This book discusses the role electricity plays in sustaining and improving the quality of life. The author elucidates the numerous approaches to estimating value, including electricity’s contribution toward the U.S. Gross Domestic Product; its role in medicine, and its ability to power communications. Traditional measures such the cost of outages, the impact of storms, the cost of restoring power systems after storms, the Value of Lost Load (VOLL), consumer Willingness to Pay (WTP) to avoid outages, and consumer surveys are covered extensively. In addition, the book speculates on life without electricity and how society may have evolved without it.
Introduction—Electricity is Valuable!. What if There Were No Electricity?. Living Without Electricity. 2020 Without Electricity. Electricity’s Value to Society. Using the Economic Impacts of Blackouts to Estimate Value. Consumer Willingness to Pay. Other Methods to Estimate Value. Enhancing the Value of Electricity. Open Market Energy Consumer. Summary of the Value of Electricity. References. Appendix A. Index.
Biography
Clark W. Gellings
