Overview of Utility Resource Planning
In this chapter, an overview of the various aspects of utility resource planning is presented. The objective of this chapter is to simply introduce basic concepts that will be used in the remainder of the book. These concepts will be discussed in more detail in subsequent chapters.
One More Assumption Regarding Our Hypothetical Utility System
When discussing resource planning for an electric utility, it is helpful to use a specific example of why the utility may need to make a resource decision. There are a variety of reasons why a particular utility may need to make a decision regarding one or more resource options. A partial list of these reasons would include the following possibilities:
• A growing ...
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