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Small is Profitable: The Hidden Economic Benefits of Making Electrical Resources the Right Size is a 2002 book by energy analyst Amory Lovins
Amory Lovins

Amory Bloch Lovins is Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a MacArthur Fellowship recipient , and author and co-author of many books on renewable energy and energy efficiency....
 and others. The book describes 207 ways in which the size of "electrical resources"—devices that make, save, or store electricity—affects their economic value. It finds that properly accounting for the economic benefits of "distributed" (decentralized) electrical resources typically raises their value by a large factor, perhaps tenfold, through improved system planning, utility construction and operation (especially of the grid), and service quality, and by avoiding social cost
Social cost

In economics social cost is defined as the sum of private cost and externality costs. Economic theorists ascribe individual decision-making to a calculation costs and benefits....
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Small is Profitable: The Hidden Economic Benefits of Making Electrical Resources the Right Size is a 2002 book by energy analyst Amory Lovins
Amory Lovins

Amory Bloch Lovins is Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a MacArthur Fellowship recipient , and author and co-author of many books on renewable energy and energy efficiency....
 and others. The book describes 207 ways in which the size of "electrical resources"—devices that make, save, or store electricity—affects their economic value. It finds that properly accounting for the economic benefits of "distributed" (decentralized) electrical resources typically raises their value by a large factor, perhaps tenfold, through improved system planning, utility construction and operation (especially of the grid), and service quality, and by avoiding social cost
Social cost

In economics social cost is defined as the sum of private cost and externality costs. Economic theorists ascribe individual decision-making to a calculation costs and benefits....
s. This should change how distributed resources are marketed and used, and make policy and business opportunities explicit.

Small Is Profitable was named 'Book of the Year' by The Economist
The Economist

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 magazine.

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