5 Nov 1983

Be Your Own Power Company

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This book by David Morris (first published in 1983) was the first how-to book published after Congress ended the 100-year-old monopoly by utilities on the generation of power. The book examines the technical and economic aspects of four small scale power technologies (photovoltaics, wind power, hydropower and onsite cogeneration) and offers advice on how to negotiate a contract for sale of on-site power to local utilities.

Be Your Own Power Company

Be Your Own Power Company – Introduction and Table of Contents

Chapter I: The Electric Revolution

Chapter II: How the Electric System Works

Chapter III: PURPA

Chapter IV: Interconnecting with the Grid

Chapter V: Getting the Best Deal

Chapter VI: Electric Generation Technologies

Chapter VII: Economics

Be Your Own Power Company – Appendices – Notes – Bibliography

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David Morris is co-founder of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and currently ILSR's distinguished fellow. His five non-fiction books range from an analysis of Chilean development to the future of electric power to the transformation of cities and neighborhoods.  For 14 years he was a regular columnist for the Saint Paul Pioneer Press. His essays on public policy have appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Salon, Alternet, Common Dreams, and the Huffington Post.