Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The past -- From start-up to disintegration -- Post-World War II electrification : recovery, growth, and prosperity -- Energy crisis : electricity becomes an increasing-cost industry -- The public utility holding company act of 1935 repealed -- amen -- Publicly owned utilities -- Summary -- The present -- Electric infrastructure : ownership and operation -- Electric industry policy -- Developing a strategy for the future -- Why a national strategy -- Electricity consumption -- Distribution system and distributed energy resources -- Wholesale power markets and transmission -- Power generation : large scale -- Advanced coal : IGCCc pluss CCS? -- Nuclear power : carbon-free option? -- Public power : a path forward -- Cross cutting issues -- A strategy for modernizing America's energy infrastructure -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Bibliography -- About the author -- Index.
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