Willrich Mason (81 results)

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Hardback. Condition: Good. A comprehensive, coherent strategy for modernizing America's electricity infrastructure while ensuring affordable, reliable, secure, and environmentally sustainable electricity services.America's aging electricity infrastructure is deteriorating rapidly even as the need for highly reliable electric service--driven by the explosion of digital technology--continues to rise. Largely missing from national discussions, however, is a coherent, comprehensive national strategy for modernizing this critical infrastructure. Energy expert Mason Willrich presents just such a strategy in this book, connecting the dots across electric utilities, independent suppliers, government bureaucracies, political jurisdictions, and academic disciplines. He explains the need for a coherent approach, offers a framework for analyzing policy options, and proposes a step-by-step strategy for modernizing electrical infrastructure, end-to-end, in a way that ensures the delivery of affordable, reliable, secure, and environmentally sustainable electricity services.Willrich argues that an effective electrical infrastructure modernization strategy must incorporate flexibility, adaptability, and the capacity to coordinate policies at local, state, and federal levels. He reviews the history of America's electrification, from Edison's demonstration of the incandescent light bulb through the recent expansion of wind, solar, and energy efficiency as carbon-free energy resources. He describes the current ownership and operation of the electric industry and the complicated web of federal and state policies that govern it.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. Revised ed. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Condition: good. Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly. …

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Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. VG hardcover in good- dust jacket. Previous owner's name inside the front cover, dust jacket chip and spine blemish, spots on vertical page edges. 234 pages. [1.1 lbs]. Book.

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Paperback. Condition: Good+. 8vo. Light damp affect to lower edges. Slight fade to spine.Wear to edges.Date stamp to top of title page. Book.

Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. A very good copy of the hard cover edition in a good (if price-clipped) dust-jacket. The text is wholly unmarked, pristine, and the binding bright and fresh in appearance. Abundant wear with some incipient fraying at the extremities of the jacket. A sharp copy.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj. Vg+ condition. NOT ex-library. Faintest fade-line across top edge of cover; contents bright & clean, binding tight. 124 pp.

Paperback. Condition: New. Revised ed. From Simon and Schuster, Energy and World Politics is Mason Willrich's fascinating study as published under the auspices of The American Society of International Law.As said by Walter C. Clements, Jr. of Perspective, Energy and World Politics offers a comprehensive and yet incisive introduction to the political, economic, and environmental aspects of global energy problems.".…

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hardcover. Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. No dust jacket. Ex-library copy with the usual stamps/stickers. Otherwise, a good, clear condition book throughout.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. From Simon & Schuster, Energy and World Politics is Mason Willrich's fascinating study as published under the auspices of The American Society of International Law.As said by Walter C. Clements, Jr. of Perspective, Energy and World Politics offers a comprehensive and yet incisive introduction to the political, economic, and environmental aspects of global energy problems." Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

hard cover with dustjacket. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 23 cm. University Press of Cambridge series in the social sciences. Includes bibliographical references. xvi, 191 pages VG/G. Soiling, rubbing and shelf wear to corner-clipped dust jacket, overall very good book in good dust jacket. Misspelling in title: prolifereration.…

Softcover. Condition: Fair. Binding glue cracking, spine cover creased.; First Free Press paperback edition; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 361 pages.

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Condition: New. pp. 320 1st edition NO-PA16APR2015-KAP.

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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Printing [Stated]. xiv, [2], 234, [6] pages. Biographical Notes. Occasional Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Ex-library with the usual library markings. DJ has some wear and soiling. This was published under the auspices of The American Society of International Law. Mason is a consultant advising clients on energy matters. He is a director of the California Clean Energy Fund, and served as chair of the Board of Governors of the California Independent System Operator from 2005 through 2010. Previously, Mason was a partner of Nth Power, a venture capital firm focused on clean energy technology and founder and chairman of EnergyWorks LLC, a joint venture of PacifiCorp and Bechtel Group which provided combined heat and power to industrial firms in less developed countries, which was sold in 1998. From 1979 through 1994, Mason was CEO of PG&E Enterprises and other executive positions at PG&E, including executive vice president. Prior to joining PG&E, he was in academia as Professor of Law at the University of Virginia, and as Director, International Relations, at The Rockefeller Foundation. He is author or co-author of ten books and numerous articles on international security issues and energy policy. During the Kennedy/Johnson administrations he was assistant general counsel of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, serving on U.S. delegations for nuclear arms control negotiations in Geneva and Vienna. Mason has served as Senior Advisor, MIT Energy Innovation Project; Trustee, Winrock International; a member of the Advisory Councils of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the Electric Power Research Institute; and a Director at Resources for the Future. After college, Willrich served in the U.S. Air Force, including as a pilot in Strategic Air Command. Receiving a B.A., Phi Beta Kappa, from Yale University and a J.D., Law Review, from University of California, Berkeley, he was a Guggenheim Memorial Fellow in 1973. His books include Energy and World Politics and Non-Proliferation Treaty: Framework for Nuclear Arms Control.…

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Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. A comprehensive, coherent strategy for modernizing America's electricity infrastructure while ensuring affordable, reliable, secure, and environmentally sustainable electricity services.America's aging electricity infrastructure is deteriorating rapidly even as the need for highly reliable electric service-driven by the explosion of digital technology-continues to rise. Largely missing from national discussions, however, is a coherent, comprehensive national strategy for modernizing this critical infrastructure. Energy expert Mason Willrich presents just such a strategy in this book, connecting the dots across electric utilities, independent suppliers, government bureaucracies, political jurisdictions, and academic disciplines. He explains the need for a coherent approach, offers a framework for analyzing policy options, and proposes a step-by-step strategy for modernizing electrical infrastructure, end-to-end, in a way that ensures the delivery of affordable, reliable, secure, and environmentally sustainable electricity services.Willrich argues that an effective electrical infrastructure modernization strategy must incorporate flexibility, adaptability, and the capacity to coordinate policies at local, state, and federal levels. He reviews the history of America's electrification, from Edison's demonstration of the incandescent light bulb through the recent expansion of wind, solar, and energy efficiency as carbon-free energy resources. He describes the current ownership and operation of the electric industry and the complicated web of federal and state policies that govern it. A comprehensive, coherent strategy for modernizing America's electricity infrastructure while ensuring affordable, reliable, secure, and environmentally sustainable electricity services. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: Good. Good condition. No Dust Jacket (Nuclear Nonproliferation, Arms Control) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…