Are US utility standby rates inhibiting diffusion of customer-owned generating systems?

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1896-1908

  Jackson, Jerry ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Distributed generation; New technology

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATA THEORY; COST ACCOUNTING; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; SPACE HEATING; STANDBY POWER SYSTEMS; UTILITY RATES; WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION;

AGENT-BASED MICROSIMULATION MODEL; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION; ENERGY-COST SAVINGS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

CELLULAR AUTOMATON; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHANDIPURA VIRUS;

EID: 33845246845     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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