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A.j. Dearman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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regional national transmission system investor Owned Utility perspective for the ieee power engineering society
IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition, 2004Co-Authors: A.j. DearmanAbstract:Traditionally, vertically integrated investor Owned utilities have focused on providing reliable electric service to the customers in their service territory. Their success was based on their ability to balance the needs of all stakeholders: customers, regulators and stockholders. Today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) seems to have a philosophical bias toward large, independent regional transmission operators with stakeholder boards, transparent energy market rules, and financial settlements. These plans for change are all about creating new markets-protecting and encouraging new participants and reducing the barriers for new entrants. But, regional issues must be addressed, reliability must not be compromised, and the end-use customer cannot be forgotten. As an investor Owned Utility in the Southeast where reliability is good, cost of electricity is 15% below the national average, and customer satisfaction is very high, it is difficult to make the case for change.
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Regional/National transmission system: investor Owned Utility perspective for the IEEE power engineering society
IEEE PES Power Systems Conference and Exposition 2004., 1Co-Authors: A.j. DearmanAbstract:Traditionally, vertically integrated investor Owned utilities have focused on providing reliable electric service to the customers in their service territory. Their success was based on their ability to balance the needs of all stakeholders: customers, regulators and stockholders. Today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) seems to have a philosophical bias toward large, independent regional transmission operators with stakeholder boards, transparent energy market rules, and financial settlements. These plans for change are all about creating new markets-protecting and encouraging new participants and reducing the barriers for new entrants. But, regional issues must be addressed, reliability must not be compromised, and the end-use customer cannot be forgotten. As an investor Owned Utility in the Southeast where reliability is good, cost of electricity is 15% below the national average, and customer satisfaction is very high, it is difficult to make the case for change.
Tawfik Jelassi - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The French videotex system Minitel: a successful implementation of a national information technology infrastructure
MIS Quarterly, 1994Co-Authors: William L. Cats-baril, Tawfik JelassiAbstract:Building an advanced national information technology infrastructure can provide a competitive advantage for the countries that develop it as well as for the companies that operate in those countries. This article describes the development of the French national videotex system Teletel, also known as Minitel. The factors-technical and political-that make Teletel successful are explained and contrasted against other national videotex systems that became commercial failures. Political intrigue, technical capability, creative choices, and the deep pockets of a government-Owned Utility are all part of the Teletel story.
William L. Cats-baril - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The French videotex system Minitel: a successful implementation of a national information technology infrastructure
MIS Quarterly, 1994Co-Authors: William L. Cats-baril, Tawfik JelassiAbstract:Building an advanced national information technology infrastructure can provide a competitive advantage for the countries that develop it as well as for the companies that operate in those countries. This article describes the development of the French national videotex system Teletel, also known as Minitel. The factors-technical and political-that make Teletel successful are explained and contrasted against other national videotex systems that became commercial failures. Political intrigue, technical capability, creative choices, and the deep pockets of a government-Owned Utility are all part of the Teletel story.
Jeremy Woods - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Future biomass-based electricity supply in Northeast Brazil
Biomass and Bioenergy, 1993Co-Authors: A.e. Carpentieri, Eric D. Larson, Jeremy WoodsAbstract:Hydroelectric resources in the semi-arid Northeast of Brazil will be exhausted about the year 2000. Unless viable alternatives can be found, relatively high-cost hydroelectric resources in the environmentally-sensitive North (Amazon) region will be tapped after 2000 to meet electricity demands in the Northeast. The Hydroelectric Company of Sao Francisco (CHESF), the federally-Owned Utility responsible for generation and transmission of bulk electricity in the Northeast, initiated studies in 1982 to quantify the potential for establishing a widespread biomass-based electricity generating system in its service territory as an alternative to hydro expansion. The analysis here builds on these studies, and includes the possibility of converting biomass into electricity using advanced gas-turbine technologies that are now the focus of commercial demonstration projects in Brazil and elsewhere. Existing sugarcane residues and future potential production of wood on dedicated plantations in the Northeast could be used to generate annually up to 41 TWh and 1400 TWh of electricity, respectively, compared to CHESF's present total annual generation of about 30 TWh. The cost of most of the biomass-derived electricity would be under 4.5 cents kWh−1, which compares favorably with marginal costs projected for hydroelectric projects in the Amazon region and would involve lower capital investment. Expansion of the CHESF system based on biomass rather than hydropower would also bring social benefits, including greater job creation.
A.e. Carpentieri - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Future biomass-based electricity supply in Northeast Brazil
Biomass and Bioenergy, 1993Co-Authors: A.e. Carpentieri, Eric D. Larson, Jeremy WoodsAbstract:Hydroelectric resources in the semi-arid Northeast of Brazil will be exhausted about the year 2000. Unless viable alternatives can be found, relatively high-cost hydroelectric resources in the environmentally-sensitive North (Amazon) region will be tapped after 2000 to meet electricity demands in the Northeast. The Hydroelectric Company of Sao Francisco (CHESF), the federally-Owned Utility responsible for generation and transmission of bulk electricity in the Northeast, initiated studies in 1982 to quantify the potential for establishing a widespread biomass-based electricity generating system in its service territory as an alternative to hydro expansion. The analysis here builds on these studies, and includes the possibility of converting biomass into electricity using advanced gas-turbine technologies that are now the focus of commercial demonstration projects in Brazil and elsewhere. Existing sugarcane residues and future potential production of wood on dedicated plantations in the Northeast could be used to generate annually up to 41 TWh and 1400 TWh of electricity, respectively, compared to CHESF's present total annual generation of about 30 TWh. The cost of most of the biomass-derived electricity would be under 4.5 cents kWh−1, which compares favorably with marginal costs projected for hydroelectric projects in the Amazon region and would involve lower capital investment. Expansion of the CHESF system based on biomass rather than hydropower would also bring social benefits, including greater job creation.
