Planning, operating, and policy making in the electric utility and natural gas sectors involves important trade-offs among economic, social, and environmental criteria. These trade-offs figure prominently in ongoing debates about how to meet growing energy demands and how to restructure the world's power industry. EnergyDecisions and the Environment: A Guide to the Use of MulticriteriaMethods reviews practical tools for multicriteria (also called multiobjective) decision analysis that can be used to quantify trade-offs and contribute to more consistent, informed,...
Planning, operating, and policy making in the electric utility and natural gas sectors involves important trade-offs among economic, social, and envir...