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An historical geography of Michigan's electricity landscape.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	An historical geography of Michigan's electricity landscape./
Author:	Howell, Jordan Patterson.
Description:	136 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 49-01, page: 0144.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International49-01.
Subject:	History, United States. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1485603
ISBN:	9781124138787

An historical geography of Michigan's electricity landscape.
Howell, Jordan Patterson.

An historical geography of Michigan's electricity landscape. - 136 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 49-01, page: 0144.

Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University, 2010.

Michigan's utility companies and rural cooperatives, along with the federal government, national, and multi-national corporations have traditionally been held responsible for the development of the state's electricity infrastructure. In contrast, I argue that it has actually been Michigan's utilities oversight regime and the specific actions of the state's regulatory body, the Michigan Public Service Commission, that have played a central role in shaping the state's electricity landscape. Underlying this scheme was a particular notion of "progress," shared by utilities, cooperatives, and the Commission alike, which linked the deployment of massive, complex electricity infrastructure to the state's social advancement. These factors prompted utility companies to invest in new facilities of dubious necessity, producing an electricity landscape that is today characterized by dirty, ageing, fossil-fuelled power plants. Despite reforms, the artifacts of years past continue to block the implementation of both meaningful conservation programs and renewable fuels.

ISBN: 9781124138787Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017393
History, United States.

An historical geography of Michigan's electricity landscape.
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