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21st Century Electric Transmission
Infrastructure Analyzed in IEEE-USA eBook
WASHINGTON (15 December 2005) —
The "vital American energy infrastructure" will
"deteriorate before our eyes" unless economists,
engineers and policy specialists resolve "a
raging battle" among market pressures, technical
necessities and policy priorities, according to
Patrick E. Meyer, author of a new IEEE-USA eBook.
Titled "The Reliability of the Electric
Transmission Infrastructure in the 21st Century,
An Analysis of 'The Energy Policy Act of 2005,'"
the eBook provides a detailed discussion of the
key provisions of the first comprehensive U.S.
energy bill signed into law since 1992.
The 60-page document analyzes the legislation as
it addresses tax benefits for traditional and
alternative fuel sources, offshore drilling and
Alaska development, nuclear energy, Daylight
Savings, alternative fuels, energy efficiency,
and electricity market reform. The eBook also
provides a detailed summary of Title XII of the
legislation, which covers the American
electricity sector. In multiple tables, the
publication summarizes important electricity
sector-related action dates.
In addition, the eBook provides background on
which U.S. congressional body supported each of
the contending issues in the Electricity Title
XII, including sections covering electric
reliability standards, siting of interstate
electric transmission facilities, third-party
finance, advanced transmission technologies,
funding new interconnection and transmission
upgrades, market transparency rules, sanctity of
contract and electric utility mergers.
Finally, the publication identifies IEEE-USA
priority issues on current and future energy
policy affecting advanced transmission
technologies, development of advanced nuclear
power, hybrid-electric vehicles and electric
transportation, and renewable energy
technologies. According to
Meyer, the eBook author, further input from
professional societies, including the IEEE, and
others, will be crucial as the legislation is
implemented.
Still pending are final rules on Electric
Reliability Organization implementation and
reliability standards, an inventory report on
renewable energy resources, a study on the
future location of national interest electric
transmission corridors, and a report on
demand-response resources
and advanced electricity metering.
Patrick Meyer is a graduate student in public
policy at the Rochester Institute of Technology
and was an energy intern at IEEE-USA in
Washington during the summer of 2005.
To order the new eBook, IEEE members pay a
special discounted price of $4.95; non-members
pay $19.95.
To order, go to
https://salaryapp.ieeeusa.org/rt/salary_database/shop.
Then, scroll down to product number UH3510.
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Last Update:
15 May 2007
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