Balancing alternatives and avoiding false dichotomies to make informed U.S. electricity policy

Policy Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-180

  Felder, Frank A ^a   Haut, Ruthanne ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric utility industry; Energy efficiency; Energy policy; Fossil fuels; Nuclear power; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL CHANGE; INVESTMENT; NUCLEAR POWER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44349189757     PISSN: 00322687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11077-008-9061-3     Document Type: Article

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