Making Electricity Resilient : Risk and Security in a Liberalized Infrastructure

Drawing on interviews, survey research, participant observation and policy analysis, this book unpacks the work of authorities, planners, electricity companies, and lay persons that keep energy systems from failing and recover from disruptions if they occur. Presenting case studies from Finland and Scandinavia with a comparative view on the UK and EU, Making Electricity Resilient offers a details and innovative analysis of both long-term priorities and short-term dynamics in energy risk and resilience.

Energy risk and security have become topical matters in Western and international policy discussions; ranging from international climate change mitigation to investment in energy infrastructures to support economic growth and more sustainable energy provisions. As such, ensuring the resilience of more sustainable energy infrastructures against disruptions has become a growing concern for high-level policy makers.

Drawing on interviews, participant observation, policy analysis, and survey research, this book unpacks the work of the authorities, electricity companies, and lay persons that keeps energy systems from failing and helps them to recover from disruptions if they occur. The book explores a number of important issues: the historical security policy of energy infrastructures; control rooms where electricity is traded and maintained in real time; and electricity consumers in their homes. Presenting case studies from Finland and Scandinavia, with comparisons to the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union at large, Making Electricity Resilient offers a detailed and innovative analysis of long-term priorities and short-term dynamics in energy risk and resilience.

This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy policy and security, and science and technology studies.