Dissertations / Theses: 'Electric utilities'

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Cheong, Kam-Hoong. "IT strategy for electric utilities." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Electric Power Systems, 1999. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-2879.

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Huss, William Reed. "Load forecasting for electric utilities /." The Ohio State University, 1985. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487263399023837.

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Gomes, André. "EDP - energias de Portugal: electric utilities." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/10274.

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Lam, Kai-chiu. "Demand side management of electricity in Hong Kong." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 1993. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42128419.

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Leung, Tai-yan Daniel. "Develop a public opinion management plan for the electric utilities in Hong Kong /." [Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong], 1985. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B12317196.

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Lau, Wing Chi. "An analysis of electricity deregulation a lesson for Hong Kong /." access full-text access abstract and table of contents, 2005. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/ezdb/dissert.pl?msc-meem-b19912973a.pdf.

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Thesis (M.Sc.)--City University of Hong Kong, 2005.
Title from title screen (viewed on Jan. 10, 2005) "A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering Management." Includes bibliographical references.

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Liu, Youfei. "Network and temporal effects on strategic bidding in electricity markets." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B36895763.

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Rebello, Derrick Michael. "Adjustment to time of use pricing : persistence of habits or change /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7469.

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Anthony, Abigail Walker. "Climate change and peak demand for electricity : evaluating policies for reducing peak demand under different climate change scenarios /." View online ; access limited to URI, 2009. http://0-digitalcommons.uri.edu.helin.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3380541.

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Myers, Jametta. "Applications of Operations Research in Domestic Electric Utilities." VCU Scholars Compass, 2008. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1658.

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Since its inception in the 1950s, operations research has been used in a number of industries, including the energy industry. Documentation of its use in exploration, production, gasoline blending, oil spill management, coal mining, coal handling, and coal mixing is extensive. However, considerably less documented research exists for one significant customer of many of these products: the electric utility. This work reviews refereed literature from United States operations research journals that document the use of operations research in United States electric utility operations. Applications that centered specifically on the areas of thermal energy generation, transmission, distribution, capacity planning, electric power service options, and other general operations-related activities were included. Applications solely related to plant siting, general energy policy, or work that focused on electricity as a commodity and primarily investigated the use of financial instruments, were not included.

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Oseni, Musiliu Olalekan. "Essays on self-generation and payments for quality of service in electricity markets." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709118.

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Yuan, Hui. "Systems dynamics modeling for understanding transmission investment incentives." Pullman, Wash. : Washington State University, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Fall2009/h_yuan_082909.pdf.

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Thesis (Ph. D. in electrical engineering)--Washington State University, December 2009.
Title from PDF title page (viewed on Sept. 10, 2009). "School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science." Includes bibliographical references (p. 144-152).

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Lee, Wing-keung Chris. "A study of energy management in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 2001. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk:8888/cgi-bin/hkuto%5Ftoc%5Fpdf?B23427048.

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Kaymaz, Pinar Valenzuela Jorge F. "Electric power generation expansion in deregulated markets." Auburn, Ala., 2007. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/Send%2002-04-08/KAYMAZ_PINAR_52.pdf.

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Su, Jifeng. "An analytical assessment of generation asset in the restructured electricity industry." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2006. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B37116381.

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Liu, Kai. "A decentralized congestion management approach for the multilateral energy transaction via optimal resource allocation." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2007. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B38750107.

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Sozer, Sevin Park Chan S. "Transmission expansion planning to alleviate congestion in deregulated power markets." Auburn, Ala., 2006. http://repo.lib.auburn.edu/Send%206-15-07/SOZER_SEVIN_35.pdf.

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Weber, Christoph. "Uncertainty in the electric power industry : methods and models for decision support /." New York : Springer, 2005. http://aleph.unisg.ch/hsgscan/hm00145851.pdf.

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Dykman, William George Harwood. "Entrepreneurship's contribution to the success of deregulated electricity utilities." Pretoria : [s.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-10052005-122601.

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Starkov, Vladimir V. "Essays on the restructuring of the electricity industry in the United States." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=1953.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2001.
Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 109 p. : ill., map. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-109).

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Onyewuchi, Urenna. "Managing environmentally stressed aging assets in electric power utilities." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53150.

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A model for optimizing the differential cost between a preventive maintenance program and a traditional run-to-failure program on managing assets under uncertainty is developed to assist electric power utilities in decision-making. The assets studied, though not necessarily critical to power delivery, are so numerous in number that the failures of thousands of them result in millions of dollars in instantaneous replacement cost to the utility. The ages of some of the assets are approaching an excess of one hundred years, the age of commercial electricity in the United States. The developed model includes the economics of inspections and replacements as random variables, where the cost of corrective replacements could significantly exceed the cost of planned or preventive replacements. The model also relies on uncertainties in annual failures and inaccuracy of diagnostics that drive planned replacements. Age-specific fragilities of the assets under environmental stress are assessed, and the likelihood of failures of the assets was found to increase significantly as they approached one hundred years, past some initial age of failures that are comparable to new assets. This finding led to the development of an improved geographical inspection scheme, where only components past that initial age are recommended for diagnostic evaluation. The optimization results suggest that the present net benefit/cost of preventive replacement programs of the electric power utility to the unpopular run-to-failure program can be improved on. This, by using the developed models and adopting the frameworks presented in the research work. Implications for future research are also discussed.

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Nave, Vanessa. "EDP - Energias de Portugal: electric utilities: A distinctive story." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9887.

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Fernandes, Ana Fragoso. "EDP Energias de Portugal: electric utilities: EDP- Back foot." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/10440.

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Pan, Jiuping. "MADM Framework for Strategic Resource Planning of Electric Utilities." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30138.

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This study presents a multi-attribute decision making (MADM) framework in support of strategic resource planning of electric utilities. Study efforts have focused on four technical issues identified to be essentially important to the process of strategic resource development, i.e., decision data expansion, MADM analysis with imprecise information, MADM analysis under uncertainty and screening applications. Main contributions from this study are summarized as follows. First, an automatic learning method is introduced for decision data expansion aiming at reducing the amount of computations involved in the creation of decision database. Test results have shown that the proposed method is feasible, easy to implement, and more accurate than the techniques available in the existing literature. Second, an interval-based MADM methodology is developed, which extends the traditional utility function model with the measure of composite utility variance, accounting for individual errors from inaccurate attribute measurements and inconsistent priority judgments. This enhanced decision approach would help the decision-maker (DM) gain insight into how the imprecise data may affect the choice toward the best solution and how a range of acceptable alternatives may be identified with certain confidence. Third, an integrated MADM framework is developed for multi-attribute planning under uncertainty which combines attractive features of utility function, tradeoff/risk analysis and analytical hierarchy process and thus provides a structured decision analysis platform accommodating both probabilistic evaluation approach and risk evaluation approach. Fourth, the application of screening models is investigated in the context of integrated resource planning of electric utilities as to identify cost effective demand-side options and robust generation expansion planning schemes.
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Maricar, Noor M. "Efficient Resource Development in Electric Utilities Planning Under Uncertainty." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/11258.

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The thesis aims to introduce an efficient resource development strategy in electric utility long term planning under uncertainty considerations. In recent years, electric utilities have recognized the concepts of robustness, flexibility, and risk exposure, to be considered in their resource development strategy. The concept of robustness means to develop resource plans that can perform well for most, if not all futures, while flexibility is to allow inexpensive changes to be made if the future conditions deviate from the base assumptions. A risk exposure concept is used to quantify the risk hazards in planning alternatives for different kinds of future conditions. This study focuses on two technical issues identified to be important to the process of efficient resource development: decision-making analysis considering robustness and flexibility, and decision-making analysis considering risk exposure. The technique combines probabilistic methods and tradeoff analysis, thereby producing a decision set analysis concept to determine robustness that includes flexibility measures. In addition, risk impact analysis is incorporated to identify the risk exposure in planning alternatives. Contributions of the work are summarized as follows. First, an efficient resource development framework for planning under uncertainty is developed that combines features of utility function, tradeoff analysis, and the analytical hierarchy process, incorporating a performance evaluation approach. Second, the multi-attribute risk-impact analysis method is investigated to handle the risk hazards exposed in power system resource planning. Third, the penetration levels of wind and photovoltaic generation technologies into the total generation system mix, with their constraints, are determined using the decision-making model. The results from two case studies show the benefits of the proposed framework by offering the decision makers various options for lower cost, lower emission, better reliability, and higher efficiency plans.
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Rhine, Russell. "Economies of scale, overcapitalization and asset pricing in the U.S. electric utility industry." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 1998. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=294.

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Peng, Tengshun. "Bidding strategy and empirical analysis of bidding in electrical power market." Online access for everyone, 2006. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Spring2006/t%5Fpeng%5F011406.pdf.

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Jordan, Myron K. "The kilowatt wars : James D. Ross, public power, and the public relations contest for the hearts and minds of Pacific Northwesterners /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6160.

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Nicholson, Emma Leah. "Essays on restructured electricity markets." Connect to Electronic Thesis (ProQuest) Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2008. http://worldcat.org/oclc/436443232/viewonline.

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Kimura, Masakazu. "Dynamics of the electric power industry in Japan and strategic options for electric utilities." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/117944.

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Thesis: S.M. in Management of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2018.
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The Japanese electric power industry is undergoing drastic reform since a devastating earthquake struck Japan on March 11, 2011. This disaster triggered a tsunami, which caused major damage to the nuclear power plants in Fukushima and led to the shutdown of all the nuclear power plants in the country. This incident facilitated deregulation of the Japanese electric power industry. Japan's electricity retail market became fully liberalized in 2016 and vertically integrated electric utilities are required to unbundle their organization by 2020 under the law. Furthermore, we are seeing external drivers reshaping this industry that were not concerns decades ago. This ever-evolving environment is pushing Japanese electric utilities to urgently change their traditional business model in order to outpace the competition while maintaining an affordable and reliable supply of electricity. This thesis discusses dynamics that will be shaping this industry in the next few decades by focusing on electric utility companies' perspective. In this regard, I identified drivers impacting the industry and developed a system dynamics model to understand the dynamics. After running simulations to see how those drivers identified would impact the future business of electric utility companies in Japan, it can be concluded that if electric utilities do not respond strategically in today's rapidly evolving business environment, the reserve margin will go below the required level starting in 2025 and they will decline by losing more than half of their existing customers by 2040. And the most effective approach to prevent themselves from taking this path is to focus on creation of new energy technologies and services based on research and development. The conclusion drawn from this thesis requires Japanese electric utilities not only to focus on building a risk-taking and innovative culture in their organization but also to collaborate with their stakeholders as necessary to create a sustainable business environment for the industry as a whole. To achieve this, it is imperative for the management of electric utilities to have a notion of stepping up and driving the industry instead of being driven by their environment.
by Masakazu Kimura.
S.M. in Management of Technology

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Lian, Carl Elling. "The effect of fuel adjustment clauses on electric utility production /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7407.

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Agarwalla, Dipak. "Role of the market institutions in the electric utility industry : a post deregulation analysis /." Digital version accessible at:, 1999. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.

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Takeuchi, Takaaki. "Strategic issues for Japanese electric utilities in the telecommunications business : can utilities light up on the information superhighway?" Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35452.

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Li, Guang. "Electricity price forecasting in a grid environment /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5916.

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Rennie, Craig G. "The effect of deregulation on internal control of agency conflict : evidence from the electric utility industry /." view abstract or download file of text, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3018389.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2001.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 69-72). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Myoga, Maya. "Comparisons of Total Factor Productivity in the U.S. Electric Industry." PDXScholar, 1987. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/344.

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Since the onset of the recession in the 1970's, consumers have frequently expressed frustration with what appear to be ever-increasing utility bills, blaming what they perceive as unnecessarily high rates on industry inefficiency. From the industry perspective, inefficiency is not only the problem which has developed since the recession. The more critical issue is the industry's transition from a noncompetitive environment to a competitive one. In the past, the electric utility industry did not have to compete because each utility operated in an exclusive service territory, and each was regulated by the government. However, currently the industry is experiencing increased competition, both indirect and direct. The indirect competition has taken the form of alternative energy sources such as natural gas and such new technology sources as solar, wind, co-generation power, etc. Electric utility companies have also experienced direct competition among themselves for industrial and commercial customers. The latter has resulted because the price of electricity significantly influences management decisions about where to locate their plants. Thus, efficient operation of electric generation is an extremely important task both for customers and industry. Productivity measures, then, are vital to the industry's economic well-being. This study used three different models to measure and compare the total factor productivity of 95 electric utility companies from 1974 to 1984: the translog econometric model, the superlative index model, and the Craig and Harris model. First, the translog econometric model was applied to Investigate characteristics of the production structure for the electric utility industry. Next, the total factor productivity was calculated using each of the three models. Finally, the superlative index model was applied for bilateral and multilateral comparisons to the following categories: industry as a whole, six regions, five types of generation, and four different output levels.

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Dahlgren, Robert W. "Risk management in the competitive electric power industry /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/5838.

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Su, Jifeng, and 宿吉鋒. "An analytical assessment of generation asset in the restructured electricity industry." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B37116381.

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Poon, Shuk-yan. "A decentralized multi-agent system for restructured power system operation /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1997. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B19616211.

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Liu, Youfei, and 劉有飛. "Network and temporal effects on strategic bidding in electricity markets." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2006. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B36895763.

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陳祖欣 and Cho-yan Ernest Chan. "Hong Kong government's regulation on electric utility companies and the effects on the financial performance of such companies." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1986. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42128237.

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Majani, Charles Chore. "Development of an active load shifting technique for demand side management applications." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2200.

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Thesis (MTech (Electrical Engineering))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2011.
Initiatives that are directed towards improving power management by a utility provider have to consider technical feasibility, socio-economic and the environment. Patterns of power consumption world over indicate that demand for electricity has over the years been on the rise due to increase in activities that demand usage of electricity. Such activities include construction and property development, development of industries and infrastructure. These activities have strained the power production, whose development does not match the increase in demand. ESKOM, a government authority mandated to generate, transmit and distribute power in South Africa has seen demand surpassing its generation capacity, hence resorting to load shedding actions. Load shedding imposes inconveniences to the consumers who are completely disconnected from the grid, translating to unpredictable periods of darkness. Utility providers have an option of constructing new peaker plants which lie idle most of the day, to take care of high demand during the peak periods, hence, avoid effecting load shedding actions. Various ways of managing load have been presented in this research. In particular, the research investigated possible ways utilities use in managing their capacity with an aim of developing an alternative method and tool for Demand Side Management applications that can be used by energy utility to improve reliability, manage and control consumption of electrical energy through selective shedding of the load connected to the consumer when the demand surpasses the utility's safe capacity.

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Dailey, R. Gordon Jr. "An analysis of renewable energy technologies for electric utilities in Georgia." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28922.

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Shen, Yung-Tang. "Studies in Fuel Supply and Air Quality Planning By Electric Utilities /." The Ohio State University, 1996. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487932351059393.

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Raneses, Anthony Rivera. "Environmental regulations and market competitiveness : some empirical evidence from electric utilities /." Thesis, This resource online, 1996. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11072008-063154/.

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Lam, Kai-chiu, and 林啓超. "Demand side management of electricity in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1993. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42128419.

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Song, Haili. "Optimal strategies for electric energy contract decision making /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/6125.

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Quail, Christine M. "The political economy of U.S. multiutilities : the U.S. electric power industry and communication services /." view abstract or download file of text, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/uoregon/fullcit?p3136441.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2004.
Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 182-206). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

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Leung, Kwok-wing. "The strategic importance of information systems in the electricity supply industry in Hong Kong /." Hong Kong : University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record.jsp?B14040256.

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Chiu, Yuk Ha. "A cross-country empirical study on electricity demand /." View abstract or full-text, 2004. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?ECON%202004%20CHIU.

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Thesis (M. Phil.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2004.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 33-35). Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.

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