In 2012, using easy-to-understand text and examples, the first edition of this book explained how electric utilities “work,” and how they plan (or should plan) for the future, by:"Creating" a hypothetical electric utilityExplaining how (and why) this utility will operate its system of generating unitsGuiding readers through a planning analysis for the utility, examining various resource options (solar, new gas-fueled generation, and conservation)...

This book is the first resource to review the influence of climate change on urban and public pests such as mosquitoes, flies, ticks, and wood pests, with respect to population, distribution, disease, damage and control. It systematically addresses how the impact of climate change on pests in urban areas differs from natural areas, focusing on the increased temperatures of urban locations, the effect of natural disasters, the manner of land use and the consequences of human habitation. Cli...