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| Understanding Today's Electricity Business | 
 enlarge | Authors: Bob Shively, John Ferrare
Publisher: Enerdynamics LLC
Category: Book
List Price: $79.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (5 reviews)
Sales Rank: 181654
Media: Paperback
Pages: 217
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 10.8 x 8.2 x 0.7
ISBN: 0974174416
EAN: 9780974174419
ASIN: 0974174416
Publication Date: August 2004
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Product Description
Understanding Today's Electricity Business presents a comprehensive 216-page overview of the U.S. electric industry. As with its gas industry companion, this book presents a straightforward and easy-to-understand look at how the industry operates - from who are the major players, to the various deregulation models, to the physical electric system, to how industry players make money and manage risk. The perfect resource book for anyone who needs to understand the "big picture" of the electric business. Like no other book on the market today!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Understanding Today's Electricity Business February 21, 2008
I teach an annual graduate seminar on energy policy at our university. The class attracts emerging leaders from several local electric utilities and others who have worked in this business for years; it also attracts students who are completely new to the subject. I am constantly searching for the right book to assign at the beginning of the course to ensure that everyone in the class shares a basic understanding of the jargon, history, and emerging issues in this fascinating and important industry.
I have used this book as my lead off text the last two years and have been delighted with the results. The newcomers in my class tell me it gives them the foundation they need to understand and benefit from the presentations my guest speakers and I give on fairly complex topics later in the term. Most of the more seasoned professionals in my class hold on to it as a reference manual; they say it helps to remind them how the particular piece of the electricity industry they work in fits into the broader picture. The book is updated regularly to keep up with this rapidly changing industry. I definitely plan to use it again this year and can recommend it to other teachers and professors or anyone who is curious about this important subject.
 Understanding Today's Electricity Business January 20, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I don't recommend this book to engineers. It seemed rather superficial. The first half of the book dealt with basic electricity, which could have been covered in a single short chapter or thrown into the Appendix. The remainder of the book did not delve into the subject matter of the electricity business in any great detail. I felt unfulfilled after reading the book.
Very good introduction, but not deep enough December 14, 2006
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I found that the book gives very good introduction to subject - I should have bought it a year ago, when I just started working for a utility. However, I expected it to be more dense and deep, especially when dealing with rate design issues. Anyway, I would recommend the book to anyone who begins to work in the industry, since it covers a very broad range of themes and therefore helps to level field for "electricity illiterate" person (well, I certainly was!).
Dense but Good February 13, 2006
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Shively writes a good overview of the electric power industry, which is critical to our economy and environment. The book is dense, not for the general reader (who would much prefer "From Edison to Enron"), but it offers solid background for insiders wanting to understand the scope and changes associated with the power industry.
Understanding Today's Electricity Business October 20, 2005
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I work for a utility billing and CIS provider and needed a reference book to enhance my knowledge of our focus industry. This book was great, it covers all relevent topics in good depth from generation to how utilities make money under different business and regulatory models. It is surprisingly easy to read given the dryness of the topic. I highly recommend it.
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