Title :
Community Power and Fleet Microgrids: Meeting climate goals, enhancing system resilience, and stimulating local economic development.
Abstract :
Community Power? has been a part of our energy infrastructure for as long as investor-owned electric utilities. These small community utility companies often originated from local hydropower resources or were in rural areas that for-profit utility companies did not want to serve because of the high cost of the infrastructure relative to demand.
Keywords :
distributed power generation; electricity supply industry; hydroelectric power; community power; fleet microgrids; for-profit utility companies; hydropower resources; investor-owned electric utilities; local economic development; meeting climate goals; rural areas; system resilience; Communities; Electricity supply industry; Energy management; Microgrids; Power distribution; Power system economics; Renewable energy sources; Wind power generation;
Journal_Title :
Electrification Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MELE.2013.2297011
