California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Department of Urban and Regional Planning
URP 337/337L Planning Public Infrastructure Spring 1999 (Urey)
Study questions for readings
for 12 May 1999
George Rainer, "Water supply" in Understanding Infrastructure:
A guide for architects and planners.
Short articles for background on MWD and ERP.
Ed Smeloff and Peter Asmus, "The growth of electric monopolies"
and "The Road to Recovery for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District,"
in Reinventing Electric Utilities: Competition, Citizen Action,
and Clean Power (Covelo, CA: Island Press, 1997), 7-23 and 51-74.
Vocabulary words: acre foot, (more to come)
Rainer: know the answers to the questions at the end of
the reading.
Smeloff and Asmus
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What sorts of political behavior characterized the early days of electrification
in the United States?
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Who was Samuel Insull?
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How did the Federal Power Act of 1920 privilege cities?
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How efficient is a typical coal plant built prior to 1990?
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In the early 1960s, what did experts estimate would be the costs of a KW
of power from a nuclear reactor?
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What is the "payback gap?"
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What advantages do cogeneration plants have over conventional coal or nuclear
plants?
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What are some of the components of SMUD's "Conservation Power Plant?" What
is the idea behind a plant like this?
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How did SMUD work out equity issues between industrial and residential
customers?
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What is the Advanced Renewable Technologies Program?
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