Editors:
Offers rare insights into the steps, process, and challenges for advancing sustainable electricity in North America
Case studies explain how companies have balanced conflicting priorities to become leaders in water management, renewable energy, climate resiliency and sustainability
Highlights best practices and advises about likely hurdles to provide an informative resource and templates for success
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Editors and Affiliations
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Electric Power Research Institute,, Palo Alto, USA
Jessica Fox
About the editor
Jessica Fox is a Sr. Program Manager at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), where she has pioneered work on ecosystem services, environmental markets, and sustainability. She leads EPRI’s Energy Sustainability Interest Group, a collaborative forum for electric power company sustainability managers to strategically advance sustainable generation and distribution of electricity; this effort includes over 40 electric utilities and is the largest collective group in the industry addressing sustainability. Ms. Fox manages the Ohio River Basin Water Quality Trading Project, which is the world’s first interstate credit trading program for nutrients. Her projects on ecosystem services and sustainability focus on creating a business case for day-to-day corporate decision making through the use of scientific models, cost-benefit considerations, and executive rational. Scientific credibility combined with proven success at teambuilding, conflict resolution, and fundraising allows Ms. Fox to execute complex, multifaceted projects. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences with focus on Molecular Biology from UC Davis, and a Master’s degree in Conservation Biology from Stanford University.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sustainable Electricity
Book Subtitle: Case Studies from Electric Power Companies in North America
Editors: Jessica Fox
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28953-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-28951-9Published: 11 April 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80462-0Published: 25 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-28953-3Published: 03 April 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXII, 264
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 116 illustrations in colour
Topics: Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Renewable and Green Energy, Sustainable Development