly, ICT is being depended upon for managing this infrastructure, for technical control and operation as well as for facilitating markets. A recent example is demand-side management, which requires detailed metering of consumption and decentralized electricity generation. The mutual dependence of the electricity and the ICT infrastructures raises challenging questions in the areas of dependability, security and resilience. Examples include vulnerability to (cyber) attacks, avoiding and repairing technical failures and protecting data confidentiality, while guaranteeing accessibility. Therefore, better models and methods for protection against exploits of system vulnerabilities, whether accidental or intentional such as in cyber attacks, are called for. These problems were addressed at an advanced research workshop, titled "Electricity security in the cyber age: Managing the increasing dependence of the electricity infrastructure on ICT", which was organized in the Netherlands in May 2009. The objective of the workshop was to contribute to the security of current and future electricity infrastructures by analyzing the risks that are caused by the increasing reliance upon ICT and investigating options for managing these risks. This book presents the contributions to the workshop by distinguished invited keynote speakers and participants from the international scientific and industrial community.

Electric power systems -- Security measures. --- Power supply. --- Electric power systems --- Electrical & Computer Engineering --- Electrical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Security measures --- Electric power transmission. --- Electric utilities --- Security measures. --- Electric companies --- Electric light and power industry --- Electric power industry --- Electricity --- Power transmission, Electric --- Transmission --- Engineering. --- Energy policy. --- Energy and state. --- Electric power production. --- Quality control. --- Reliability. --- Industrial safety. --- Electrical engineering. --- Electronic circuits. --- Economic policy. --- Energy Technology. --- Communications Engineering, Networks. --- Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk. --- Circuits and Systems. --- Energy Policy, Economics and Management. --- Economic Policy. --- Electric engineering --- Engineering --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Economics --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Electron-tube circuits --- Electric circuits --- Electron tubes --- Electronics --- Industrial accidents --- Industries --- Job safety --- Occupational hazards, Prevention of --- Occupational health and safety --- Occupational safety and health --- Prevention of industrial accidents --- Prevention of occupational hazards --- Safety, Industrial --- Safety engineering --- Safety measures --- Safety of workers --- Accidents --- System safety --- Dependability --- Trustworthiness --- Conduct of life --- Electric power generation --- Electricity generation --- Power production, Electric --- Electrification --- Factory management --- Industrial engineering --- Reliability (Engineering) --- Sampling (Statistics) --- Standardization --- Quality assurance --- Quality of products --- Energy and state --- Power resources --- State and energy --- Industrial policy --- Energy conservation --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- Prevention --- Government policy --- Electric industries --- Energy industries --- Public utilities --- Electric lines --- Electric power distribution