Electric Utility Resource Planning
Electric Utility Resource Planning

Author: Steven Sim

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2011-12-15

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 1439884072

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Most people—including many legislators, regulators, and other decision makers in the electric utility industry—have misconceptions about how electric utilities really "work" and plan for the future. This lack of understanding can lead to poorly informed decisions and policies that directly affect the choices utilities must make. Using easy-to-understand text and examples, Electric Utility Resource Planning: Economics, Reliability, and Decision-Making clarifies how utilities operate their systems and prepare for the future. This explanation will show readers that both expected and counterintuitive results can occur (i.e., conservation might result in higher air emissions, or lowering costs could lead to higher electric rates). Taking readers step by step through this process, the book (in the following order): "Creates" a hypothetical utility Explains how and why a utility operates its system of generating units Discusses the planning methods that a utility would (or should) use Guides readers through each stage of a planning analysis for the hypothetical utility, examining various resource options (conservation, new power plants, and solar) In addition, the author introduces four Fundamental Principles of Resource Planning that should guide utilities. He also offers opinions on how certain trends in utility regulation and legislation can hinder utility planners’ efforts to identify and select the best resources for the utility’s customers. With this book, author Dr. Steven Sim applies his experience and insights from more than two decades of resource planning for Florida Power and Light (FPL). As one of the largest utilities in the United States, FPL has faced a multitude of resource planning challenges, and Dr. Sim has performed and supervised thousands of analyses designed to meet these obstacles. He has also served as an FPL witness in regulatory hearings on a wide variety of topics, ranging from the economic implications of nuclear, conservation, coal, gas, and other resource options, to the non-economic impacts (air emissions, fuel usage, system reliability, etc.) they present.

Electric Utility Resource Planning
Electric Utility Resource Planning

Author: Steven Sim

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2023-10-31

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 100095949X

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-updates the previous analyses and discussions of system economics to include solar and storage resource options versus the previously analyzed fossil-fueled generation and demand side management (DSM) resource options. -provides a step-by-step analysis approach that can be used to determine the amount of solar and storage that would be needed by a utility to achieve zero or near-zero carbon emissions, plus discusses how the projected level of electric vehicles (EVs) impact those calculations. - presents a discussion of how the firm capacity of solar is calculated based on a utility’s Summer and Winter peak day load shapes and how these values will change over time. - provides a discussion and calculation methodology of how a utility can determine what firm capacity values should be assigned to batteries of different durations (2-hour, 4-hour, etc.) for use in system reliability and economic analyses and how these values will change over time. - continues the approach taken in the 1st edition of explaining topics in language understandable to both the layman and the energy professional. In that respect, the numerous figures and tables provide both graphic and numerical calculation depictions of the issues discussed.

Compendium on Enterprise Resource Planning
Compendium on Enterprise Resource Planning

Author: Siar Sarferaz

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-04-01

Total Pages: 610

ISBN-13: 3030938565

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This book explains the functional scope, the data model, the solution architecture, the underlying engineering concepts, and the programming model of SAP S/4HANA as the most well-known enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The approach is to start with general concepts and then to proceed step-by-step to concrete implementations in SAP S/4HANA. In the first part the reader learns about the market view of ERP solutions and vendors. The second part deals with the business processes for sales, marketing, finance, supply chain, manufacturing, services, procurement, and human resources which are covered with SAP S/4HANA. In the third part the underlying concepts of SAP S/4HANA are described, for example in-memory storage, analytics and search, artificial intelligence, process and data integration, security and compliance, lifecycle management, performance and scalability, configuration and implementation. The book is concluded with a final chapter explaining how to deploy an appliance to explore SAP S/4HANA. The target audience for the book are managers and business analysts who want to understand the market situation and future ERP trends, end users and process experts who need to comprehend the business processes and the according solution capabilities provided with SAP S/4HANA, architects and developers who have to learn the technical concepts and frameworks for enhancing SAP S/4HANA functionality, and consultants and partners who require to adopt and configure SAP S/4HANA.

Electric Utility Resource Planning
Electric Utility Resource Planning

Author: Joe Ferrari

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2020-09-09

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 0128226102

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Electric Utility Resource Planning: Past, Present and Future covers the balance of renewable costs, energy storage, and flexible backstop mechanisms needed in electric utility resource planning. In addition, it covers the optimization of planning methodologies and market design. The book argues that net load, ramping and volatility concerns associated with renewables call into question the validity of almost a century of planning approaches. Finally, it suggests that accounting for flexibility helps optimize the efficiency of the entire fleet of assets, minimizing costs and CO2 generation simultaneously, concluding that a flexible, independent backstop mechanism is needed, regardless of renewables or storage. Case studies provide a mix of hypothetical "what if" scenarios and analyses of real-life utility portfolios drawn from international examples. - Examines how resource planners and policy specialists can plan to incorporate renewable generation technologies, thus uniting considerations of technology, methodology, business and policy - Focuses on the reality of long-term decision-making and planning processes in working utilities - Reviews novel approaches towards resource planning that yield lower costs and CO2 - Emphasizes the need for flexible backstop mechanisms to maintain reliability

CRC Handbook of Energy Efficiency
CRC Handbook of Energy Efficiency

Author: Frank Kreith

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1996-10-24

Total Pages: 1146

ISBN-13: 9780849325144

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Addressing the needs of engineers, energy planners, and policy makers, CRC Handbook of Energy Efficiency provides up-to-date information on all important issues related to efficient energy use, including: Efficient energy technologies Economics Utility restructuring Integrated resource planning Energy efficient building design Industrial energy conservation Wind energy Solar thermal systems Photovoltaics Renewable energy Cogeneration Fossil fuel cost projections The rapid changes that characterize the technology of energy generation systems, and the forthcoming competition among energy producers, make this handbook a must for anyone involved in the science, technology, or policy of energy. The 53 expert contributors from industry, government, and universities, and the 600+ figures and tables make CRC Handbook of Energy Efficiency a professional and valuable resource.