pIn 2012, using easy-to-understand text and examples, the first edition of this book explained how electric utilities work, and how they plan or should plan for the future, by p ul liCreating a hypothetical electric utilityli liExplaining how and why this utility will operate its system of generating unitsli liGuiding readers through a planning analysis for the utility, examining various resource options solar, new gas-fueled generation, and conservationli liIntroducing four iFundamental Principles of Resource Planning ithat should guide utilities as they plan for the futureliul pThe first edition material, with significant updates, now appears as Part I of the second edition of this book. Part II of this book then presents six all-new chapters that address the challenges and opportunities of moving toward a zero-carbon future. Using the same hypothetical utility, with its new goal to utilize solar and batteries to serve 100 of its customers' energy with zero carbon emissions by a futu