2012-05-24T14:19:46Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/public-utilities.html http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1140.html Jan 16, 2012 Jan 16, 2012

Different market segments have varying postal service needs, according to RAND Europe research conducted for the European Commission. All consumers value parcel services, reliability, and low levels of loss, but big businesses value letter services more than small or medium businesses or the public.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1147.html Oct 27, 2011 Oct 27, 2011

Coal-fired electricity generating units (EGUs) provide about 46 percent of the electricity generated in the U.S., yet most of the existing coal-fired electricity fleet is 25–45 years old. Can the industry maintain the capability to design, construct, and operate coal-fired EGUs within reasonable cost, schedule, performance, environmental, and quality expectations?

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR984.html Aug 2, 2011 Aug 2, 2011

Biomass is an increasingly important source of electricity, heat, and liquid fuel. One near-term option for using it to generate electricity is to cofire biomass in coal-fired electricity plants. Factors to consider are plant-site modifications, changes in operations, costs, and logistical issues with delivering biomass to the plant.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9476-1.html Dec 22, 2009 Dec 22, 2009

Israel must control future electricity demand. It can build a secure energy infrastructure in which natural gas provides up to 40 percent of electric power generation but only by taking measures to limit supply disruptions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR747.html Dec 10, 2009 Dec 10, 2009

<p>Israel must employ strategic alternatives to make the best use of domestic and imported natural gas. This report explores natural gas-utilization and supply-infrastructure strategies in the face of extreme uncertainty and potentially large consequences; favorable and unfavorable future environments; and ways to achieve an energy future that reduces Israelis' exposure to vulnerabilities and risks.</p>

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2008/06/24.html Jun 24, 2008 Jun 24, 2008

Dramatic progress in renewable energy technology is needed if the United States desires to produce 25 percent of its electricity and motor vehicle fuel from renewable sources by 2025 without significantly increasing consumer costs.

http://www.rand.org/news/press/2006/12/05/index1.html Dec 5, 2006 Dec 5, 2006

December 5, 2006 News Release: RAND to Review Renewable Energy Study and Will Issue Corrected Version

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB471-1.html Feb 25, 2005 Feb 25, 2005

<p>L.A.'s port, airport, and Department of Water and Power together contract for more than a billion dollars worth of goods and services annually; these activities could be made more transparent and efficient, thus improving public trust.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20040016.html Dec 31, 2003 Dec 31, 2003

<p>Critical infrastructures in the US will remain vulnerable to a variety of attacks, both physical and cyber, into the foreseeable future.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19991101.html Dec 31, 1998 Dec 31, 1998

<p>This paper presents two optimization models for hazardous waste capacity planning and treatment facility locations.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19820501.html Dec 31, 1981 Dec 31, 1981

<p>This paper traces the role economists played in getting data, analyzing data, and evaluating alternative rate structures. In an attempt to assess the effectiveness of economists in this process, I focus on how our profession influenced the arguments put forth and the nature of the evidence used in the debate--not on whether the outcomes in terms of rates were those proposed or preferred by economists. (Author)</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P5544.html Dec 31, 1974 Dec 31, 1974

The California Public Utilities Commission, in case number 9804, instituted a generic investigation into the structure of electric utility rates in California, and invited testimony from interested parties and expert witnesses. At the invitation of a...

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<em>Adjunct Staff, Core Member of the Pardee RAND Graduate School Faculty for the 2011-12 Academic Year</em><br>Ph.D. in economics, University of Heidelberg