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First published 2016
© Gretchen Bakke, 2016
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ISBN: HB: 978–1–60819–610–4
ePub: 978–1–62040–124–8
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Names: Bakke, Gretchen Anna, author.
Title: The grid: the fraying wires between Americans and our energy future / Gretchen Bakke.
Description: New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2016.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016001376 | ISBN 9781608196104 (hardback)
Subjects: LCSH: Electric power systems—Technological innovations—United
States. | Electric power distribution—United States—History. | Clean
Energy—United States. | Electric power failures—United States. | Energy
Policy—Social aspects—United States. | BISAC: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING /
Power Resources / Electrical. | SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. |
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure. | TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING /
Environmental / General. | SCIENCE / Electricity.
Classification: LCC TK1005. B27 2016 | DDC 333.793/2—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016001376
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