The Virtual Utility. Accounting, Technology and Competitive Aspects of the Emerging Industry.

. Ed(s): Awerbuch, Shimon; Preston, Alistair

ISBN 10: 0792399021 / ISBN 13: 9780792399025

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997

About this Item

Identifies areas of research by presenting academic and practitioner research intended to further our understanding of the strategic, technologically-driven issues confronting the electricity production/distribution process. Editor(s): Awerbuch, Shimon; Preston, Alistair. Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy. Num Pages: 409 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJU; KN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1730. . 1997. Hardback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Virtual Utility. Accounting, Technology and Competitive Aspects of the Emerging Industry.
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792399021
• ISBN 13: 9780792399025
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In the winter of 1996, after 4 years of planning and research, the Symposium on the Virtual Utility was held in Saratoga Springs, New York. It was sponsored by Niag­ ara Mohawk Power Corporation, Co-sponsored by CSC Index and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and hosted by Rensselaer Poly­ technic Institute, Troy, NY. The symposium sought to identify new areas of inquiry by presenting cutting-edge academic and practitioner research intended to further our understanding of the strategic, technologically-driven issues confronting the elec­ tricity production and distribution process. The program sought to offer new in­ sights into rapid changes in the utility industry, in part, by examining analogues from manufacturing and telecommunications. In addition to identifying new research areas, the symposium yielded a number of important findings and conclusions. This volume contains the presented papers of the meeting, the discussant reports and two special papers prepared by the meet­ ing rapporteurs who performed superbly in analyzing, synthesizing, explaining and generally bringing a cohesive perspective to the interesting yet complex set of ideas presented at this unique meeting. We would like to acknowledge the people and organizations that contributed to this effort. We thank Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation and Albert Budney, its President & Chief Operating Officer for sponsoring this project, and Andrew Vesey, Vice President, I whose vision, support and championing made this project possible.