Electrification and the Grid

Secular themes

Transmission, interconnection queues and utility capital plans as an investable consequence of electrification.

6 books

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  1. The GridGretchen Bakke, 2016
  2. Empires of LightJill Jonnes, 2003
  3. ElectrifySaul Griffith, 2021
  4. Networks of PowerThomas Parke Hughes, 1983

Books 6

Networks of Power
T2 Networks of Power
Thomas Parke Hughes · 1983 · The classic history of how electric systems were actually built and financed.
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Empires of Light
T2 Empires of Light
Jill Jonnes · 2003 · Edison, Westinghouse and Tesla; the first electrification capital cycle.
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Chris Dixon
The Grid
T3 The Grid
Gretchen Bakke · 2016 · Why the American grid is fragile and what rebuilding it involves.
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Bill Gates
Superpower
T3 Superpower
Russell Gold · 2019 · One man's attempt to build a national transmission line, and what stopped him.
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Electrify
T3 Electrify
Saul Griffith · 2021 · The demand side: what full electrification of homes and vehicles requires.
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The Grid: Biography of an American Technolog
T4 The Grid: Biography of an American Technology
Julie A. Cohn · 2017 · Institutional history of interconnection and who controls it.
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