Electricity Requirements for a Digital Society

• Main Author: Baer, Walter S. (auth)
• Other Authors: Hassell, Scott (auth), Vollaard, Ben A. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2002
• Subjects: Environmental policy & protocols; Technology: general issues; Political Science; Technology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Greater use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) marks a U.S. transition toward a "digital society" that may profoundly affect electricity supply, demand, and delivery. RAND developed four 2001-2021 scenarios of ICT evolution and assessed their implications for U.S. electr...