Energy Decisions and the Environment

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier

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3. The Application of MCDM Methods

   • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier

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4. Screening and Tradeoff Analysis

   • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier

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5. Scaling, Weighting and Amalgamation

   • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier

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6. Resolving Differences (Step 10)

   • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier

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7. An Illustrative Numerical Example

   • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier

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8. A Review of MCDM Applications in Energy Planning and Policy

   • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier

   Pages 123-158

9. MCDM at BC Hydro: The 1995 Plan

   • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier

   Pages 159-178

10. Multi-Method MCDM at BC Gas

    • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier

    Pages 179-205

11. MCDM Experiments at Seattle City Light

    • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier

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12. Closing Remarks

    • Benjamin F. Hobbs, Peter Meier

    Pages 235-237

13. Back Matter

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Planning, operating, and policy making in the electric utility and natural gas sectors involves important trade-offs among economic, social, and environmental criteria. These trade-offs figure prominently in ongoing debates about how to meet growing energy demands and how to restructure the world's power industry. Energy Decisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods reviews practical tools for multicriteria (also called multiobjective) decision analysis that can be used to quantify trade-offs and contribute to more consistent, informed, and transparent decision making. These methods are designed to generate and effectively communicate information about trade-offs; to help people form, articulate, and apply value judgments in decision making; and to promote effective negotiation among stakeholders with competing interests. Energy Decisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of Multicriteria Methods includes explanations of a wide range of methods, tutorial applications that readers can duplicate, a detailed review of energy-environment applications, and three in-depth case studies.

• calculus
• decision analysis
• decision making
• electricity
• linear optimization
• multiple-criteria decision-making

• The Johns Hopkins University, USA

  Benjamin F. Hobbs

• International Development and Energy Associates, USA

  Peter Meier

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